Test. Adverbs.

 

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

• A: Did you get your exam results? B: Yes. I didn’t do very…. though. I got a very … mark in History. A: Your History exam didn’t come at a …..time though, did it? B: No. I was very …when I had that exam. I’m sure I wouldn’t have done so …if I had been …. 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 …up at me with her big green eyes and mewed …. I knew …that I had to buy her.

3. Quiet – loud – cheerful

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

4. Choose the correct item.

(quiet/quietly)

The house was ….

5. (heavy/heavily) (soft/softly)

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

6. (Sudden/Suddenly)  (loud/loudly)

…., there was a …knock at the door.

7. (nervous/nervously)

• I jumped up… 

8. (anxious/anxiously)

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

9.  (slow/slowly)

I …opened the door and locked outside.

10. (cold/coldly)

A rush of …air entered the house

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

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

12. (near/nearly)

She lives …to the school.

13.  (near/nearly)

Jack …crashed his car yesterday.

14. (free/freely)

EU citizens can travel …within Europe.

15. (high/highly)

His story sounds …unlikely.

16. (free/freely)

I got this pen …with a magazine.

17. (high/highly)

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

18. (late/lately)

Roger was …for work every day last week.

19. (late/lately)

I haven’t been feeling very well ….

20. (hard/hardly)

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

21. (hard/hardly)

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

22. (friendly/in a friendly way)

The stranger looked at me in a …way.

23. (friendly/in a friendly way)

Our new neighbours are quite ….

24. (cowardly/in a cowardly way)

I hate …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 …way.