Exercise 26: Adjective and Adverbs
Circle the correct form in
parentheses.
1. Rita plays violin (good/well).
2. That is an (intense/intensely)
novel.
3. The sun is shining
(bright/brightly).
4. The girls speak (fluent/fluently)
French.
5. The boys speak Spanish
(fluent/fluently).
6. The table has a (smooth/smoothly)
surface.
7. We must figure our income tax
returns (accurate/accurately).
8. We don’t like to drink (bitter/bitterly)
tea.
9. The plane will arrive (soon/sonly).
10. He had an accident because he was
driving too (fast/fastly).
Answer :
1. good
2. intensely
3. bright
4. fluently
5. fluently
6. smooth
7. accurately
8. bitterly
9. soon
10. fast
Exercise 27: Linking (Compulative)
verbs
Circle the correct form in
parentheses.
1. Your cold sounds
(terrible/terribly).
2. The pianist plays very (good/well).
3. The food in the restaurant always
tastes (good/well).
4. The campers remained (calm/calmly)
despite the thunderstorm.
5. They became (sick/sickly) after
eating the contaminated food.
6. Professor Calandra looked
(quick/quickly) at the students sketches.
7. Paco was working
(diligent/diligently) on the project.
8. Paul protested (vehement/
vehemently) about the new proposals.
9. Our neighbors appread
(relaxed/relaxedly) after their vacation.
10. The music sounded too
(noisy/noisily) to be classical.
Answer :
1. terrible
2. well
3. good
4. calm
5. sick
6. quickly
7. diligent
8. vehement
9. relaxed
10. noisy
Exercise 28: Comparisons
Supply the correct form of the
adjectives and adverbs in parentheses. Let asand
thanbe your clues. Add any other
words that may be necessary.
1. John and his friends left (soon) as
the professor had finished his lecture.
2. His job is (important) than
his friends.
3. He plays the guitar (well) as
Andres Segovia.
4. A new house is much (expensive) than
an older one.
5. Last week was (hot) as
this week.
6. Martha is (talented) than
her cousin.
7. Bill’s descriptions are (colorful) than
his wife’s.
8. Nobody is (happy) than
Maria Elena.
9. The boys felt (bad) than
the girls about losing the game.
10. A greyhound runs (fast) than a Chihuahua.
Answer :
1.
as soon
2.
more important
3.
as well
4.
more expensive
5.
as hot
6.
more talented
7.
more colorful
8.
more happy
9.
worse bad
10. more fast
Exercise29: Comparisons
Supply than, as, or from
in each of the following sentences.
1. The Empire State Building is
taller ______ the Statue of Liberty.
2. California is farther from New York
______ Pennsylvania.
3. His assignments is different ______
mine.
4. Louie reads more quickly ______
his sisters.
5. No animal is so big ______ King
Kong.
6. That report is less impressive ______
the government’s.
7. Sam wears the same shirt ______
his teammates.
8. Dave paints much more realistically ______
his professor.
9. The twins have less money at the end
of the month ______ they have at the beginning.
10. Her sports car is different ______
Nancy’s.
Answer :
1. than
2. than
3. from
4. than
5. from
6. than
7. as
8. than
9. than
10. from
Exercise 30: Comparisons
Select the correct form in parentheses
in the following sentences.
1. Of the four dresses, I like the red
one (better/best).
2. Phil is (happier/happiest) person
that we know
3. Pat’s car is (faster/fastest) than
Dan’s
4. This is the (creamier/creamiest) ice
cream I have had in a long time
5. This poster is (colorfuler/more
colorful) than the one in the ball
6. Does fred feel (weller/better) today
than he did yesterday
7. This vegetable soup tastes very
(good/well)
8. While trying to balance the baskets
on her head, the woman walked (awkwarder/more awkwardly) than her daughter
9. Jane is the (less/least) athletic of
all the women
10. My cat is the (prettier/prettiest)
of the two
11. This summary is (the better/the best)
of the pair.
12. Your heritage is different (from/than) mine.
13. This painting is (less impressive/least
impressive) than the one in the other gallery.
14. The colder the weather gets,
(sicker/the sicker)
I feel.
15. No sooner had he received the letter
(when/than) he called Maria.
16. A mink coat costs (twice more than/twice as much as) a
sable coat.
17. Jim has as (little/few)
opportunities to play tennis as I.
18. That recipe calls for (many/much) more sugar than mine
does.
19. The museum is the (farther/farthest)
away of the three buildings.
20. George Washington is (famouser/more famous) than John Jay.
Answer :
1. Best
2. happier
3. faster
4. creamiest
5. more colorful
6. better
7. good
8. more awkwardly
9. less
10. Prettiest
11. the best
12. from
13. less impressive
14. the sicker
15. than
16. twice more than
17. little
18. many
19. farther
20. more famous
