Fill in the blanks with an adjective or adverb.
1. Please write more …………………………
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Here the adverb legibly modifies the verb write.
2. How is your grandmother? Is she any …………………………..?
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Use the comparative form when there is an idea of change.
3. He can speak …………………………… German.
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Here the adjective fluent modifies the noun German.
4. The small house was …………………………… bigger than a hut.
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5. She works the ………………………. when she does something for her family.
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Use the superlative form after the.
6. A car cannot carry as ………………………… people as a bus.
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Use the positive form of the adjective in the expression as...as... Use many with plural nouns and much with uncountable nouns.
7. That was a …………………………… thing to do.
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8. I ……………………….. watch action movies.
Please select 2 correct answers
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Either rarely or seldom is possible here.
9. They waited ……………………………. for their father.
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Here the adverb anxiously modifies the verb waited.
10. All of a …………………………., a dark figure emerged in the hallway.
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11. He ran as ………………………… as he could.
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Fast can be an adjective and an adverb. The positive form is used in the expression as...as...
12. She looked …………………………
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Look is a copular verb. We use adjectives, not adverbs to modify copular verbs.
Answers
- Please write more legibly.
- How is your grandmother? Is she any better?
- He can speak fluent German.
- The small house was hardly bigger than a hut.
- She works the hardest when she does something for her family.
- A car cannot carry as many people as a bus.
- That was a stupid thing to do.
- I rarely / seldom watch action movies.
- They waited anxiously for their father.
- All of a sudden, a dark figure emerged in the hallway.
- He ran as fast as he could.
- She looked sad.
