Exercise 2. For each gap, turn the adjective into an adverb.
Julia was walking 1) ...quickly... (quick) down the street when she heard someone call her name 2) (loud). She looked 3) (nervous) behind her, but the street was 4) (complete) empty. There was nobody there. 5) (Sudden), she heard her name again. She turned to see her brother running towards her, smiling 6) (cheerful). ‘Didn’t you hear me?’ he laughed 7) (happy). ‘Nick!’ gasped Julia. ‘You 8) (near) frightened me to death!'
Exercise 3. Choose an adjective or an adverb.
1. It is (correct, correctly).
2. Spell the word (correct, correctly).
3. You know it (good, well).
4. Of course it is (good, well).
5. It is (cold, coldly) in the room.
6. Don't look so (cold, coldly) at me.
7. It is (easy, easily).
8. I can do it (easy, easily).
9. It is (warm, warmly) today.
10. He always greets us (warm, warmly).
Exercise 4. Choose an adjective or an adverb.
It was Lucy’s birthday and she was very 1) sad/sadly. She had been waiting 2) hopeful/hopefully all morning for the postman to arrive. 3) Sudden/Suddenly, the letterbox rattled 4) gentle/gently and an envelope fell 5) soft/softly onto the doormat. Picking it up, Lucy noticed 6) miserable/miserably that it was a bill. There were no cards, no presents and no 7) pretty /prettily bouquets of flowers. Lucy 8) near/nearly burst into tears. Just then, there was a 9) loud/ loudly knock on the door. Opening the door 10) slow/ slowly, Lucy saw all her friends holding 11) brightly/bright wrapped gifts and shouting “Happy Birthday!”. Lucy 12) immediate/immediately cheered up and greeted her friends 13) warm/warmly.
Exercise 5. Choose the proper word from brackets.
1. She looks (nice, nicely) in her new hat.
2. She looked (pleasant, pleasantly) and made everybody feel at ease.
3. She looked (pleasant, pleasantly) at the little boy.
4. Father looked (stern, sternly) at me and I felt unhappy.
5. The girl looked (happy, happily) at her father, but the father looked (angry, angrily).
6. The woman looked (helpless, helplessly).
7. The woman looked (helpless, helplessly) about.
8. What's the matter with you? You look so (sad, sadly).
9. She looked (sad, sadly) at me and turned away.
10. Everything is all right with the little girl; she looks (gay, gaily) and (cheerful, cheerfully) again.
Exercise 6. Choose the proper word from brackets.
1. Though the dish smelt (good/well), he refused to eat saying he was not hungry.
2. She looked at me (angry/angrily) and told me to leave the room.
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3. She spends a lot of money on her clothes but they always look (cheap/cheaply).
4. Have you seen him? - Yes, he looks (good/well) but he says he feels (bad/badly).
5. His cough sounds (terrible/terribly). He should see a doctor.
6. The situation looks (bad/badly). We must do something.
7. He seemed to me a bit (strange/strangely) today.
8. The fish tastes (awful/awfully). I won’t eat it.
9. They looked at him (nice/nicely). He looked (good/well) in his new suit.
Exercise 7.Choose the necessary word.
1. There is a ... lake in the forest. We were ... touched by their invitation (deep, deeply).
2. He managed the task .... Matt did ... work (good, well).
3. The boxer was hit very .... We ... know what to do next (hard, hardly).
4. We are sisters and we are ... to each other. The inspector examined the papers .... (close, closely).
5. Such equipment is ... used in all clinics. This shop has a ... choice of goods (wide, widely).
6. My mother lives quite ... me. Hurry up, it’s ... midnight (near, nearly).
7. Will you come home ... today? Have you bought anything new ...? (late, lately)
8. The dress is ... decorated with ribbons. - Yes, and it’s ... expensive (pretty, prettily).
9. The prisoner tried ... to escape but failed. Mel has ... recovered from the shock (hard, hardly).
10. Do you feel ... today? I feel ... about my latest progress (good, well).
11. She was ... hurt and was taken to hospital. It certainly was ... news to her family (bad, badly).
Exercise 8.Choose the necessary word.
1. This is a pretty/ prettilycomplicated situation.
2. They had hard/hardly been home for a minute when the phone rang.
3. My friends are most/mostly vegetarians.
4. Her loose outfit allowed her to move free/freely.
5. The shelf was so high/highly that he couldn’t reach it.
6. John may be late/lately home tonight, as he has a lot of work to do.
7. The room was pretty/prettily decorated.
8. Children under five years old travel free/freely.
9. Sue has near/nearly finished her homework.
10. They have been going out a lot late/lately.
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11. This college is high/highly recommended for its range of courses.
12. The miners dug deep/deeply to find coal.
13. The new supermarket is very near/nearly our house.
14. He is deep/deeply involved in the scandal.
15. We found it hard/hardly to get used to living in a foreign country.
16. Which of Mel Gibson's films do you like most/mostly?
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