Prime Time 5/6, Language in Use, Arbeitsheft

b) Put the adverbs in the right place in the sentences and write the sentences down. Sometimes more than one solution is possible. 1. We must finish our work. (today) 2. Children prefer junk food to healthy meals. (often) 3. Travelling long distances by ship is necessary today. (rarely) 4. Can the effects of global warming be observed? (everywhere) 5. The protesters believed in the success of their joint efforts. (firmly) 6. Our committee meets. (every week – on Tuesday – in the town hall) 7. We have got petrol to reach the next filling station. (enough – hardly) 8. The meeting will take place. (soon) 5 Adjectives and adverbs: Ancient civilisations Complete the text by using the appropriate adjectives and adverbs (sometimes comparatives or superlatives) and other words from the selection below. Where necessary, form adverbs from the adjectives. It is common (1) knowledge that, dating back to 8,000 BC, Jericho is the (2) city (3) the world. Its walls were (4) built around 6,000 BC, and since then it has had many as they have (5) been destroyed during its history. What is less (6) known is that a (7) (8) culture existed in the Indus Valley between 2,500 and 1,600 BC in the region of (9) Pakistan. The cities (10) vanished without trace long (11) , but while they existed their civilisation was (12) advanced (13) . Their citizens even created their (14) writing, which was roughly (15) old (16) the hieroglyphic script of the (17) Egyptians. What is even (18) were the sewers they constructed to remove (19) waste and (20) water from houses. These cities remain (21) to this day as there is (22) any archaeological evidence that could provide (23) information. ago amazing ancient as (2x) common developed extreme far first frequent good hard high human in mysterious (2x) old own present-day technological used 103 14 Adjectives and adverbs of manner and degree Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv