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GRAMMAR QUIZ:
ADJECTIVES and ADVERBS

Complete these eighteen sentences to score your knowledge of ADJECTIVES and ADVERBS.

1. My little brother is very when he


plays with his toys.

10. I didnt talk to Mr. Jones because he


walked past me and out the office.

a) noisy
b) noisily

a) busy
b) busily

2. I hide all of my money in a place


at home.

11. The policeman took out his gun


and told the man to stop.

a) secret
b) secretly

a) brave
b) bravely

3. My sister found a new job, and now


she is very .

12. My little brother always plays very


with his toys.

a) happy
b) happily

a) noisy
b) noisily

4. Susan doesnt have much free time.


She is a very person.

13. I put the gold ring in my pocket


while the dragon was asleep.

a) busy
b) busily

a) secret
b) secretly

5. He finished eating his food and


went outside.

14. After we said good-bye, I got on


the airplane.

a) quick
b) quickly

a) sad
b) sadly

6. They walked along the dark


mountain road.

15. They didnt have much time, so they


ate a lunch and began to work.

a) nervous
b) nervously

a) quick
b) quickly

7. She jumped into the water and saved


the man. She is very .

16. The test looked very easy, so I


sat down and began to write.

a) brave
b) bravely

a) happy
b) happily

8. My sister has piano lessons every


day, so she plays piano .

17. My cousin is usually very when


he drives.

a) good
b) well

a) nervous
b) nervously

9. I watched a movie last night, and


I cried.

18. Im a English student because I


study hard.

a) sad
b) sadly

17 18 = Excellent

a) good
b) well

15 16 = Good

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13 14 = Okay

GRAMMAR QUIZ: Adjectives & Adverbs


Answer Key

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Language Focus Adjectives and Adverbs


Level Intermediate

GRAMMAR/WRITING QUIZ ANSWER KEY

1. A

10. B

2. A

11. B

3. A

12. B

4. A

13. B

5. B

14. B

6. B

15. A

7. A

16. B

8. B

17. A

9. A

18. A

Grades as percentages:
18 / 18 = 100 %
17 / 18 = 94
16 / 18 = 89
15 / 18 = 83
14 / 18 = 78
13 / 18 = 72
12 / 18 = 67
11 / 18 = 61
10 / 18 = 56
9 / 18 = 50
8 / 18 = 44
7 / 18 = 39
6 / 18 = 33
5 / 18 = 28
4 / 18 = 22
3 / 18 = 17
2 / 18 = 11
1 / 18 =
6
0 / 18 =
0%

Follow the links below for more information and practice with adjectives and adverbs:
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/adverbs.htm
http://depts.dyc.edu/learningcenter/owl/adjectives_and_adverbs.htm
http://www.esldesk.com/vocabulary/adjectives

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Adverbs

How can you form adverbs of manner (which describe how things happen)? Study the
grammar reference chart below.

Adverbs describe verbs and adjectives. To form regular adverbs, add -ly to most
adjectives. Words ending in -y change to -ily.

angry
anxious
bad
brave
busy
calm
careful
careless
certain
correct
curious
eager
easy
excited
extreme
fast
fortunate
furious
generous
gentle
glad
good
happy
hard
honest
hungry

angrily
anxiously
badly
bravely
busily
calmly
carefully
carelessly
certainly
correctly
curiously
eagerly
easily
excitedly
extremely
fast
fortunately
furiously
generously
gently
gladly
well
happily
hard
honestly
hungrily

immediate
jealous
kind
lazy
loud
natural
nervous
painful
patient
perfect
playful
polite
quick
quiet
rude
safe
selfish
separate
serious
slow
sudden
terrible
tired
violent
wise
wrong

immediately
jealously
kindly
lazily
loudly
naturally
nervously
painfully
patiently
perfectly
playfully
politely
quickly
quietly
rudely
safely
selfishly
separately
seriously
slowly
suddenly
terribly
tiredly
violently
wisely
wrongly

NOTE 1: fast hard, and well are irregular adverbs. Note also that the difference in meaning between hard
and hardly (not listed above) She works hard vs. She hardly works.
NOTE 2: Adverbs can be placed either before or after the verb (except the following adverbs: fast, hard, and
well which are always placed after the verb they describe.) Example: He dances well. Not He well dances.
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