Adverbs

Question 1

“A little” (more expensive, more complicated, higher, slower than)

Answer 1

Slightly

Question 2

“Mary had b______ enough money to live in” (quase não tinha)
“He could b_______ understand English” (mal conseguia)
“They had b_______ sat down before policemen swarmed in” (mal tinham sentado quando a polícia invadiu)

Answer 2

Barely

Question 3

“We h______ ever see them” (quase nunca)
“You’ve made h______ any mistakes” (quase nenhum)
“We h_______ know each other” (slightly, barely)

Answer 3

Hardly

Question 4

Almost, about, “Aproximadamente”
“A rise of n______ 25%.”
You’re not as n______ as clever as you think you are.”

Answer 4

Nearly

Question 5

Grading adverbs
a little, a bit, rather, reasonably, fairly, slightly, somewhat, unusually, dreadfully, extremely, hugely, immensely, intensely, entirely, very, dreadfully, bitterly

Answer 5

Gradable adjectives
angry, big, busy, clever, cold, deep, fast, friendly, good, happy, unhappy, important, difficult, long, popular, rich, strong, tall, high, hot, warm, weak, young, disappointed,

Question 6

Non-grading adverbs

absolutely, utterly, completely, totally, seriously, nearly, virtually, practically, essentially, mainly, almost

Answer 6

Non-gradable adjectives
Extreme: awful, excellent, terrified
Absolute: dead, unique, impossible
Classifying: chemical, digital, domestic

Question 7

Grosseiramente 
“The man picked me up r\_\_\_\_\_\_”
Mais ou menos 
“Chop up the onions and carrots r\_\_\_\_\_\_”
Approximately 
“This is a walk of r\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ 15 minutes”

Answer 7

Roughly