In the end, we paid ______ more for the renovation than we expected.
slightly
fairly
quite
pretty
My new chair is _______ comfortable.
slightly
a bit
a little
quite
It's _____ common these days to meet people who speak English.
a bit
fairly
a little
slightly
Let's go by train. It's only _____ more expensive.
quite
fairly
a bit
pretty
Rewrite the sentence: It was a fairly hot day. (quite)
It was quite a hot day.
She lives in ______ house.
a quite
rather
quite a
a slightly
Rewrite the sentence: The announcement slightly surprised me. (a little)
The announcement surprised me a little.
(Correct it) My new phone is quite better than the old one.
My new phone is a bit better than the old one.
Rewrite the sentence: Rather a long time had passed since his previous job. (fairly)
A fairly long time had passed since his last job.
Rewrite the sentence: We had a problem with the car. (bit)
We had a bit of a problem with the car.
(Correct it) We had a bit lengthy wait for the system upgrade we had requested.
We had a rather lengthy wait for the system upgrade we had requested
Rewrite the sentence: The holiday cost me rather a lot of money. (pretty)
The holiday was pretty expensive.
(Correct it) It was a quite useful meeting in Macau.
It was quite a useful meeting in Macau.
Jerry has practised a lot and is now _____ good at playing the piano.
a bit
rather
reasonable
slightly
Rewrite the sentence: It isn't very comfortable. (rather)
It's rather uncomfortable.
We were pleased because they performed the work _____ skilfully.
a little
a bit
slightly
reasonably
(Correct it) Getting my computer repaired turned out to be a bit nightmare.
Getting my computer repaired turned out to be a bit of a nightmare.