Worksheet #1 on Chapters 11-12: Adjectives and Adverb

Circle the correct option. Then give a rationale for your choice.

1. He found his way (easy, easily) even in the dim light.

2. He is (good, well) to her.

3. She did very (good, well) on the last test.

4. They marched down the street (valiant, valiantly).

5. There are some (real, really) fine writers in this class.

6. We do not have (near, nearly) enough time to finish.

7. She is (bad, badly) about leaving the lid off the jelly.

8. I feel (bad, badly) about leaving my dog at the kennel.

9. Janice takes her job (serious, seriously).

10. Don’t take this (personal, personally), but your husband is a jerk.

11. He seems (different, differently) from what I imagined.

12. Professor Bates is one of the most (wide, widely) read people I know.

13. His homework assignments (sure, surely) are some of the most
challenging in our university.

14. The sound of the bells carried so (good, well) that everyone in town could
hear them.

15. Although I am walking on crutches, I’ll get there (slow, slowly) but (sure,
surely).

16. She has a very (sweet, sweetly) smile.

17. Probably no one can tell a story as (good, well) as my father can.

18. My mother looked (scornful, scornfully) at the untidy waiter.

19. My mother looked (awful, awfully) in her new chartreuse hat.

20. I feel (awful, awfully) (bad, badly) that we forgot to invite the Kanazagas
to the clambake.