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Adjective Or Adverb Exercise

July 19, 2021 A2pdf

Fill in the blanks with an adjective or adverb.

Progress 0 of 12 answered
1Please write more ...............
Wrong!
Use the adverb "legibly" to describe how someone writes.
2How is your grandmother? Is she any ...............?
Wrong!
Use the comparative adjective "better" to ask about improvement.
3He can speak ............... German.
Wrong!
Use the adjective "fluent" to describe the noun "German" here.
4The small house was ............... bigger than a hut.
Wrong!
Use "hardly" to mean almost not in "hardly bigger".
5She works the ............... when she does something for her family.
Wrong!
Use the superlative adverb "hardest" after "the" in this comparison.
6A car cannot carry as ............... people as a bus.
Wrong!
Use "many" with plural countable nouns in the pattern "as many... as".
7That was a ............... thing to do.
Wrong!
Use the adjective "stupid" before the noun "thing".
8I ............... watch action movies.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
The adverbs "rarely" and "seldom" both correctly describe how often you watch action movies.
9They waited ............... for their father.
Wrong!
Use the adverb "anxiously" to describe how they waited.
10All of a ..............., a dark figure emerged in the hallway.
Wrong!
The fixed phrase is "all of a sudden".
11He ran as ............... as he could.
Wrong!
Use "fast" as the adverb in the pattern "as fast as".
12She looked ...............
Wrong!
Use the adjective "sad" after the linking verb "looked".

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  1. Please write more legibly.
  2. How is your grandmother? Is she any better?
  3. He can speak fluent German.
  4. The small house was hardly bigger than a hut.
  5. She works the hardest when she does something for her family.
  6. A car cannot carry as many people as a bus.
  7. That was a stupid thing to do.
  8. I rarely / seldom watch action movies.
  9. They waited anxiously for their father.
  10. All of a sudden, a dark figure emerged in the hallway.
  11. He ran as fast as he could.
  12. She looked sad.

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