40133 adjective or adverb

A. Choose the correct item from the choices in parentheses:
1. He ___________ defined the terms. The answer sounded ___________.(CORRECT,
CORRECTLY)
2. She ___________ adjusted the fees. She adapted ___________ to any situation.(QUICK,
QUICKLY)
3. He measured the floor ___________. They proved to be ___________ ___________
measurements. (EXACT, EXACTLY) – (PERFECT, PERFECTLY / EXACT, EXACTLY).
4. The stillness of the tomb was ___________. The tomb was ___________ still. (AWFUL,
AWFULLY)
5. It was a ___________ lake to swim in. The man was ___________ drunk. The gas smelled
___________. (DANGEROUS, DANGEROUSLY).
6. She performed ___________. It was a ___________ beautiful performance. (MAGNIFICENT,
MAGNIFICENTLY).
7. Her voice sounds ___________. She sang the song ___________ as it was written. We
heard

it

___________.

(BEAUTIFUL,

BEAUTIFULLY)

(EXACT,

EXACTLY)

(PERFECT,

PERFECTLY).

8. He was a very ___________ person. He acted very ___________. (SENSIBLE, SENSIBLY).
9. Mike wrote too ___________ on the exam. He always writes ___________. (SLOW,
SLOWLY)
10. Talk ___________ or don’t talk at all. The music played ___________. (SOFT, SOFTLY).
11.

Andrea

knows

the

material

very

_____________.

She

always

treats

us

_____________. (GOOD, WELL)
12. Jaime

is

a

__________________

man.

________________________.(CAREFULLY, CAREFUL)

He

climbed

up

the

ladder


B. Choose the correct item from the choices in parentheses:
1. He

__CORRECTLY_____

defined

the

terms.

The

answer

sounded

__CORRECT_____.(CORRECT, CORRECTLY)
2. She ___QUICKLY____ adjusted the fees. She adapted __QUICKLY_____ to any

situation.(QUICK, QUICKLY)
3. He measured the floor __EXACTLY____. They proved to be __PERFECTLY___

__EXACT___ measurements. (EXACT, EXACTLY) – (PERFECT, PERFECTLY / EXACT,
EXACTLY).
4. The stillness of the tomb was __AWFUL______. The tomb was _AWFULLY__ still.

(AWFUL, AWFULLY)
5. It was a __DANGEROUS___ lake to swim in. The man was __DANGEROUSLY__

drunk. The gas smelled __DANGEROUS____. (DANGEROUS, DANGEROUSLY).
6. She

performed __MAGNIFICENTLY__. It was a ___ MAGNIFICENTLY __

beautiful performance. (MAGNIFICENT, MAGNIFICENTLY).
7. Her voice sounds _BEAUTIFUL_____. She sang the song ___EXACTLY___ as it

was written. We heard it __PERFECTLY___. (BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFULLY) (EXACT,
EXACTLY) (PERFECT, PERFECTLY).

8. He

was

a

very

__SENSIBLE___

person.

He

acted

very

_SENSIBLY___.

(SENSIBLE, SENSIBLY).
9. Mike wrote too ___SLOWLY__ on the exam. He always writes _ SLOWLY __.

(SLOW, SLOWLY)
10. Talk __SOFTLY__ or don’t talk at all. The music played __SOFTLY_________.

(SOFT, SOFTLY).
11. Andrea knows the material very _WELL_. She always treats us _WELL__. (GOOD,

WELL)

12. Jaime is a

__CAREFUL___ man. He climbed up the ladder __CAREFULLY___.

(CAREFULLY, CAREFUL).