ANSWERS ACTIVITY 38
Figures 1, 2 and 3 are
explained at the bottom.
I'm
(1) sorry you couldn't come to the picnic on Saturday. The
weather was
(2)
cold but we kept warm thanks
to
Sofia's delicious homemade soup. The picnic basket
was
(3)
heavy on the way there, but it was
lighter when we carried it home!! As it was cold and the beach was
deserted, we
played games energetically - and
more noisily than usual!
1)
FAIRLY would be rude, and inappropriate to the rest of this extract.
2) MUCH can only be used with comparative adjectives or adverbs.
3) HEAVY is a word that can move up and down a scale.
COMPLETELY is only
used to emphasise adjectives or adverbs fixed at one end of a scale.