EXERCISES ON DISTINGUISHING ADJECTIVE AND ADVERB PHRASES
1-Identify the adjective and adverb phrases in the following sentences and specify
their function.
1. I want a chocolate ice-cream.
2. Your shoes are beautiful.
3. Harold eats amazingly quickly.
4. We were well positioned for the attack.
5. I’m late for work.
6. It’s difficult to believe you never got fired.
7. The worst thing is I always knew this would happen.
2-Choose the correct item and specify what function it has in the sentence.
1. He (correct, correctly) defined the terms. The answer sounded (correctly, correct).
2. She (quickly, quick) adjusted the fees. She adapted (quick, quickly) to any
situation.
3. He measured the floor (exact, exactly). They proved to be (perfectly, perfect)
(exact, exactly) measurements.
4. The stillness of the tomb was (awfully, awful). The tomb was (awfully, awful)
still.
5. It was a (dangerously, dangerous) lake to swim in. The man was (dangerous,
dangerously) drunk. The gas smelled (dangerously, dangerous).
6. She performed (magnificent, magnificently). It was a (magnificent,
magnificently) beautiful performance.
7. Her voice sounds (beautifully, beautiful). We heard it (perfectly, perfect).
8. He was a very (sensibly, sensible) person. He acted very (sensible, sensibly).
9. Mike wrote too (slow, slowly) on the exam. He always writes (slow, slowly).
10. Talk (softly, soft) or don't talk at all. The music played (softly, soft).
11. Andrea knows the material very (good, well). She always treats us (good, well).
12. You must send payments (regular, regularly). We deal on a (strictly, strict) cash
basis.
13. The mechanic's tools were (well, good). The foreman said that his work was
(good, well) done.
14. She worked (careful, carefully) with the sick child. She was a very
(careful, carefully) worker.
15. He did not pass the course as (easy, easily) as he thought he would.
16. I find this novel very (interesting, interestingly). It was (interesting,
interestingly) written
3-Choose the correct form of the word in brackets.
1. Sorry I’m _____ (late). I have had a lot of trouble with my car_____ (late).
