Adjective vs. Adverb

Fill in the blanks with an adjective or adverb.

1. Please write ……………………… (neat / neatly)

2. I am feeling much ……………………………. today. (good /better / more good)

3. She can speak French ……………………………. (fluent / fluently)

4. You ………………………… ate anything. (hard / hardly)

5. Despite working really …………………………….., we couldn’t meet the deadline. (hard / hardly)

6. A bus is not as …………………………… as a train. (fast / fastly)

7. She has a ………………………………. Smile. (lovely / lovelily)

8. I …………………………. forget things. (rarely / scarcely)

9. She is ………………………….. to hear from her brother. (anxious / anxiously)

10. We are …………………………. waiting to hear from them. (anxious / anxiously)

11. ………………………….. the lights went out. (Sudden / Suddenly)

12. She looked …………………………. (angry / angrily)

Answers

1. Please write neatly.

2. I am feeling much better today.

3. She can speak French fluently.

4. You hardly ate anything.

5. Despite working really hard, we couldn’t meet the deadline.

6. A bus is not as fast as a train.

7. She has a lovely smile.

8. I rarely forget things.

9. She is anxious to hear from her brother.

10. We are anxiously waiting to hear from them.

11. Suddenly the lights went out.

12. She looked angry. (Look is a copular verb. We use adjectives to modify copular verbs.)