Fill in the blanks with an adjective or adverb.
1. He spoke ………………………..
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Wrong!
We use the adverb loudly to modify the verb spoke.
2. I felt ……………………..
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Wrong!
Feel is a copular verb. We use adjectives, not adverbs, to modify copular verbs.
3. I am feeling much ………………………… today.
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Wrong!
4. She speaks …………………….. English.
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Wrong!
Here the adjective fluent modifies the noun English.
5. They hit the stone ……………………..
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Hard can be an adjective or an adverb.
6. Don’t drive too ……………………….
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The adjective and adverb form of fast is fast.
7. I was hit …………………………. on the nose.
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Right can mean exactly.
8. It serves him …………………………
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After a verb right is used to mean correctly.
9. She is ……………………….. waiting for a call from her son.
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Wrong!
10. The baby is sleeping …………………………
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Here soundly modifies the verb sleeping.
11. He was ………………………… asleep.
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Sound is used as an adverb in expressions like sound asleep. In other cases, we use soundly.
12. ‘Can I borrow your bicycle?’ ‘……………………….’
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Wrong!
Answers
- He spoke loudly.
- I felt happy.
- I am feeling much better today.
- She speaks fluent English.
- They hit the stone hard.
- Don’t drive too fast.
- I was hit right on the nose.
- It serves him right.
- She is anxiously waiting for a call from her son.
- The baby is sleeping soundly.
- He was sound asleep.
- ‘Can I borrow your bicycle?’ ‘Sure.’
