Question

Exercise 2. Adverb or adjective? Choose the correct word. • 1. His sister plays the violin beautifull / beautifully. 2. Many students feel nervous / nervously before an exam. 3. The exam was surprising / surprisingly easy. 4. She answered all the questions correct / correctly. 5. We solved the problem easy / easily. 6. Come here quick / quickly. You have to see this! 7. I was so surprised. His new apartment was beautiful / beautifully decorated. 8. He's an honestly / honest man. He never lies. 9. He always does his homework carefull/ carefully. 10. Our basketball team played bad / badly last Friday. 11. The fireman brave / bravely rescued the people from the burning house. 12. My car broke down yesterday. I hope the mechanic can fix it quick / quickly 13. We walked slow / slowly back to the hotel.​

Answer 1

1. His sister plays the violin beautifully.

2. Many students feel nervous before an exam.

3. The exam was surprisingly easy.

4. She answered all the questions correct.

5. We solved the problem easily.

6. Come here quick. You have to see this!

7. I was so surprised. His new apartment was beautifully decorated.

8. He's an honest man. He never lies.

9. He always does his homework carefully.

10. Our basketball team played badly last Friday.

11. The fireman bravely rescued the people from the burning house.

12. My car broke down yesterday. I hope the mechanic can fix it quickly.

13. We walked slowly back to the hotel.​

Answer 2

1. his sister plays the violin beautifully. 2. many students feel nervous before an exam. 3. the exam was surprisingly easy. 4. she answered all the questions correctly. 5. we solved the problem easily. 6. come here quickly. you have to see this! 7. i was so surprised. his new apartment was beautifully decorated. 8. he's an honest man. he never lies. 9. he always does his homework carefully. 10. our basketball team played badly last friday. 11. the fireman bravely rescued the people from the burning house. 12. my car broke down yesterday. i hope the mechanic can fix it quickly. 13. we walked slowly back to the hotel.

In each sentence, we need to determine whether an adverb or an adjective should be used based on the context.

1. Adverb - beautifully describes how his sister plays the violin. 2. Adverb - nervously describes how the students feel. 3. Adjective - surprising describes the quality of the exam. 4. Adverb - correctly describes how she answered. 5. Adverb - easily describes how we solved the problem. 6. Adverb - quickly describes how to come here. 7. Adverb - beautifully describes the quality of the decoration. 8. Adjective - honest describes the quality of the man. 9. Adverb - carefully describes how he does his homework. 10. Adverb - badly describes how the team played. 11. Adverb - bravely describes how the fireman rescued. 12. Adverb - quickly describes how the mechanic can fix it. 13. Adverb - slowly describes how we walked back to the hotel.