Den's test

    Fill in good, well (2), bad, badly and ill.

• A: Did you get your exam results? B: Yes. I didn’t do very GOOD…. though. I got a very BAD… mark in History. A: Your History exam didn’t come at a GOOD…..time though, did it? B: No. I was very ILL…when I had that exam. I’m sure I wouldn’t have done so WELL…if I had been BADLY…. A: Never mind, perhaps they will let you do the exam again if you explain what the problem was.

2.     For each gap, choose an adjective from the list given and turn it into an adverb.

Soft – immediate – sad

• I was passing the pet shop when I saw the most beautiful kitten in the window. She looked  SOFTY…up at me with her big green eyes and mewed SADLY…. I knew IMMEDIATLY…that I had to buy her.

3. Quiet – loud – cheerful

• Claire called to her mum SCHEERFULY….as she ran into the house. The door slammed LOUDLY…behind her. "Why do you have to make so much noise?" shouted her mum. "Sorry", said Claire, and QUIETLY…crept upstairs.

4. Choose the correct item.

(quiet/quietly)

The house was …QUIET.

5. (heavy/heavily) (soft/softly)

It had been snowing HEAVILY…all day and the ground was covered in a SOFT…white blanket.

6. (Sudden/Suddenly)  (loud/loudly)

SUDDENLY…., there was a LOUD…knock at the door.

7. (nervous/nervously)

• I jumped up… NERVOUSLY

8. (anxious/anxiously)

"Who is it?" I called …ANXIOUSLY. There was no reply.

9.  (slow/slowly)

I …SLOWLY opened the door and locked outside.

10. (cold/coldly)

A rush of COLD…air entered the house

11.  (quick/quickly) (horrible/horribly)

I …QUICKLY shut the door and turned around, then I saw the most HORRIBLE… creature I had ever seen standing in front of me.

12. (near/nearly)

She lives NEAR…to the school.

13.  (near/nearly)

Jack …NEARLY crashed his car yesterday.

14. (free/freely)

EU citizens can travel …FREELY within Europe.

15. (high/highly)

His story sounds HIGHLY…unlikely.

16. (free/freely)

I got this pen FREE…with a magazine.

17. (high/highly)

We could see the bird’s nest HIGH…up in the tree.

18. (late/lately)

Roger was LATE…for work every day last week.

19. (late/lately)

I haven’t been feeling very well LATELY….

20. (hard/hardly)

He tried HARD…to solve the problem, but he couldn’t do it.

21. (hard/hardly)

The music was so loud that I could HARDLY…hear what he was saying.

22. (friendly/in a friendly way)

The stranger looked at me in a …FRIENDLY way.

23. (friendly/in a friendly way)

Our new neighbours are quite …FRIENDLY.

24. (cowardly/in a cowardly way)

I hate COWARDLY…people; they aren’t able to take responsibility for their actions.

25.  (cowardly/in a cowardly way)

The dog came to the boy in a …COWARDLY way.