Adjective or Adverb | Grammar exercise

Some adjectives and adverbs have the same form. Some adverbs have two forms. Complete
the following sentences with an appropriate adverb.

1. Can you be there at 5 o'clock ..............................?

sharp
sharply
Sharp can mean punctually.

2. Don't speak to her so ..............................?

sharp
sharply
Sharp mean punctually. Sharply is used with other meanings.

3. It serves you ..........................

right
righly
Both right and rightly can mean correctly; however, after a verb only right is possible.

4. The ball hit me .............................. on the nose.

right
rightly
Right can mean exactly.

5. The baby is sleeping ..............................

sound
soundly

6. I ............................. believed that you loved me.

wrong
wrongly

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Wrong cannot be used before a verb.

7. I hate arriving .....................................

late
lately
Lately means recently.

8. You are working too ..............................

hard
hardly
Hardly means almost not.

9. Which part of the movie did you like ...............................?

most
mostly
Most is the superlative form of much.

10. My friends are .............................. vegetarians.

most
mostly
Mostly means mainly.

11. That arrangement suits me ............................

finely
fine
Fine can mean 'well'.

12. She was ............................. injured in the accident.

deadly
fatally

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Deadly means fatal. It is an adjective. Fatally is the adverb for this meaning.

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Answers
1. Can you be there at 5 o’clock sharp?
2. Don’t speak to her so sharply.
3. It serves you right.
4. The ball hit me right on the nose.
5. The baby is sleeping soundly.
6. I wrongly believed that you loved me.
7. I hate arriving late.
8. You are working too hard.
9. Which part of the movie did you like most?
10. My friends are mostly vegetarians.
11. That arrangement suits me fine.
12. She was fatally injured in the accident.

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