Exercise 1
Complete each sentence with an adverb. The first letters of the adverb are given.
1) We didn't go out because it was raining he________
2) Our team lost the game because we played very ba________
3) I didn't have any problems finding a place to live. I found a flat quite ea________
4) We had to wait for a long time, but we didn't complain. We waited pat________
5) Nobody knew Steve was coming to see us. He arrived unex________
6) Mike keeps fit by playing tennis reg________
7) I don't speak French very well, but I can understand per________ if people speak sl________ and cl________
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1 heavily
2 badly
3 easily
4 patiently
5 unexpectedly
6 regularly
7 perfectly … slowly … clearly
Exercise 2
Put in the correct word.
1) Two people were ________ injured in the accident. (serious / seriously)
2) The driver of the car had ________ injuries. (serious / seriously)
3) I think you behaved very ________ . (selfish / selfishly)
4) Tanya is ________ upset about losing her job. (terrible / terribly)
5) There was a ________ change in the weather. (sudden / suddenly)
6) Everybody at the carnival was ________ dressed. (colourful / colourfully)
7) Linda usually wears ________ clothes. (colourful / colourfully)
8) Liz fell and hurt herself really ________ . (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)
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1 seriously
2 serious
3 selfishly
4 terribly
5 sudden
6 colourfully
7 colourful
8 badly
9 badly
10 safe
Exercise 3
Complete each sentence using a word from the box. Sometimes you need the adjective (careful etc.) and sometimes the adverb (carefully etc.).
careful(ly) complete(ly) continuous(ly) financial(ly) fluent(ly)
happy/happily nervous(ly) perfect(ly) quick(ly) special(ly)
1) Our holiday was too short. The time passed very ________
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 mistakes.
6) I cooked this meal ________ for you, so I hope you like it.
7) Everything was very quiet. There was ________ silence.
8) I tried on the shoes and they fitted me ________
9) Do you usually feel ________ before exams?
10) I'd like to buy a car, but it's ________ impossible for me at the moment.
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1 quickly
2 careful
3 continuously
4 happily
5 fluent
6 specially
7 complete
8 perfectly
9 nervous
10 financially or completely
Exercise 4
Choose two words (one from each box) to complete each sentence.
absolutely badly completely reasonably seriously slightly unnecessarily unusually |
changed cheap damaged enormous ill long planned quiet |
1) I thought the restaurant would be expensive, but it was ________
2) Will'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 movie was ________ . It could have been much shorter.
8) A lot went wrong during our holiday because it was ________
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1 reasonably cheap
2 seriously ill
3 absolutely enormous
4 slightly damaged
5 unusually quiet
6 completely changed
7 unnecessarily long
8 badly planned