Fill in the blanks: Adverbs or Adjectives

Lesson 1: ​Adverb or Adjective?

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Complete the sentence using an adjective or adverb.

To make adverbs we often add -ly at the end of an adjective (words that describe a noun)

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Example: beautiful (adjective) girl (noun), beautiful + ly = beautifully (adverb)

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1. He’s always in a rush. I don’t understand why he walks so

(quick/quickly)

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2. I prefer studying in the library. It’s always

(quiet/quietly).

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3. Michael

(happy/happily) took the assistant job. He had been looking for a position all summer

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4. Marta dances

(beautiful/beautifully). She’s been taking ballet since she was five years old.

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5. They speak French very

(good/well). They lived in France for two years.

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6. My neighbor always plays

(loud/loudly) music on the weekends. It’s so annoying.

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7. Please be

(careful/carefully) in the hallway. The walls have just been painted.

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8. Dan is very smart, but he is not a very

(good/well) student.

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9. He reacted

(angry/angrily) to the news. I have never seen him so upset.

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10. We didn’t

(complete/completely) understand the teacher’s instructions. Most of us did not finish the assignment.