File 3-Adverbs and adverbial phrases

Question 1

en realidad
realmente
de hecho

Answer 1

actually
adv
/ˈæktʃuəli/
I thought he was lazy, but actually he works really hard.

Question 2

de todas formas
de todas maneras
de todos modos

Answer 2

anyway
adv
/ˈeniweɪ/
It’s good that I was made redundant because I wanted to leave the company anyway.

Question 3

aparentemente
en apriencia
al parecer
por lo visto

Answer 3

apparently
adv
/əˈpærəntli/
Apparently this house is worth £200,000!

Question 4

al final

en el final

Answer 4

at the end
adv
/ət ði ˈend/
At the end of the concert we all clapped.

Question 5

en este momento
ahora
por el momento

Answer 5

at the moment
/ət ðə ˈməʊmənt/
What are you reading at the moment?

Question 6

básicamente

Answer 6

basically
adv
/ˈbeɪsɪkli/
Basically we don’t have enough money to move.

Question 7

especialmente

en particular

Answer 7

especially
adv
/ɪˈspeʃəli/
I love ice-cream, especially vanilla-flavoured.

Question 8

incluso, hasta
ni si quiera
aún, todavía

Answer 8

even
adv
/ˈiːvn/
He always wears the latest fashions even if they don’t suit him.

Question 9

finalmente
al final
con el tiempo
después de algún tiempo

Answer 9

eventually
adv
/ɪˈventʃuəli/
It took a long time, but eventually we had enough money to buy a house.
I need to study a lot of time, but eventually I’ll pass the exam.

Question 10

alguna vez

siempre

Answer 10

ever
adv
/ˈevə(r)/
Have you ever been to Italy?

Question 11

gradualmente
paulatinamente
poco a poco

Answer 11

gradually
adv
/ˈɡrædʒuəli/
Mark gradually began to realize that Lucy didn’t love him anymore.

Question 12

duro
fuerte
rígido
firme (en el sentido de invariable)

Answer 12

hard
adv
/hɑːd/
How hard does your father work?

Question 13

apenas
casi no, casi nadie
difícilmente, escasamente

Answer 13

hardly
adv
/ˈhɑːdli/
It’s so foggy, I can hardly see anything.

Question 14

idealmente

Answer 14

ideally
adv
/aɪˈdiːəli/
Ideally we’d like to live near the sea, but it’s not practical.

Question 15

de hecho, en realidad

Answer 15

in fact
adv
/ɪn ˈfækt/
The woman thought they were friends, but in fact they hated each other.

Question 16

al fin y al cabo
finalmente
a la larga
al final

Answer 16

in the end
adv
/ɪn ði ˈend/
I thought the job would be boring, but in the end I loved it.

Question 17

tarde

no el momento del día

Answer 17

late
adv
/leɪt/
The plane was late because of bad weather.

Question 18

últimamente

recientemente

Answer 18

lately
adv
/ˈleɪtli/
I haven’t heard from Mike lately.

Question 19

cerca

Answer 19

near
adv
/nɪə(r)/
Is there a bank near here?

Question 20

por poco

casi

Answer 20

nearly
adv
/ˈnɪəli/
I’ve nearly finished my book.

Question 21

obviamente
claramente
por supuesto

Answer 21

obviously
adv
/ˈɒbviəsli/
She’s been promoted so obviously she’ll get a pay rise.

Question 22

especialmente
particularmente
expresamente
(para un particular propósito)

Answer 22

specially
adv
/ˈspeʃəli/
I wrote a specially commissioned report for the government.

Question 23

aún

todavía

Answer 23

still
adv
/stɪl/
He’s 35, but he still lives with his parents.

Question 24

ya
además, también
todavía, aún
incluso

Answer 24

yet
adv
/jet/
Have you found a job yet?

Question 25

completamente

totalmente

Answer 25

utterly
adv
/ˈʌtəli/

Question 26

por adelantado
con anticipación
con antelación
de antemano

Answer 26

in advance
adv
/ɪn ədˈvɑːns/
You’ll need to get your tickets in advance: the band’s very popular.