Complete the following sentences using the answer choices given in the brackets.
1. The fish tasted ………………….. (awful / awfully)
2. It is ……………………. cold. (bitter / bitterly)
3. This novel is ……………………. Interesting. (too / very)
4. I am ………………… glad to meet you. (very / much)
5. I could not find it …………………. (nowhere / anywhere)
6. The child ate the sweets ………………… (greedily / greedy)
7. You will pay ……………………. for your mistakes. (dearly / dear)
8. I don’t know ………………….. about him. (nothing / anything)
9. I haven’t got ………………… money. (any / no)
10. He was driving …………………. fast. (unusual / unusually)
Answers
1. awful
2. bitterly
3. very (Too has a negative meaning.)
4. very (Much cannot be used before positive adjectives.)
5. anywhere (not anywhere = nowhere)
6. greedily
7. dearly
8. anything (not anything = nothing
9. any (not any = no)
10. unusually
Notes
Adjectives are used to modify nouns. Adverbs are used to modify verbs. Adverbs can also modify adjectives and other adverbs.
