Name:…………………………………………………………….

Adverbs
I. 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)

II.  Complete each sentence using a word from the box. Sometimes you need the adjective
and sometimes the adverb:

careful(ly)    complete(ly)    continuous(ly)    financial(ly)    fluent(ly)

happy/happily    nervous(ly)    perfect(ly)         special(ly)

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.

III. Choose the words to complete each sentence.

absolutely    badly    completely    changed         damaged     seriously    slightly

enormous     ill    long unnecessarily    unsually    planned    quite

1. I thought the restaurant would be expensive but it was reasonably cheap.

2. Steve's mother is ................................... in hospital.

3. What a big house! It's ............................. .

4. It wasn't a serious accident. The car was only ............................. .

5. The children are normally very lively, but they're .......................... today.

6. When I returned home after 20 years, everything had ............................... .

7. The film was ................................. . It could have been much shorter.

8. A lot went wrong during our holiday because it was .............................. .

IV. Put in good or well.

1. I play tennis but I'm not very good.

2. Your exam results were very ................................. .

3. You did ………………..... in your exams.

4. The weather was ........................... while we were on holiday.

5. I didn't sleep …………………….... last night.

6. How are you? Are you .........................?

7. Lucy speaks German very ............................... .

8. Lucy's German is very ……………………... .

9. Our new business isn't doing very ………………………….. at the moment.

10. I like your hat. It looks ………………………..... on you.

11. I've met her a few times , but I don't know her ……………………………... .

V. Find the adjective in the first sentence and fill in the blanks with the corresponding
adverb.

1. James is careful. He drives____________.

2. The girl is slow. She walks____________.
3. Her English is perfect. She speaks English____________.
4. Our teacher is angry. She shouts____________.
5. My neighbor is a loud speaker. He speaks____________.
6. He is a bad writer. He writes____________.
7. Jane is a nice guitar player. He plays the guitar____________.
8. He is a good painter. He paints____________.
9. She is a quiet girl. She does her job____________.
10. This exercise is easy. You can do it____________.

VI. Complete the sentences with the best adverb.

slowly carefully beautifully well loudly carelessly easily excitedly finally suddenly quickly
quietly

1. Come here ____________. You have to see this!

2. We knew that she had got the job when we saw her _________ talking on the phone.
3. He ______________ put the vase on the table. It fell to the floor.
4. Sharon is throwing a party on Saturday. She ___________ finished her PhD.
5. Let's walk ________________. I don't want to be the first one at the meeting.
6. Alex _____________ put up the bookshelves. It was too difficult for me to do on my own.
7. Every thing happened so ______________. We had to move to California in less than a
month.
8. Why does he always have to talk so ____________. You can hear him in the next room!
9. Although she speaks five languages, she did not do ___________ on the translation exam.
10. I was so surprised. His new apartment was _____________ decorated.

 VII. Complete the sentence using an adjective or adverb.

1. He's always in a rush. I don't understand why he walks so ____________ (quick/quickly).

2. I prefer studying in the library. It's always_______________ (quiet/quietly).
3. Michael __________ (happy/happily) took the assistant job. He had been looking for a
position all summer.
4. Marta dances _____________ (beautiful/beautifully). She's been taking ballet since she
was five years old.
5. They speak French very ____________ (good/well). They lived in France for two years.
6. My neighbor always plays ___________ (loud/loudly) music on the weekends. It's so
annoying.
7. Please be __________ (careful/carefully) in the hallway. The walls have just been painted.
8. Dan is very smart, but he is not a very___________ (good/well) student.
9. He reacted __________ (angry/angrily) to the news. I have never seen him so upset.
10. We didn't ______________ (complete/completely) understand the teacher's instructions.
Most of us did not finish the assignment.

VIII. Choose the correct choice

1. Everybody at the party was (colorful/ colorfully) dressed.

Everybody was wearing (colorful/ colorfully) clothes.

2. Our team lost the match because we played (bad/ badly)

I feel (bad/ badly) about losing the match

3. Your proposal sounds a bit (selfish/ selfishly)

You behaved (selfish/ selfishly)

4. Don’t stand on the stool. It doesn’t look (safe/ safely)

Fortunately he sheltered (safe/ safely) at home during the storm.

5. We waited (impatient/ impatiently) until they arrived.

She sounded (impatient/ impatiently) on the phone