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4 Write the adverbs of these adjectives.
a 
easy ……………… 
e
interested ………………
b 
happy ……………… 
f
good 
………………
c 
beautiful ……………… 
g
sudden 
………………
d 
strange ……………… 
h
bad 
………………
5 Complete each sentence using an adverb from exercise 4.
a 
After all the islanders’ gifts, Ibn Battuta couldn’t leave Male very ……………… .
b 
At first, his work on Male went ……………… 
for him.
c 
Then people began to speak ……………… 
about him and all his money.
d
The Sultan of Serendib listened ……………… 
to Ibn Battuta’s stories.
e
Ibn Battuta left Serendib ………………, with 
pearls and rubies in his bag.
f 
Winds ……………… took Ibn Battuta’s ship 
onto some rocks.
g 
Chinese people can make boxes and other 
things ……………… .
h 
……………… Ibn Battuta met an old friend 
from Ceuta when he was in China.
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GRAMMAR CHECK
Past Simple: information questions
In Past Simple questions, most verbs take 
did
+ 
subject
+ 
infinitive without 
to
.
Where 
did you stop
 on the way back from China? In Sumatra.
The verb 
be
is different. With 
be
we put the 
subject
after the verb to make past 
questions.
Why 
were you
 afraid? Because I didn’t want to meet the Sultan of Delhi.
Different question words before 
did
or 
be
ask for different information – 
who
(people), 
what
(things), 
when
(times), 
why
(reasons), 
how
(ways), 
where
(place), 
how many
(quantities).