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Adverbs vs Adjectives

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
My train arrived late, as usual.
a)
Adverb
b)
Adjective
2.
I'm watching the late film.  
a)
Adverb
b)
Adjective
3.
My brother loves fast cars. 
a)
Adverb
b)
Adjective
4.
He drives too fast. 
a)
Adverb
b)
Adjective
5.
This exercise is harder than I thought.
a)
Adverb
b)
Adjective
6.
I hope you'll try harder in future.  
a)
Adverb
b)
Adjective
7.
"The Times" is published daily.  
a)
Adverb
b)
Adjective
8.
"The Times" is a daily newspaper.
a)
Adverb
b)
Adjective
9.
You've just ruined my best shirt. 
a)
Adverb
b)
Adjective
10.
Computers work best if you kick them.
a)
Adverb
b)
Adjective
11.

Used to describe nouns...

a)

Adjectives

b)

Adverbs

12.

Used to describe verbs and adjectives...

a)

Adjectives

b)

Adverbs

13.

What part of speech is the word "quiet" in the following lyric:


"I hear the drums echoing tonight, but she hears only whispers of some quiet conversation."

a)

Verb

b)

Noun

c)

Adjective

d)

Adverb

14.

Which of the following is the adjective that fits in the blank: "Post Malone is a very _________ performer"

a)

Elegant

b)

Elegantly

15.

What two things do Adverbs identify?

a)

The action of the subject.

b)

The degree of something.

c)

The relationships to a noun.

d)

Who, when, where, and why.

16.

In the following quote, what part of speech is the term "Enthusiastically"?


"My favorite part of the concert tonight was when Matt Champion ran up to Merlyn Wood and hugged him enthusiastically at the end of the set. Man, bromances are great."

a)

Verb

b)

Adjective

c)

Noun

d)

Adverb

17.

Nouns are described by...

a)

Adverbs

b)

Adjectives

18.

In the following quote, what does the adverb "Vivaciously" describe, and what part of speech is that?


"Gerard Way shouted vivaciously at the crowd to raise their lighter in the air."

a)

"Gerard Way", Noun

b)

"Gerard Way", Adverb

c)

"Shouted", Verb

d)

"The Crowd", Noun

19.

What parts of speech compose the following sentence?


"Band merch is ridiculously expensive."

a)

Band Merch: Noun, Ridiculously: Verb, Expensive: Adverb.

b)

Band Merch: Adverb, Ridiculously: Adjective, Expensive: Noun.

c)

Band Merch: Noun, Ridiculously: Adverb, Expensive: Adjective.

20.

The woolly mammoth is believed to be the ancestor of the modern elephant.

a)

Adjective

b)

Adverb

21.

I haven't been feeling very well ________.

a)

late

b)

lately

c)

later

22.

The house was very _______. It had been snowing _______ all day yesterday.

a)

quiet / heavy

b)

quietly / heavily

c)

quiet / heavily

23.

Jack lives _______ to his work. However, he was _______ for work every day last week.

a)

near / lately

b)

near / late

c)

nearly / late

24.

He tried ________ to solve the problem, but he didn't manage to do it.

a)

hard

b)

hardly

c)

harder

25.

You can move around the office ________. Also, you can get some _________ coffee here.

a)

free / free

b)

freely / free

c)

free / freely

26.

John ________ crashed his car yesterday. He was driving really ________.

a)

near / fast

b)

nearly / fastly

c)

nearly / fast

27.

_________ there was a ________ knock at the door.

a)

Suddenly / loud

b)

Sudden / loud

c)

Suddenly / loudly

28.

'Did you get your results yesterday?'

'Yes, I did quite _______, you know!'

a)

good

b)

well

29.

The cat is so _________ up in the tree! It's __________ unlikely that it will be able to descend on its own.

a)

highly / high

b)

highly / highly

c)

high / highly

30.

This particular stretch of coast is _________ popular with the citizens. It was __________ designed to make it easy for a disabled people to use.

a)

specially / specially

b)

especially / especially

c)

especially / specially

31.

Find the synonymous sentence to

'Alexander looks like he'd be good at sports.' 'Actually, he's not.'

a)

'Alexander looks like he'd be good at sports.' 'Basically, he's not.'

b)

'Alexander looks like he'd be good at sports.' 'In fact, he's not.'

32.

'Apparently he's had enough of England and is going back to Australia.'

What does 'apparently' mean?

a)

the truth is (used to emphasize something, especially the opposite of what was previously said)

b)

clearly (used to give information you expect other people to know or agree with)

c)

used to say you have read or been told something although you are not certain it is true

33.

'Gradually, she realized that he wasn't telling her the truth.'

What does 'gradually' mean?

a)

little by little

b)

in a perfect world

c)

in the most important ways

34.

'I looked everywhere for my keys, and eventually found them inside one of my shoes!'

What is the synonym to 'eventually'?

a)

at the end

b)

in the end

c)

lastly

35.

___________ they were very reserved, but then became much more sociable.

a)

On the beginning

b)

At the beginning

c)

In the beginning

36.

Speak ________ because mum isn't feeling very well and she's sleeping.

a)

quietly

b)

quiet

c)

lately

d)

sleepily

37.

I'm keen on __________ films. I love laughing with my friends.

a)

happily

b)

amusing

c)

funnily

d)

excitingly

38.

I'm hardly ever _______ for classes.

a)

late

b)

lately

c)

hungrily

d)

angrily

39.

My mum usually drives ________ .

a)

slow

b)

carefully

c)

careless

d)

good

40.

My father is a __________ driver.

a)

dangerous

b)

dangerously

c)

safely

d)

carelessly