Fill in the blanks with an appropriate adjective or adverb.
1Two people were ............... injured in the accident.
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The adverb "badly" describes how the people were injured.
2I felt that she was behaving rather ............... .
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The adverb "selfishly" describes the way she was behaving.
3There was a ............... change in the weather.
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The adjective "sudden" describes the noun "change."
4She fell and ............... injured herself.
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The adverb "seriously" describes how she injured herself.
5Don't go up that ladder. It doesn't look ............... .
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The adjective "safe" follows the linking verb "look."
6My leg was aching. I could ............... walk.
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The adverb "hardly" means almost not at all.
7She ............... said anything.
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The adverb "hardly" means almost not at all.
8The book was so ............... that I didn't want to put it down.
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The adjective "good" describes the book after the linking verb "was."
9I was so tired that I fell ............... in the chair.
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The correct fixed phrase is "fell" asleep "."
10This shirt is ............... small for me.
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Use "so" before an adjective when there is no following noun phrase.
11We don't have to stop for petrol. We have got ............... .
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The pronoun "enough" means a sufficient amount.
12It is a small car. It doesn't have ............... for all of us.
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The phrase "enough room" uses "enough" before the noun.
Done.
Score: 0/12
Answers
- Two people were badly injured in the accident.
- I felt that she was behaving rather selfishly .
- There was a sudden change in the weather.
- She fell and seriously injured herself.
- Don’t go up that ladder. It doesn’t look safe .
- My leg was aching. I could hardly walk.
- She hardly said anything.
- The book was so good that I didn’t want to put it down.
- I was so tired that I fell asleep in the chair.
- This shirt is so small for me.
- We don’t have to stop for petrol. We have got enough .
- It is a small car. It doesn’t have enough room for all of us.
