Task | He was standing ________ to me. |
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Answer | 4 |
a | closeful |
b | closefully |
c | closely |
d | close |
comment | Some adverbs have the same form as adjectives: e.g. fast (not fastly), left, hard, outside, right, straight, late, well. And in the test sentence we meet one of such adverbs: the adverb ‘close’ is the adverb of place (She hates people standing (where?) too close to her.). This adverb collocates with the preposition ‘to’: Sheila was standing dangerously (where?) close to the edge of the cliff.; The girl clutched her bag (where?) close to her chest.; They stood (where?) close to the door. And in the test sentence we are given this preposition: ‘…to me.’. Though ‘closely’ can be used in the meaning of ‘carefully’. |
topic | adverbs |
level | 1 |
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