1He runs ...............
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Use the adverb "fast" to describe how he runs.
2I can speak English ............... than French.
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Use the comparative adverb "more fluently" before "than" to compare how someone speaks.
3The pretty girl smiled ............... at the guests.
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Use the adverb "warmly" to describe how the girl smiled.
4She looked ............... after the good news.
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Use the adjective "happy" after the linking verb "looked" to describe her state.
5Can you write more ...............?
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Use the adverb "legibly" to describe how someone writes.
6Her performance was the ............... of all.
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Use the superlative adjective "worst" after "the" when comparing one performance with all the others.
7They handled the situation quite ...............
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Use the adverb "sensibly" to describe how they handled the situation.
8I have ............... interest in politics.
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Use "little" before the uncountable noun "interest" when there is no comparison.
9I earn ............... money than my mother.
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Use the comparative adjective "less" with the uncountable noun "money" before "than".
10This essay has ............... mistakes than the other.
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Use "fewer" with the plural countable noun "mistakes" in a comparison.
11She works ............... than her husband.
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Use the comparative adverb "harder" before "than" to compare effort.
12He works ............... to support his family.
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Use the adverb "hard" to mean with a lot of effort.
Done.
Score: 0/12
Answers
- He runs fast
- I can speak English more fluently than French.
- The pretty girl smiled warmly at the guests.
- She looked happy after the good news.
- Can you write more legibly?
- Her performance was the worst of all.
- They handled the situation quite sensibly
- I have little interest in politics.
- I earn less money than my mother.
- This essay has fewer mistakes than the other.
- She works harder than her husband.
- He works hard to support his family.
