2. nicely
She has painted it --------------. (nice)
Suddenly he woke up loudly
because the phone rang ----------------. (loud)
3. happily
Mary jumped up -----------------. (happy)
elegantly
She dresses -------------------. (elegant)
4. fast
The train travels --------------. (fast)
gently
The nurse held the babies-----------. (gentle)
5. heavily
Yes, it was raining ------------------
for two hours. (heavy)
beautifully
They dance the cha-cha-cha ____________
(beautiful / beautifully)
6. beautifully
Avril is a pop singer. She sings --------------------
beautiful beautifully
carefully
They planned their trip to Europe very -----------------
(careful / carefully)
7. bravely
The brave men fought ----------------. (brave)
happily
They lived together ----------------. (happy)
8. hard
She is tired because she has worked ----------. (hard)
quietly
She went to bed ---------------. (quiet)
9. hard
Andy doesn't often work __________
. (hard / hardly)
late
Sometimes our teacher arrives ________
for class. (late / lately)
10. well
She knows the road __________.
(good / well)
terribly
He plays the guitar _________.
(terrible / terribly)
11. loud
Turn the stereo down. It's too __________.
(loud / loudly)
happily
He skipped __________ down the road to school.
(happy / happily)
12. clear
It is a beautiful ------------- day.
(a) clear (b) clearly
slowly
Tom opened the door ----------------.
(a) slow (b) slowly
13. I didn't sleep __ last night, so I feel __ today.
(a) good, terrible (b) well, terrible c) well, terribly
(b) well, terrible
Those apples look ___. May I have one?
(a) delicious (b) deliciously
(a) delicious
14. This situation requires a ___
investigation. (a) serious (b) seriously
(a) serious
He speaks so ___ that I can't understand him.
a)fast b)fastly
a)fast
15. ADVERB COMPARISON
For Example: That boy runs ___________ (fast) Bill.
That boy runs faster than Bill.
later than
Keila got to work ----------------------------Harold. (late)
more fluently than
Dr. Elimelech speaks English ---------------------------
Sophorn. (fluently)
more slowly than
A turtle moves ----------------------------a rabbit. (slowly)
16. harder than
Roger works ------------------Stan. (hard)
better than
Maria dances ---------------Laurie. (well)
the best
Debbie dances ------------------of all. (well)
earlier than
Mark came home -------------------Steve. (early)
the earliest
Judy came home ------------------of all. (early)
17. worse than
Carlos drives ----------------Henry. (badly)
the worst
Bill drives -------------of all. (badly)
more quickly than
Kim does her homework --------------------than Tom. (quickly)
the most quickly
Sheila does her homework -------------------of all. (quickly)
18. Be ___ to visitors if you want them to come
back to your country.
a)pleasant b)pleasantly
a)pleasant
She walks so ___ in those boots.
a. heavy b. heavily
b. heavily
19. We worked [quick/quickly] because we had very little time.
quickly
That is such a [noisy/noisily] child! Can you control him?
noisy
20. Can't you tell me [honest/honestly] what you're thinking?
honestly
We can't find an [honest/honestly] politician in this city!
honest
21. Fill in the blanks with the right adverb.
quickly(2) / suddenly / heavily /
brightly / easily / soundly /eventually / cheaply / slowly
1. The snow fell -----------------on the mountain.
2. The boys ran ---------------down the road.
3. I slept --------------after the long day.
4. Our school team won the match --------------.
5. The sun shone --------------whilst we were on holiday.
6. The old lady walked ----------------to the shops.
7. David bought his new steroe -------------------at the sales.
8. The hungry child ate his dinner ---------------------.
9. The tortoise finished the race --------------------.
10. --------------------, it clouded over and started to rain.
