Colegio San Benito

English Department

I ABCD

COMPARATIVE AND SUPERLATIVE ADVERBS

Practice Worksheet

I. Use the adjectives in brackets to make adverbs and fill in the gaps.
1) Franca picked up the sleeping baby ____________________. (gentle)
2) When she handed him his lost wallet, he smiled at her_________________.(grateful)
3) Irma couldnt see her son anymore and called his name _______________.(anxious)
4) They followed the directions to the hotel _________________. (easy)
5) Tom admitted his mistake and apologized ___________________. (sincere)

II. Rewrite each sentence with the adverb in brackets in suitable positions.
1) Katja plays the guitar well for her age. (incredibly)
Katja plays the guitar incredibly well for her age_______________________________
2) They eat steak because it is so expensive. (rarely, nowadays)
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3) My grandfather used to take us swimming. (in the summer holidays, in the lake)
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4) There is a good film on TV. (usually, on Sunday evenings)

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5) My mother insisted that good manners are important. (terribly, always)
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III. Use one word from the box to fill each gap.
____________________________________________________________
always

earlier

hardly

now

rather

silently

skillfully

stiffly

very

warmly

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She shut the door silently (1) after her. Her father wasnt expecting her she had
arrived _______________ (2) than she had said. He was sitting where he
__________________ (3) sat, in his favorite armchair by the window. It
was__________________ (4) old but had been repaired ___________________ (5) so
that he could continue using it. The room had been redecorated since her last visit and
was looking _________________ (6) elegant. On the shelves were all the books which
her father __________________ (7) ever looked at anymore. She called her fathers
name. He stood up and she noticed that he moved very ___________________ (8). He
smiled and held out his arms to her. She hadnt been in touch with him for five years
but _____________________ (9) he welcomed her as ____________________ (10) as
he always had.

IV. Complete the sentences below with the words in brackets in the correct
form.
1) You will have to swim (fast) _________________ than that if you want to win the
competition.

2) You live much (near) ___________________ to the school than me.

3) She sings (beautiful) _____________________ than anyone I know.
4) Im afraid I did (badly) ___________________ in this weeks test than last weeks.
5) My mother gets up (early) ______________________ in the morning than my father.
6) If you had been driving (careful), _________________________ you wouldnt have
had an accident.
7) In the end, we spent (little) _______________________ on holiday than we
expected to.
8) Of all the people in the house, John can cook (imaginatively) ___________________.