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Hi! I'm Martin l'm 17 years old and Tm looking for e-mail friends of the same age from anywhere in the world. I usually get on well with people who are like me. I'm quite an ambitious person. I want to go to university and then get a job in web design. I'm quite hard-workmg, too. My hobbies are chess and Computer games. Do you fancy getting in touch? Then e-mail me at [e-mail]

Hi! Tm Sarah Tm 16 years old and Tm looking for e-mail pals of any age. Tm interested in musie and fashion. I spend a lot of time listening to musie. Tm not shy, Tm confident, and I prefer talking to other confident people. Tm slightly impatient sometimes (so my brother says!) but Tm always really polite. My friends say Tm funny, too. E-mail me at [e-mail]

impatient ambitious loyal funny tolerant polite confident

8    quiet

9    hard-working 10 kind

4 Study the writing tip below. Underline all the modifying adverbs in the messages. Translate them.

WsKazówKa

Przysłówków stopnia używamy, aby wzmocnić lub osłabić

znaczenie przymiotników.

slightly a bit quite really very

5    Look at the modifying adverbs in the messages in exercise 1. Choose the correct words in the rules.

1    Modifying adverbs usually go after / before the adjective.

2    The modifying adverb quite / very goes before a/an when there is a noun. For example:

This is quite / very a good song.

6    Rewrite the sentences to include the modifying adverb in brackets.

1    Tm pessimistic. (slightly)

2    My best friend is confident. (really)

3    He's an impatient person. (very)

4    Tm a student at a big school. (quite)

5    I find English difficult. (quite)

6    Tm sometimes shy. (a bit)

7    Write a message about yourself for an electronic bulletin board. Include this information:

•    name and age

•    who you want to contact

•    your personality

•    your hobbies

•    personality of people you like/don't like

•    your e-mail address

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