ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS
Exercise 1: Put in the correct word.
1. Two people were seriously injured in the accident. (serious/seriously)
2. The driver of the car had serious injuries. (serious/seriously)
3. I think you behaved very .... .(selfish/selfishly)
4. Rose is .... upset about losing her job. (terrible/terribly)
5. There was a .... change in the weather. (sudden/suddenly)
6. Everybody at the party was .... dreesed. (colourful/colourfully)
7. Linda likes wearing .... clothes. (colourful/colourfully)
8. Liz fell and hurt herself quite .... . (bad/badly)
9. Joe says he didn't do well at school because he was .... taught. (bad/badly)
10. Don't go up that ladder. It doesn't look .... . (safe/safely)
Exercise 2: Put in the correct word.
1. This tea tastes a bit strange. (strange/strangely)
2. I always feel .... when the sun is shining. (happy/happily)
3. The children were playing .... in the garden. (happy/happily)
4. The man became .... when the manager of the restaurant asked him to leave. (violent/violently)
5. You look .... !Are you all right? (terrible/terribly)
6. There's no point in doing a job if you don't do it .... . (proper/properly)
7. The soup taste .... . (good/well)
8. Hurry up! You're always so .... . (slow/slowly)
Exercise 3: Complete each sentence using a word from the box. Sometimes you need the adjective and sometimes the adverb:
Careful/ carefully
Complete/ completely
Continuous/ continuously
financial / financially
Fluent/ fluently
happy/happily
Nervous/ nervously
Perfect/ perfectly
Quick/ quickly
Special/ specially
1. Our holiday was too short. The time passed very quickly.
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 mistake.
6. I cooked this meal .... for you, so I hope you like it.
7. Everything was very quite. There was .... silience.
8. I tried on the shoes and they fited 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.