Topic – Adverbs

Exercise 1 - Choose the best answer.

1. The (main/mainly) street is in the centre of the city.

2. She seems very (angry/angrily).
3.Could you talk more (quiet/quietly)?
4.He talked very (interesting/ interestingly) about his work.
5. You can try some of the ( local / locally ) restaurants.
6. The staff are always (helpful / helpfully) .
7. I sing very (bad / badly ).
8. I will give you an (easy /easily) assignment.
9. They have been (happy / happily ) married.
10. Tom is (amazing / amazingly ) good at mathematics.
11. Do you think that’s a (real / really ) diamond in her ring?
12. He was (wonderful / wonderfully ) kind to me.
13. As soon as I saw him I was (sure /surely) he had been drinking.
14. I felt her arm (gentle / gently ) to see if any bones were broken.
15. The job was ( surprising /surprisingly) easy.
Exercise 2 - Put the words into the correct order to make correct sentences.

1.securely / you / all / the / lock / did / doors/ ?

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2.a / he / quietly/ was / on / sitting / seat.
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3.a / my / was / head / aching / lot .
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4.the / land / managed / pilot / to / safely.
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5.early / I’d / to / like / arrive.
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6.the / performed / experiment / they / scientifically.
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7.I / these / travel / much / don’t / days.

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8.the / we / to / had / wait / a / at/ bit / station.
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Exercise 3- Fill in the words in brackets as adjective or adverb

1. The bus driver was ……………………………….injured. (serious)

2. Kevin is …………………………………………..clever. (extreme)
3. This hamburger tastes …………………………………. . (awful)
4. Be ………………………………… with this glass of milk. It's hot. (careful)
5. Robin looks ……………………………. . What's the matter with him? (sad)
6. Jack is ………………………………. upset about losing his keys. (terrible)
7. This steak smells ………………………………………… (good)
8. Our basketball team played …………………………….. last Friday. (bad)
9. Don't speak so ……………………………... I can't understand you. (fast)
10. Maria …………………………………………. opened her present. (slow)
11. He didn’t have any accident because he drove…………………….( careful)
12. Tell me…………………….(true) what you think.
13. The athlete who won the gold medal is very…………………….( happily ).
14. She felt…………………….( sick). So she stayed at home.
15. The exercise wasn’t difficult . So we did it…………………….( easy).
16. Suddenly he woke up because the phone rang …………………….( loud).
17. The house seems to be …………………….( empty) without you.
18. Today she skates…………………… ( good).
19. He feels very …………………….(bored).
20. He swims…………………….( extreme) well.
Exercise 4 – Using adverb or adjective
1.Tom is (slow)………………….. . He works…………………. .
2.Sue is a (careful)……………….… girl. She climbed up the ladder … .
3.The dog is (angry)… …………….. It barks… . ……………..
4.He acted (excellent)………….. . He’s an …………………. actor.
5.They learn English (easy)………… . They think English is an …………….. language.
6.Max is a (good)………………… singer. He sings…………………… .
7.It's (awful)… ………………… cold today. The cold wind is… . …………….

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8.Dogs rely on their noses as they can smell (extreme / good)…………………… . If that is true, why
does dog food smell so (terrible)……………………….. ?
9.The little boy looked (sad)……………………..…. . I went over to comfort him and he looked at
me…………….
10.I tasted the soup (careful)……………..……… but it tasted (wonderful)…………………. .
11.He ………………………..…… reads a book. (quick)
12.Mandy is a …………………………….……….. girl. (pretty)
13.The class is …………………………………….. loud today. (terrible)
14.Max is a ……………………………….…… singer. (good)
15.You can …………………………….……… open this tin. (easy)
16.It's a ………………………………………. day today. (terrible)
17.She sings the song …………………….…………….. . (good)
18.He is a ……………………………………. driver. (careful)
19.He drives the car … ……………………. (careful)
20.The dog barks …………………………….. . (loud)
Exercise 6 – Chose the best answer.
1. He answered the phone __________ .
A. suddent B. suddently
2. There is a lot of __________ interference on the line.
A. noisy B. noisily
3. Thank you for returning my call so __________ .
A. quick B. quickly
4. I am calling because the changes seem very __________ .
A. importantly B. important
5. Sorry, but I can't write that __________ .
A. fast B. fastly
6. She sounded very _________ on the phone.
A. angrily B. angry
7. The boy skipped ________ down the road to school.
A. happy B. happily
8. It was ______ packaged and wrapped in pretty, recycled paper.
A. nicely B. nice
9. All goes ________, and after sometimes he feels relaxed enough to go for a walk.
A. good B. well
10. Andy doesn't often work ______.
A. hardly B. hard

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11. She planned their trip to Greece very _______.
A. carefully B. careful
12. She speaks very ______.
A. quiet B. quietly
13. Turn the stereo down. It's too _____.
A.loud B.loudly
14. Children should be cared for by a _____ family.
A. normal B. normally
15. Jane is _____ because her job is _____.
A. boring / bored B. bored / boring
C. boring / boring D. bored / bored
16. Mai has lived in London for five years so she speaks _____.
A. perfect English B. more perfectly English
C. English perfect D. English perfectly
17.Mr. Davis doesn't work here ________. He left about 6 months ago.
A. any long B. some long C. any longer D. any longest
18. We didn't go out because it was raining ______.
A. heavy B. heavily C. heavilier D. heavier
19. The driver of the car was _____ in the accident.
A. serious injured B. seriously injured
C. injured seriously D. injuredly serious
20.I don't like this coffee because it tastes very _______.
A. strong B. strongly
21. Students work so………..
A. hard B. hardly
22. She looked so …………..
A. beautiful B. beautifully
23. He often goes to class…………..
A. late B. lately
24. My school is ………….equipped with a lot of modern furniture.
A. well B. good
25. Our form teacher asked us to speak English very…………..
A. fluently B. fluent

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