Question

ADVERBS:
"High Hopes"
I had a nightmare the other night. I dreamt I was bungee jumping, that's when you throw yourself off a bridge and your feet are attached to
an elasticated rope that pulls you back again. I didn't do the jump properly, in fact, I did it extremely badly because I fell only a few
metres and was dangling dangerously just below the bridge for ages.
Then I woke up and thanked my lucky stars enthusiastically that it had been only a dream. I lay quietly in bed the following morning and
wondered how I had come to have such a terrible dream. Never would I contemplate the idea of jumping off a bridge with or without an
elasticated cord. Then I remembered I had seen a film on the television the night before showing some students bungee jumping. The
funny thing about this strange sport is that you often see people jumping off but you never see them come back. As I said, in no
circumstances could I be persuaded to do it for the simple reason that I am terrified of heights. I remember once sitting petrified at my
desk at work listening to a colleague describing how he had jumped out of a plane by parachute on one occasion in order to raise some
money for charity, I can recall how I almost fell off my chair in fear. No sooner had he finished telling his story than I had to get up and go
and lie down quietly in a darkened room. I can still remember one incident that illustrates my fear of heights — I haven't got over it yet
and it's still very vivid in my mind.

I never have to find an excuse to go the seaside. I always agree to it when someone suggests going to the coast. I never can resist the
sight and smell of the sea. A trip had been planned for the weekend. I always used to pack the night before one of these trips
and invariably I rarely slept in anticipation of the event. That's what comes of working in a large city day in day out. We set off early and
reached our destination quite quickly at about 11 a.m. Hardly had we finished our morning coffee in a small cafe when it started to
rain really heavily. Then we decided to drive around to the front and watch the sea as it pounded violently against the beach. We
were just going to abandon the whole idea of staying there any longer when the sun made an appearance suddenly.
As quickly as the rain had started equally as speedily it stopped. We all got out of the car and walked slowly up the cliff at the end of the
town. Usually you get a magnificent view of the bay at the top but on this particular afternoon rarely had I seen so much mist. And that,
in a manner of speaking, was my down fall. Although I knew this particular piece of land quite well, the fog had obscured the edge of the
cliff and although I was walking very slowly as I always do on high ground, I stepped on a piece of grass which I thought was solid but
soon discovered was anything but. I slipped immediately and began to descend almost as if I was nearly doing a slow motion bungee
jump only this time I was the right way up. With a jolt I stopped abruptly and realized I was going nowhere. Only then did I start to panic. I
could hear the sea but I didn't dare look down and I started to yell as loud as I could. I waited patiently on my little edge for at least half
an hour while I was being assured that help would come soon.
Eventually a rope was dropped down to me and I gradually hoisted myself up to the top of the cliff. By now the mist had
cleared completely and I took a quick look down to discover that I had only been about half a metre from the beach. But I thought I'd
conceal that information subtly.
After all, it would have spoilt the hero's welcome I received.
Os advérbios em inglês (adverbs) são palavras que modificam o verbo, o adjetivo ou o advérbio.
I didn't do the jump properly, in fact, I did it extremely badly.
(Eu não saltei direito, na verdade eu saltei extremamente mal.)
Direito e Extremamente mal são os advérbios.
Proplerly e extremeely badly modificam o verbo saltar (nesta frase o advérbio representa o jeito, o como, a forma como o personagem
saltou). Ele não saltou direito. Ele saltou extremamente mal.
Os advérbios, de acordo com o sentido que oferecem na frase, são classificados em: advérbios de tempo, modo, lugar, afirmação,
negação, ordem, dúvida, intensidade, frequência e interrogativos.

ATIVIDADE
Leia com atenção o texto e responda:
1. What is it talking about?
2. Who are the people in the story?
3. What is the sport mentioned?
4. Why are there many words underlined?
5. Escolha 5 (cinco) advérbios e explique quais palavras estão sendo modificadas por eles.

Answer 1

Explicação:

1. O texto fala do medo do autor de alturas.

OBS: Inclusive, a frase que está como título do texto pode ter múltiplos sentidos dependendo do contexto; High Hopes pode significar altas alturas  ou altas expectativas.

2. A teacher probably, he is writing a text about his fear of heights.

3. Bungee Jumping

4.

OBS: essa pergunta fala sobre palavras sublinhadas, mas eu não posso ver nenhuma porque o autor da pergunta sequer formatou o texto...

5. Properly and Extremely Bad (examples), When and How (interrogative adverb).