GRAMMAR ELEMENTARY

ADVERBS
Name: ___________________________ Class:_____
I. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of adverbs.
Adjective Adverb Adjective Adverb Adjective Adverb
1. angry angrily 11. happy 21. amazing
2. fast fast 12. slow 22. simple
3. good 13. bad 23. brave
4. sudden 14. nice 24. fantastic
5. noisy 15. quiet 25. magic
6. hard 16. soft 26. beautiful
7. careful 17. careless 27. dangerous
8. polite 18. comfortable 28. clear
9. quick 19. loud 29. sad
10. easy 20. crazy 30. honest
II. Write down the correct form of ADVERB
1. Bernard plays the guitar ____________________. (beautiful)
2. Ryan walks____________________; it is difficult to catch up with him. (fast)
3. The mother woke her sleeping child____________________. (gentle)
4. He threw the ball ____________________into the air. (high)
5. My Cheshire cat looked at me ____________________as I left the house. (sad)
6. Maria ____________________gifted a ceramic painting to her parents. (loving)
7. She could lie in bed ____________________getting the same relief. (comfortable)
8. He ________________explained the most important questions of political economy. (scientific)
9. Mother is cutting sandwiches____________________. (busy)

COMPARATIVE AND SUPERLATIVE ADVERBS

Short Comparativ Superlativ Long Irregular Comparativ Superlative
Comparative Superlative
Adverb e e Adverb Adv e
more well better best
fast faster fastest happily most happily
happily
more badly worse worst
high higher highest quickly most quickly
quickly
more most much more most
Soon sooner Soonest honestly
honestly honestly
Hard harder hardest *early earlier earliest far further furthest

III. Circle the correct form of ADVERB

1. I visit my parents (more often/the most often) than my brothers do.
2. He thinks he always knows (better/best).
3. Out of all my siblings, I visit my parents (more often/the most often).
4. David did (worse/the worst) than he thought he would do on his test.
5. I did (worse/the worst) out of all the students on my test.
6. Out of all the students, Frank studied (less/the least), but got the best grade.
7. We argued (longer/the longest) than I thought we would.
8. My sisters laughed (louder/the loudest) out of the whole audience.
9. The two guys who enjoyed the game (more/most) were Tom and Robert.
10. George drives (more recklessly/the most recklessly) than his brother.
11. He lives (farther/the farthest) than Peter.
12. He lives (farther/the farthest) out of all of us.
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13. He lives (farther/the farthest) than the rest of us.

14. Jim drives (faster/the fastest) than most people that I know.
15. Jim drives (faster/the fastest) of all my friends.
16. Frank welcomed us (more warmly/the most warmly) than his wife did.
17. Frank's wife cooks (better/the best) out of anyone I know.
18. Frank's wife cooks (better/the best) than anyone I know.
19. Which of these three girls dances (better/the best)?
20. Which of these two girls dances (better/the best)?
IV. Write the correct form of ADVERB (COMPARATIVE OR SUPERLATIVE)
0. My sister sang more beautifully than Amanda did. (beautifully)
1. He arrived___________than expected. (early)
2. We walked___________than the rest of the people. (slowly)
3. They called us_________________in the afternoon. (late)
4. My mother and my sister talked___________than the other guests. (loudly)
5. He hit his arm_________________than before. (hard)
6. The Spanish athlete ran_________________than the other runners. (fast)
7. Jim threw the ball_________________than Peter. (far)
8. We answered all the questions_________________than the other students. (well)
9. Our new teacher explains the exercises_________________than our old teacher. (badly)
10. The new mechanic checked the car_________________than the old mechanic. (thoroughly).
11. I speak English (fluently)_________________now than last year.
12. She greeted me (politely)_________________of all.
13. She smiled (happily)_________________than before.
14. This girl dances (gracefully)_________________of all.
15. Could you write (clearly)_________________?
16. Planes can fly (high)_________________than birds.
17. He had an accident last year. Now, he drives (carefully)_________________than before.
18. Jim can run (fast)_________________than John.
19. Our team played (badly)_________________of all.
20. He worked (hard)_________________than ever before.
21. You need to check your work a little(carefully) ____________________for spelling mistakes.
22. Sorry, can you speak a bit (slowly) ____________________, please?
23. If you want to pass this exam, you'll have to study much (hard) ____________________.
24. These days I forget things far (often) ____________________than I used to.
25. Julie's guests arrived slightly (early) ____________________than she expected.
26. If I change jobs, I'll have to travel a lot (far) ____________________to get to work.
27. You can contact me (easily)____________________by email. Here's my address.
28. Edwards finished the race by far (fast) ____________________, with a time of just 14.8 seconds.
29. In the chemistry exam, Kate did much (badly)______________ of all the students. She only got 34 per cent.
30. Although my team easily played (good) ____________________, they didn't win the tournament.
31. Your husband, Ken, writes ____________________________ of all. (well)
32. Mrs. Henderson speaks ____________________________ than Mrs. Alarcon. (clearly)
33. Mother prepares turkey ____________________________ than Father does. (well)
34. Alexander and Peter work ____________________________ of all the boys. (hard)
35. He checked his answers ____________________________ than she did. (carefully)
36. Angelica speaks Spanish ____________________________ of all the students. (correctly)
37. Percy talks ____________________________ than Jennifer. (frequently)
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38. She danced ____________________________ of all. (gracefully)

39. This math test was ____________________________ than the last one. (hard)
40. I did my homework ____________________________ than my brother. (fast)