Intermediate Quiz 05

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1. Food prices remain _____ high. 
worry
worried
worrying
worryingly
 
Answer:
Food prices remain (worryingly) high. 
 
Worry is:
  • a noun
  • a verb
Worried is:
  • a verb (past simple and past participle of worry)
  • an adjective
Worrying is:
  • a verb (-ing form of worry)
  • an adjective
Worryingly is:
  • an adverb
 
High is an adjective and can only be described by an adverb.
 
Worryingly is an adverb that means in a way that causes anxiety about actual or potential problems.
 
Food prices remain (worryingly) high.
= Food prices remain high and this situation causes anxiety.
 
2. It must have been a _____ time for you.
worry
worried
worrying
worryingly
 
Answer:
It must have been a (worrying) time for you.
 
Time is a noun and can only be described by an adjective.
 
The adjectives in the choices include:
  • worried (feeling anxious)
  • worrying (making you feel anxious)
 
The most suitable adjective for the sentence is worrying.
 
It must have been a (worrying) time for you.
= The period of time must have been making you anxious.
 
3. You’re _____ yourself unnecessarily.
worry
worried
worrying
worryingly
 
Answer:
You’re (worrying) yourself unnecessarily.
 
You’re can be followed by:
  • a noun
  • an adjective
  • an -ing form
  • a past participle
 
The most suitable word for this sentence is the -ing form worrying.
 
Worry is a verb that can mean:
  • to feel anxious
  • to make someone feel anxious
 
You’re (worrying) yourself unnecessarily.
= You’re making yourself anxious unnecessarily.
 
4. We _____ about the cost.
worry
worries
worrying
worryingly
 
Answer:
We (worry) about the cost.
 
Since there is no auxiliary verb (are, were), we can only use verb after the subject we.
 
We (worry) about the cost.
= We are anxious about the cost.
= We feel anxious about the cost.
 
5. I’m really _____ about my brother.
worry
worried
worrying
worryingly
 
Answer:
I’m really (worried) about my brother.
 
I’m can be followed by:
  • a noun
  • an adjective
  • an -ing form
  • a past participle
 
The most suitable word for the sentence is the adjective worried.
 
I’m really (worried) about my brother.
= I’m really anxious about my brother.
= I feel really anxious about my brother.
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