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Adjective and Adverb Exercise

This document contains exercises to practice using adjectives and adverbs correctly: 1. The first exercise provides sentences with blanks to fill in the correct adjective or adverb form based on the context. 2. The second exercise asks the reader to choose whether the correct form is an adjective or adverb in different contexts. 3. The third exercise provides a gap-fill activity with adjective and adverb pairs to choose the right form based on how they modify the nouns and verbs. 4. Finally, the reader is asked to describe images of items using adjectives in sentences to practice descriptive writing.

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Adjective and Adverb Exercise

This document contains exercises to practice using adjectives and adverbs correctly: 1. The first exercise provides sentences with blanks to fill in the correct adjective or adverb form based on the context. 2. The second exercise asks the reader to choose whether the correct form is an adjective or adverb in different contexts. 3. The third exercise provides a gap-fill activity with adjective and adverb pairs to choose the right form based on how they modify the nouns and verbs. 4. Finally, the reader is asked to describe images of items using adjectives in sentences to practice descriptive writing.

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ADJECTIVE AND ADVERB EXERCISE

Exercise 1. Write down the correct form of the word in brackets (adjective or adverb).
slow slowly
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 .
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) .

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/adjectives-adverbs/exercises

Exercise 2. Choose the correct item:

1. He (correct, correctly) defined the terms. The answer sounded (correctly, correct).

2. She (quickly, quick) adjusted the fees. She adapted (quick, quickly) to any situation.

3. He measured the floor (exact, exactly). They proved to be (perfectly, perfect) (exact,
exactly) measurements.

4. The stillness of the tomb was (awfully, awful). The tomb was (awfully, awful) still.

5. It was a (dangerously, dangerous) lake to swim in. The man was (dangerous, dangerously)
drunk. The gas smelled (dangerously,dangerous).

6. She performed (magnificent, magnificently). It was a (magnificent, magnificently)


beautiful performance.

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7. Her voice sounds (beautifully, beautiful). She sang the song (exact, exactly) as it was
written. We heard it (perfectly, perfect).

8. He was a very (sensibly, sensible) person. He acted very (sensible, sensibly).

9. Mike wrote too (slow, slowly) on the exam. He always writes (slow, slowly).

10. Talk (softly, soft) or don't talk at all. The music played (softly, soft).

11. Andrea knows the material very (good, well). She always treats us (good, well).

12. You must send payments (regular, regularly). We deal on a (strictly, strict) cash basis.

13. The mechanic's tools were (well, good). The foreman said that his work was (good, well)
done.

14. She worked (careful, carefully) with the sick child. She was a very (careful, carefully)
worker.

15. He did not pass the course as (easy, easily) as he thought he would.

16. I find this novel very (interesting, interestingly). It was (interesting, interestingly) written.

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/exercises/2/2/8

Adjective or Adverb?

Gap-fill exercise
Choose the correct answer!

English and German are (close/closely) related.

There is still a very (close/closely) bond between mother and daughter.

Jack is good at tennis and he always plays . (fair/fairly)

He did (fair/fairly) well in his examination.

The decision to elect him as chairman was (just/justly) made.

Did you catch the plane? - Yes, I got there (just/justly) in time.

The athletes have been practising very (hard/hardly) for Athens.

I could (hard/hardly) hear him at the back.

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Amnesty International says that several people are (wrong/wrongly) imprisoned.

Something has gone (wrong/wrongly) with my car.

I've (near/nearly) finished the book you gave me.

My grandparents live quite . (near/nearly)

Fortunately, my best friend lives very (close/closely) by.

I think you have spent too much money (late/lately).

They always get home (late/lately) on weekends.

Linda is a (pretty/prettily) nice girl.

Look, isn't she dancing ? (pretty/prettily)

You'll have to hit the ball quite (high/highly) to get it over that net.

The Concorde used to fly much (high/highly) than most other airplanes.

He's very (high/highly) thought of within the company.

Their son has been a (deep/deeply) disappointment to them.

He is (deep/deeply) grateful for our support.

The car stopped (short, shortly) at the gate.

He will come (short, shortly).

Please be back at 6 o’clock (sharp/sharply).

The father spoke (sharp/sharply) to the boy.

The road bends (sharp/sharply) to the left.

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Exercise 3. Write eight adjectives describing an ice cream cone and then use each
adjective in a sentence for picture no 1. Then do the same as the picture no 2, 3 and 4.
Choose one subject you want to describe by yourself.

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