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Adjectives & Adverbs

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

There is a slight / slightly difference between the original and the reproduction of that painting, but only an expert can tell.

a)

slight

b)

slightly

2.

Most wild animals fight hard / hardly when they are attacked.

a)

hard

b)

hardly

3.

George's mother is serious / seriously ill.

a)

serious

b)

seriously

4.

The accident we had last night wasn't very serious / seriously. The car was only slight / slightly damaged.

a)

serious/slight

b)

seriously/slightly

c)

serious/slightly

d)

seriously/slight

5.

I don't read newspapers anymore because there's hard / hardly any cheerful news in them.

a)

hard

b)

hardly

6.

A lot of things went wrong / wrongly during our holiday because it was bad / badly planned.

a)

wrong/bad

b)

wrongly/bad

c)

wrongly/badly

d)

wrong/badly

7.

When I spoke to him on the phone, Tom sounded furious / furiously

a)

furious

b)

furiously

8.

The police dog smelled the bags careful / carefully to find the hidden drugs.

a)

careful

b)

carefully

9.

I find this novel very interesting/interestingly. It was interesting/interestingly written.

a)

interesting/interestingly

b)

interesting/interesting

c)

interestingly/interestingly

d)

interestingly/interesting

10.

Jack spoke confident / confidently to the audience, urging them to elect him president of the union. He knew he had a good / well chance of winning the election.

a)

confident/well

b)

confidently/good

c)

confident/good

d)

confidently/well

11.

Melanie quick / quickly ate her lunch. She knew the meeting was important / importantly, and she didn't want to be late.

a)

quick/important

b)

quick/importantly

c)

quickly/important

d)

quickly/importantly

12.

Sophie lived in Thailand for several years. She speaks Thai fluent / fluently, and she knows the culture very good / well.

a)

fluent/good

b)

fluently/well

c)

fluent/well

d)

fluently/good

13.

The hot / hotly, humid weather made it difficult to enjoy the tropical beach. Miriam seemed more uncomfortable / uncomfortably than relaxed.

a)

hot/uncomfortable

b)

hotly/uncomfortable

c)

hot/uncomfortably

d)

hotly/uncomfortably

14.

The entrance examination is extreme / extremely challenging. Very few people make it into the prestigious / prestigiously medical school.

a)

extreme/prestigious

b)

extremely/prestigiously

c)

extremely/prestigious

d)

extreme/prestigiously

15.

The young girl sings amazing / amazingly well for someone her age. Her performance was spectacular / spectacularly, to say the least.

a)

amazingly/spectacular

b)

amazingly/spectacularly

c)

amazing/spectacular

d)

amazing/spectacularly

16.

We gradual / gradually noticed changes in Diane's personality; she became quiet / quietly and withdrawn from her friends and family.

a)

gradual/quiet

b)

gradual/quietly

c)

gradually/quiet

d)

gradually/quietly

17.

Nicole grew tired / tiredly from the hours of overtime at work. It became quite obvious / obviously that she needed a long vacation.

a)

tired/obviously

b)

tired/obvious

c)

tiredly/obviously

d)

tiredly/obvious