Read the sentences and decide in which of them very means a) «очень» and in which b) “именно та, тот, те».
1) It was the very book we had spoken about.
2) I’m very sorry that you are not feeling well.
3) That is the very movie I saw yesterday.
4) The very idea of getting up at six in the morning.
5) Your gift was the very thing I have always wanted.
6) That was a very interesting myth.
7) The assistant wasn’t very helpful.
8) Liam Mac Uistin is the veryperson who wrote “Celtic Magic Tales”.
9) Ireland is a very beautiful country full of ancient legends and myths.
10) Great Britain was a very powerful state in the 19th century.
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1b) that book,2a) so sorry,
3b) that movie,
4b) that idea,
5b) that thing,
6a) such an interesting myth,
7a) so helpful,
8b) that person,
9a) such a beautiful country,
10a) such a powerful state.
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Very-очень№2,6,7,9,10
very-именно тот
№ 1,3,4,5,8