Fill in the blanks with an adjective or adverb.
1. Please drive ………………………………
Correct!
Wrong!
Use the adverb carefully to modify the verb drive.
2. How is your grandmother today? Is she any …………………………..?
Correct!
Wrong!
Use the comparative form when there is an idea of change.
3. She can speak English really ……………………………..
Correct!
Wrong!
We use the adverb well to modify the verb speak.
4. She ……………………………… spoke anything.
Correct!
Wrong!
5. Despite working …………………………….., he couldn’t get the promotion.
Correct!
Wrong!
Hard can be an adjective and an adverb. Hardly is similar to scarcely.
6. The cops ran ……………………………….. and soon caught the thief.
Correct!
Wrong!
Fast can be an adjective and an adverb. There is no such word as fastly.
7. We …………………………….. see lions.
Correct!
Wrong!
Rarely is similar to seldom. Hardly is similar to scarcely.
8. My dog can understand everything. He is …………………………. human.
Correct!
Wrong!
9. No …………………………… had she arrived than trouble started brewing.
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Wrong!
10. The mother is ……………………………… waiting for her son to return.
Correct!
Wrong!
Here the adverb anxiously modifies the verb is waiting.
11. All of a ………………………….. he appeared from nowhere.
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Wrong!
12. Why are you speaking so ………………………………?
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Wrong!
Here the adverb loudly modifies the verb speaking.
Answers
- Please drive carefully.
- How is your grandmother today? Is she any better?
- She can speak English really well.
- She hardly spoke anything.
- Despite working hard, he couldn’t get the promotion.
- The cops ran fast and soon caught the thief.
- We rarely see lions.
- My dog can understand everything. He is almost human.
- No sooner had she arrived than trouble started brewing.
- The mother is anxiously waiting for her son to return.
- All of a sudden, he appeared from nowhere.
12. Why are you speaking so loudly?
