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Intensifying adverbs

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  • o 1. The flight from London to Rome was ________________________.It only cost 20 euros.  highly controversial  ridiculously cheap  highly successful
    ridiculously cheap
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  • Some people love her new book; others are very angry about it. It is ___________  bitterly disappointing  highly controversial  utterly opposed
    highly controversial
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  • His father was a pacifist all his life and was _______________ to war.  utterly opposed  deeply concerned  deeply ashamed
    utterly opposed
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  • The exam results were ______________________ for the whole class. We had all expected to do much better.  deeply ashamed  highly successful  bitterly disappointing
    bitterly disappointing
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  • The flight from London to Rome was ________________________.It only cost 20 euros.  highly controversial  ridiculously cheap  highly successful
    ridiculously cheap
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  • The flight from London to Rome was ________________________.It only cost 20 euros.  highly controversial  ridiculously cheap  highly successful
    ridiculously cheap
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  • When I realized how much my selfish behavior had upset everyone, I was _____________  deeply concerned  deeply ashamed  bitterly disappointing
    deeply ashamed .
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  • In the 1990s she ran a(n) ____________ company which made outstanding profits.  highly controversial  ridiculously cheap  highly successful
    highly successful
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  • Everyone got more than 95% correct in the test; it was ___________________.  bitterly disappointing  utterly ridiculous  ridiculously easy
    ridiculously easy
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  • You must apologize immediately. It was a(n) ____________ remark to make.  utterly stupid  utterly ridiculous  deeply ashamed
    utterly stupid
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  • Choose the incorrect one:  strongly love  strongly influence  strongly dislike  strongly recommend
    strongly love Strongly collocates with verbs, particularly verbs that relate to having an opinion
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  • Choose the incorrect one.  highly educated  highly exhausted  highly profitable  highly unusual
    highly exhausted Highly is used with some probability words (likely, unusual).
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  • Choose the incorrect one:  bitterly regard  bitterly resent  bitterly criticize  bitterly regret
    bitterly regard Bitterly carries a feeling of deep sadness; used slightly more in writing than in conversation
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  • Choose the incorrect one:  absolutely tired  absolutely devastated  absolutely convinced  absolutely absurd
    absolutely tired Absolutely and (slightly more formal) utterly. tired is a simple adjective. say very tired
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  • Choose the incorrect one:  deeply unhappy  deeply successful  deeply committed  deeply religious
    deeply successful Deeply collocates mainly with words associated with feelings; used slightly more in writing than in conversation.
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