Some adjectives and adverbs have the same form. Some adverbs have two forms. Complete the following sentences with an appropriate adverb.
1Can you be there at 5 o'clock ...............?
Wrong!
Use "sharp" after a time to mean exactly or punctually.
2Don't speak to her so ...............!
Wrong!
Use "sharply" to describe speaking in a severe or angry way.
3It serves you ...............
Wrong!
The fixed expression is "right" in "It serves you right."
4The ball hit me ............... on the nose.
Wrong!
Use "right" to mean exactly in "right on the nose."
5The baby is sleeping ...............
Wrong!
Use the adverb "soundly" to describe how the baby is sleeping.
6I ............... believed that you loved me.
Wrong!
Use the adverb "wrongly" before the verb to mean incorrectly.
7I hate arriving ...............
Wrong!
Use "late" to mean after the expected time.
8You are working too ...............
Wrong!
Use "hard" to mean with a lot of effort.
9Which part of the movie did you like ...............?
Wrong!
Use "most" after "like" to mean to the greatest degree.
10My friends are ............... vegetarians.
Wrong!
Use "mostly" to mean mainly or for the most part.
11That arrangement suits me ...............
Wrong!
Use "fine" informally to mean well or acceptably.
12She was ............... injured in the accident.
Wrong!
Use "fatally" to mean in a way that causes death.
Answers
- Can you be there at 5 o’clock sharp?
- Don’t speak to her so sharply!
- It serves you right
- The ball hit me right on the nose.
- The baby is sleeping soundly
- I wrongly believed that you loved me.
- I hate arriving late
- You are working too hard
- Which part of the movie did you like most?
- My friends are mostly vegetarians.
- That arrangement suits me fine
- She was fatally injured in the accident.