Fill in the blanks with an appropriate adjective or adverb.
1. He runs ………………………..
Fast can be an adjective and an adverb. There is no need for the word fastly.
2. I can speak English ………………………….. than French.
We need a comparative expression before than.
3. The pretty girl smiled …………………………. at the guests.
Here we use the adverb warmly to modify the verb smiled.
4. She looked ………………………….. than ever before.
Happier is the comparative form of happy.
5. Can you write more …………………………?
Legible is an adjective. We need the adverb legibly to modify the verb write.
6. Her performance was the ………………………. of all.
Worst is the superlative form of bad.
7. They handled the situation quite ………………………..
We need the adverb sensibly to modify the verb handled. More cannot be used with quite.
8. I have ………………………….. interest in politics.
Little is the positive form of the adjective.
9. I earn …………………………. money than my mother.
We use less with uncountable nouns and few with plural nouns.
10. This essay has …………………………. mistakes than the other.
We use less with uncountable nouns and few/fewer with plural nouns.
11. She works ……………………….. than her husband.
12. He works …………………………… to support his family.
Hard can be an adjective and an adverb. Hardly is similar to scarcely.
Answers
1. He runs fast.
2. I can speak English more fluently than French.
3. The pretty girl smiled warmly at the guests.
4. She looked happier than ever before.
5. Can you write more legibly?
6. Her performance was the worst of all.
7. They handled the situation quite sensibly.
8. I have little interest in politics.
9. I earn less money than my mother.
10. This essay has fewer mistakes than the other.
11. She works harder than her husband.
12. He works hard to support his family.
