Signalling Adverbs

Often when speaking, you can signal what the message of your sentence is with an adverb, such as the ones below:

Choose the most appropriate adverb for each sentence in the quiz below:

1. We have been working hard all week. ______________, we are not going to complete the order on time.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

2. We are almost at the end of the meeting. ____________, I would like to remind you that next week we have important visitors from Denmark on site.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

3. ______________, let’s move on to another point. Thomas, what did you want to discuss?

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

4. There are a lot of different opinions on this issue. __________, I think we should raise the prices gradually over the next few years, but I know some of you disagree.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

5. ___________, we don’t offer differing specifications. However, in this case we will make an exception.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

6. There was a lot of information to process at the meeting but I’ll try to summarise. _____________, we’re in a pretty positive place compared to last year.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

7. _____________, there has been an increase in orders in comparison to the first quarter figures.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

8. I’d like to talk about what is happening at the moment. _____________, I have a lot of communication back and forth with our site in India.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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