ENGLISH LANGUAGE I | GRAMMAR: ADVERBS
EXERCISES
1) Underline the correct form in the sentences below.
1.- This man buys clothes from this shop
regular/regularly
. He is a
regular/regularly
customer.
2.-Alice is a really
rude/rudely
girl. She always behaves
rude/rudely
.
3.- Joseph sang
beautiful/beautifully
at the party on Sunday.
4.- I am going
direct/directly
to my boss to apologise.
5.- Does this bus go
direct/directly
to the airport?
6.- The submarine sailed
deep/deeply
under the ice cap.
7.- I’m
deep/deeply
thankful to every one of you. You all did so
good/well
.
8.- Jack worked
hard/hardly
all day long.
9.- The fog is so
dense/densely
. I can
hard/hardly
see anything at all.
10.- My dad can get us some
free/freely
tickets.
11.- Everyone can speak
free/freely
here.
12.- She left the door
wide/widely
open. It is
wide/widely
known that she can be easily distracted.
13.- Those socks smell
terrible/terribly
. You ought to change them.
14.- She looks
beautiful/beautifully
in that dress.
15.- He looked at me
strange/strangely
but I had no idea why.
2)Complete the sentences using the correct adverb form of the adjective or noun in brackets. Pay
attention to spelling.
1.- He treats his dog _________. (terrible)
2.- If the phone doesn’t work, you get your money back _________. (automatic)
3.- She touched him on the arm _________. (gentle)
4.- She turned up at the party _________. (unexpected)
5.- It is _________ too late to catch the plane now. (probable)
6.- The exam was _________ easy and everyone passed. (surprising)
7.- ‘I have a question,’ she said, raising her hand _________. (shy)
8.- She has to take the medicine _________. (hour)
9.- There was a _________beautiful view from the bedroom. (true)
10.- The firemen fought _________ to put the fire out. (heroic)
3) Complete each sentence using a word from the box. Sometimes you need the adjective and
sometimes the adverb.
Careful / carefully
Happy/happily
Complete/ completely
Nervous/nervously
Continuous / continuously
Perfect / perfectly
Financial / financially
Quick / quickly
Fluent / fluently
Special / specially
1.- Our holiday was too short. The time passed very _________.
2.- Steve doesn’t take risks when he’s driving. He’s always _________.
3.- Sue works _________. She never seems to stop.
4. – Rachel and Patrick are very _________ married.
5.- Maria’s English is very _________, although she makes quite a lot of mistakes.
6.- I cooked this meal _________ for you, so I hope you like it.
7.- Everything was very quiet. There was _________silence.
8.- I tried on the shoes and they fitted me _________.
9.- Do you usually feel _________ before examinations?
10.- I’d like to buy a car, but it’s _________impossible for me at the moment.
