Fill in the blanks with an appropriate adjective or adverb.
1Two people were ............... injured in the accident.
Wrong!
Use the adverb "badly" to describe the verb phrase "were injured."
2I felt that she was behaving rather ............... .
Wrong!
Use the adverb "selfishly" to describe how she was behaving.
3There was a ............... change in the weather.
Wrong!
Use the adjective "sudden" before the noun "change."
4She fell and ............... injured herself.
Wrong!
Use the adverb "seriously" to describe how she injured herself.
5Don't go up that ladder. It doesn't look ............... .
Wrong!
After the linking verb "look," use the adjective "safe."
6My leg was aching. I could ............... walk.
Wrong!
Use "hardly" to mean almost not at all.
7She ............... said anything.
Wrong!
Use "hardly" to mean almost not at all.
8The book was so ............... that I didn't want to put it down.
Wrong!
"Good" is correct because it is an adjective describing the book after "was."
9I was so tired that I fell ............... in the chair.
Wrong!
The phrase is "fell" asleep "," meaning began to sleep.
10This shirt is ............... small for me.
Wrong!
Use "so" before an adjective without a noun phrase: "so small."
11We don't have to stop for petrol. We have got ...............
Wrong!
"Enough" means a sufficient amount here, so we do not need more petrol.
12It is a small car. It doesn't have ............... for all of us.
Wrong!
Use "enough" before a noun, so the correct phrase is "enough room."
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.
