Fill in the blanks with an adjective or adverb.
1She played the violin ...............
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Use the adverb "beautifully" to describe how she played.
2She complained ............... about the poor service.
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Use the adverb "loudly" to describe how she complained.
3The radio is too ..............., so I can't focus on my work.
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Use the adjective "loud" after "is" to describe the radio.
4A ............... learner can grasp this easily.
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Use the adjective "quick" before the noun "learner".
5The intelligent boy grasped everything ...............
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Use the adverb "quickly" to describe how the boy grasped everything.
6She spoke so ............... that I could not understand anything.
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Use the adverb "fast" because "fastly" is not standard English.
7I know them quite ...............
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Use the adverb "well" to describe the verb "know".
8She is a ............... friend of mine.
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Use the adjective "good" before the noun "friend".
9I have been watching a lot of movies ...............
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Use "lately" to mean recently in this sentence.
10He is a ............... actor.
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Use the adjective "fabulous" before the noun "actor".
11The children performed ...............
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Use the adverb "fabulously" to describe how the children performed.
12He could ............... walk without support.
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Use "hardly" to mean almost not in this sentence.
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- She played the violin beautifully.
- She complained loudly about the poor service.
- The radio is too loud, so I can’t focus on my work.
- A quick learner can grasp this easily.
- The intelligent boy grasped everything quickly.
- She spoke so fast that I could not understand anything.
- I know them quite well.
- She is a good friend of mine.
- I have been watching a lot of movies lately.
- He is a fabulous actor.
- The children performed fabulously.
- He could hardly walk without support.