Question

Test 12. Adjective or adverb? Choose the correct word. 1. The boys played (quiet/quietly). 2. It was snowing (heavy/heavily) the day before yesterday. 3. He gave it a (careful/carefully) look. 4. He speaks (perfect/perfectly) English. 5. Have you seen your friend (recent/recently)? 6. She’s a (slow/slowly) runner. 7. She draws (good/well). 8. They bought a (nice/nicely) car. 9. She likes sitting (near/nearly) the fire. 10. She left too (late/lately) to catch the bus. 11. Have you seen Ann (late/lately)? 12. He tries very (hard/hardly) to make his family happy. 13. She (hard/hardly) plays the piano. 14. Computers are (wide/widely) used in schools nowadays. 15. I think she’s a (pretty/prettily) good singer.

Answer 1

1 quietly 2 heavy 3 careful 4 perfect 5 recently 6 slow 7 well 8 a nice 9 near 10 late 11 lately 12 hard 13 hardly 14 widely 15 pretty 

Answer 2

1. The boys played quietly. 2. It was snowing heavily the day before yesterday. 3. He gave it a careful look. 4. He speaks perfect English. 5. Have you seen your friend recently? 6. She's a slow runner. 7. She draws well. 8. They bought a nice car. 9. She likes sitting near the fire. 10. She left too late to catch the bus. 11. Have you seen Ann lately? 12. He tries very hard to make his family happy. 13. She hardly plays the piano. 14. Computers are widely used in schools nowadays. 15. I think she's a pretty good singer.

In the given sentences, we need to choose the correct word between an adjective and an adverb to complete the sentence properly.

1. "Quietly" is the correct choice here because it describes how the boys played (verb) and modifies the verb. 2. "Heavily" is the correct choice here because it describes the action of snowing (verb) and modifies the verb. 3. "Careful" is the correct choice here because it describes how he looked (verb) and modifies the verb. 4. "Perfectly" is the correct choice here because it describes how he speaks (verb) and modifies the verb. 5. "Recently" is the correct choice here because it describes the time when you saw your friend and modifies the verb. 6. "Slow" is the correct choice here because it describes the quality of the runner (noun) and modifies the noun. 7. "Well" is the correct choice here because it describes how she draws (verb) and modifies the verb. 8. "Nice" is the correct choice here because it describes the quality of the car (noun) and modifies the noun. 9. "Near" is the correct choice here because it describes the location where she likes to sit (verb) and modifies the verb. 10. "Late" is the correct choice here because it describes the time when she left (verb) and modifies the verb. 11. "Lately" is the correct choice here because it describes when you saw Ann and modifies the verb. 12. "Hard" is the correct choice here because it describes how he tries (verb) and modifies the verb. 13. "Hardly" is the correct choice here because it describes how she plays (verb) and modifies the verb. 14. "Widely" is the correct choice here because it describes the extent to which computers are used (verb) and modifies the verb. 15. "Pretty" is the correct choice here because it describes the quality of the singer (noun) and modifies the noun.