ADVERBS

Ex. 1. Find the adjective in the first sentence and fill in the blanks with the
corresponding adverb.
1. James is careful. He drives__carefully__________.
2. The girl is slow. She walks__slowly__________.
3. Her English is perfect. She speaks English____perfectly________.
4. Our teacher is angry. She shouts____angryly________.
5. My neighbor is a loud speaker. He speaks___loudly_________.
6. He is a bad writer. He writes____badly________.
7. Jane is a nice guitar player. He plays the guitar____nicely________.
8. He is a good painter. He paints____well________.
9. She is a quiet girl. She does her job___quietly_________.
10. This exercise is easy. You can do it__easily__________.

Ex. 2. Fill in the blanks with suitable adverbs from the box. Write the kind of adverb
against each sentence. The same adverb can be used more than once.
Occasionally Sometimes Usually Rarely Once
Very Never Mostly Often always

1. I ...............always........... go to bed at 10 o'clock.

2. I have ......once................ been to the USA.
3. I have been to Australia just .......................
4. I ....................... take a bath before I go to bed.
5. My grandparents live in Kerala. I visit them ........................
6. My friends are ..................... non-smokers.
7. I was ........................ impressed with her performance.
8. I ....................... go for a walk in the park.
9. I watch English films ......................
10. They ...................... go out.
Ex. 3. Complete the following with suitable adverbs. Choose from the given box.
Almost Very There Ever So
Sometimes Clearly Perhaps Seldom Certainly

1. I have ....................... finished.

2. He is ..................... clever.
3. There is ...................... something wrong.
4. .................... I think I should take a long break.
5. ..................... her train is late.
6. He is .................... late for work.
7. She is .................... the right person for the job.
8. Have you ................... wanted to run away?
9. You can see lots of flowers ...................
10. They are ..................... beautiful.

Ex. 4: Complete the sentences with the best adverb.

slowly | carefully | beautifully | well | loudly | carelessly | easily | excitedly | finally |
suddenly | quickly | quietly

1. Come here ____________. You have to see this!

2. We knew that she had got the job when we saw her _________ talking on the phone.
3. He ______________ put the vase on the table. It fell to the floor.
4. Sharon is throwing a party on Saturday. She ___________ finished her PhD.
5. Let's walk ________________. I don't want to be the first one at the meeting.
6. Alex _____________ put up the bookshelves. It was too difficult for me to do on my
own.
7. Every thing happened so ______________. We had to move to California in less than
a month.
8. Why does he always have to talk so ____________. You can hear him in the next
room!
9. Although she speaks five languages, she did not do ___________ on the translation
exam.
10. I was so surprised. His new apartment was _____________ decorated.

Ex. 5: Complete the sentence using an adjective or adverb.

1. He's always in a rush. I don't understand why he walks so ____________
(quick/quickly).
2. I prefer studying in the library. It's always_______________ (quiet/quietly).
3. Michael __________ (happy/happily) took the assistant job. He had been looking for
a position all summer.
4. Marta dances _____________ (beautiful/beautifully). She's been taking ballet since
she was five years old.
5. They speak French very ____________ (good/well). They lived in France for two
years.
6. My neighbor always plays ___________ (loud/loudly) music on the weekends. It's so
annoying.
7. Please be __________ (careful/carefully) in the hallway. The walls have just been
painted.
8. Dan is very smart, but he is not a very___________ (good/well) student.
9. He reacted __________ (angry/angrily) to the news. I have never seen him so upset.
10. We didn't ______________ (complete/completely) understand the teacher's
instructions. Most of us did not finish the assignment.

Ex. 6: Choose the correct answers:

1. He doesn't get up early on Sundays. He gets up_______
a. late b. lately c. slowly d. hardly
2. The write can't see aunt Licy_______ He's having breakfast.
a. still b. now c. often d. always
3. He was a friendly waiter. He spoke to the writer_______
a. friendly b. as friends c. like friends d. in a friendly ways
4. He spent the whole day in his room. He was in his room _______
a. the whole b. the all c. all day d. all of
5. Bill is a harder worker. He works_______ than Joe.
a. harder b. more hard c. more hardly d. hardier
6. Every year the writer_______ enters for the garden competition.
a. every b. also c. and d. to
7. The writer had_______ reached the town when the young man spoke.
a. often b. almost c. sometimes d. just as
8. She couldn't find her bag. It wasn't _______
a. their b. theirs c. they're d. there
9. Do you still want them? Do you_______ want them?
a. yet b. even c. now d. more
10. Both girls write to each other regularly. They write_______
a. frequently b. occasionally c. sometimes d. now again
11. They will travel faster. They will travel_______
a. sooner b. more quickly c. hurriedly d. shorter
12. Why did they kick the ball so_______?
a. hardly b. hard c. hardy d. hardly
13. That was all she remembered. She couldn't remember_______
a. some more b. any more c. no more d. none more
14. Ted has been worried all week and he's_______ worried.
a. even b. still c. yet d. any more
15. The car was easy to recognize so it wasn't _______ difficult for the police to catch the
thieves.
a. much b. very c. many d. too
16. He got such a fright. He was_______ frightened.
a. so b. such c. such as d. a so
17. It was more than he could bear. he couldn't bear it_______
a. more b. longer c. any longer d. no more
18. He had hardly had time to settle down_______ he had settled down.
a. no sooner b. as soon as c. scarcely d. hardly
19. We were very much surprised. We were_______ surprised.
a. more b. many c. most d. the most
20. He brought almost everything in the window. He brought_______
a. nearly b. scarcely c. hardly d. already

Ex. 7: Choose the correct answers:

1 They dance the Tango (beautiful / beautifully)
2 She planned their trip to Greece very (careful / carefully)
3 Jim painted the kitchen very (bad / badly)
4 She speaks very (quiet / quietly)
5 Turn the stereo down. It's too (loud / loudly)
6 He skipped________ down the road to school. (Happy / happily)
7 He drives too (fast / well)
8 She knows the road (good / well)
9 He plays the guitar (terrible / terribly)
10 We're going camping tomorrow so we have to get up (early /soon)
11 Andy doesn't often work (hard / hardly)
12 Sometimes our teacher arrives______for class. (Late / lately)

Ex. 8: Choose the correct answers:

1. Two people were seriously injured in the accident. (serious/seriously)

2. The driver of the car had serious injuries. (serious/seriously)

3. I think you behaved very .... .(selfish/selfishly)

4. Rose is .... upset about losing her job. (terrible/terribly)

5. There was a .... change in the weather. (sudden/suddenly)

6. Everybody at the party was .... dreesed. (colourful/colourfully)

7. Linda likes wearing .... clothes. (colourful/colourfully)

8. Liz fell and hurt herself quite .... . (bad/badly)

9. Joe says he didn't do well at school because he was .... taught. (bad/badly)

10. Don't go up that ladder. It doesn't look .... . (safe/safely)