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Adjective Vs Adverb

Total questions: 58

Worksheet time: 32mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Our holiday was too short. Time passed by so ...........

a)

quick

b)

quickly

2.

Christopher doesn't take risks when he's driving. He's always ...............

a)

careful

b)

carefully

3.

Although she makes a lot of mistakes, she is quite ........................ in English.

a)

fluent

b)

fluently

4.

The driver of the car was ..................... injured because of the accident.

a)

serious

b)

seriously

5.

She fell and hurt herself quite .......................

a)

bad

b)

badly

6.

Don’t climb that ladder. It doesn’t look ...................

a)

safe

b)

safely

7.

The _______ student is answering the questions

a)

intelligent

b)

intelligently

8.

I can't understand him. He doesn't speak very _____.

a)

clear

b)

clearly

9.

Oliver can play the piano very .........

a)

well

b)

goodly

10.

She feels __________ today because she lost her wallet!

a)

sadly

b)

quiet

c)

sad

d)

loudly

11.

He is a _____student

a)

quiet

b)

quietly

12.

The man works ______.

a)

careful

b)

carefully

13.

The ______ students always come on time

a)

punctual

b)

punctually

14.

She drives______

a)

careful

b)

carefully

15.

The teacher speaks______

a)

clear

b)

clearly

16.

The doctor works _____

a)

silent

b)

silently

17.

The ____ biker is talking

a)

slow

b)

slowly

18.

The girl is answering the letter ______

a)

prompt

b)

promptly

19.

The________ man is talking

a)

sincere

b)

sincerely

20.

Is the highlighted word an adjective or an adverb?


My train arrived late, as usual.

a)

Adverb

b)

Adjective

21.

Is the highlighted word an adjective or an adverb?


Please don't accidentally drop your computer again.

a)

Adverb

b)

Adjective

22.

What parts of speech can an adjective modify?

a)

Noun

b)

Verb

c)

Adjective

d)

Adverb

23.

What parts of speech can an adverb modify?

a)

Noun

b)

Verb

c)

Adjective

d)

Adverb

24.

Is the highlighted word an adjective or an adverb?


The early bird gets the worm.

a)

Adverb

b)

Adjective

25.

Should the blank be filled with an adjective or an adverb?


The construction worker ate his lunch _____.

a)

adjective

b)

adverb

26.

Should the blank be filled with an adjective or an adverb?


I love _____ music!

a)

adjective

b)

adverb

27.

Used to describe nouns...

a)

Adjectives

b)

Adverbs

28.

Used to describe verbs and adjectives...

a)

Adjectives

b)

Adverbs

29.

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

30.

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.

31.

Identify an adverb in the following lyric:


"You're busy smiling on cue, when you don't have a clue. We're a mess and we know it, we want you to know too."

a)

Smiling

b)

A

c)

We

d)

Too

32.

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

33.

Nouns are described by...

a)

Adverbs

b)

Adjectives

34.

In the following lyric, what part of speech is the word "back"?


"Half of my heart is in Havana, ooh-na-na (ay, ay)

He took me back to East Atlanta, na-na-na."

a)

Adverb

b)

Verb

c)

Adjective

d)

Noun

35.

Which of the following is N-O-T an adverb in the following lyric:


"You probably think that you are better now, better now.

You only say that 'cause I'm not around, not around."

a)

Probably

b)

Better

c)

Around

36.

Which of the following is an adjective?

a)

Radically

b)

Brotherly

c)

Audaciously

d)

Recklessly

37.

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

38.

What type of describing is going on in the following quote:


"The Aragon Ballroom is the best venue in the city."

a)

Comparative

b)

Superlative

39.

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.

40.

The books look old and the papers are yellowish.

Identify the adjective(s).

a)

books

b)

looks

c)

old

d)

papers

e)

yellowish

41.

My mother cooks the most delicious Nasi Lemak.

Identify the noun.

a)

most

b)

Nasi Lemak

c)

cooks

d)

delicious

42.

The old man has read various kinds of genres and recommends some interesting books to me.


'Old' and 'interesting' are...

a)

noun

b)

adjective

c)

adverb

d)

verb

43.

It's an ___________ job. You can finish it _________________.

a)

easy/ easy

b)

easy/ easily

c)

easily/ easily

d)

easily/ easy

44.

The math quiz is so ___________, and we need to study __________.

a)

hard/ hard

b)

hardly/ hard

c)

hard/ hardly

d)

hardly/ hardly

45.

What suffix do you add to the end of an adjective to make it an adverb?

(a)  

46.

Which of the following words are adverbs?

a)

beautiful

b)

smartly

c)

happy

d)

lively

e)

noisily

47.

Which of the following words are adjectives?

a)

red

b)

happily

c)

smart

d)

the

e)

beautifully

48.

Which describes someone or something?

a)

adjective

b)

adverb

49.

Which tells how something is done?

a)

adjective

b)

adverb

50.

Change the adjective happy to an adverb

(a)  

51.

Change the adverb neatly to an adjective

(a)  

52.

Read the text and fill in an adjective or an adverb. You get the adjective between brackets.

Niagara Falls form a ... (natural) border between the United States and Canada.

(a)  

53.

Tourists visit this place ... (frequent).

(a)  

54.

The Falls fall down very ... (noisy).

(a)  

55.

If you stand on the overwhelmingly high balcony and look down, you should not feel ... (afraid)

(a)  

56.

Only answer the first!

... (Honest), then you are ... (foolish).

(a)  

57.

Only answer the second!

... (Honest), then you are ... (foolish).

(a)  

58.

In the end, all will end ... (good).

(a)