Adjective and adverb

Exercise 1. Fill in each space with an appropriate adjective or adverb.

1. If she tries ………. she may succeed in breaking the world record.

2. I was shocked I could ………. speak.

3. The teacher gave us a very ………. task but we managed it quite well.

4. The road isn’t ………. enough for the lorry to get through.

5. The dentist asked her to open her mouth.

6. The name of the suspect is ………. known in town – everyone knows who it is.

7. She did very ………. in the test.

8. Her result were so ………. that she got into Cambridge University.

9. Don’t drive so ………., slow down!

10. He drove in the ………. lane on the motorway because he was in a hurry.

11. If you answer ………., cross it out and write it again.

12. She gave me the ………. address and I got lost.

13. They sat very ………. to each other to keep warm.

14. He had a very ………. voice which you could hear a mile away.

15. Feel ………. to ask me any questions you like.

16. It hasn’t rained much ……….; the last time was two months ago.

17. Farm workers have to work very ………. during the harvest.

18. Farm workers earn ………. enough money to pay their bills.

19. I got off first in the race but managed to come ………..

20. …and ………. I’d like to thank all these who made my success possible.

21. We’ve been receiving a lot of junk mail ………..

22. The postman brings my mail so ………. I rarely see it before I go to work.

23. I’m sure the boss thinks very ………. of you.

24. If you want to succeed, you should aim ………..

25. I don’t think you were treated very ………..

26. Just please don’t go too ………. the edge of the platform!

27. I ………. fell off the edge of the platform.

28. “Look,” Randall said, “things happened pretty ………. and furious that night. (Rosenberg)

29. “There was a lot of smoke and it was ………. to see,” he said. (ibid.)

30. “Didn’t you realize that by fleeing you were leaving yourself ………. open, that you might be sought as a suspect? (ibid.)

31. Stella was standing in the corridor ………. outside the door, only a few feet away from his wife and kids. (ibid.)

32. As soon as she saw Randall, she exploded, lashing out and slapping him ………. across the face. (ibid.)

33. He’d been losing his temper with greater frequency ……….. (Truman.)

34. It was ………. enough navigating the tricky waters of foreign governments and international art dealers to pull together a show of this magnitude. (ibid.)

35. Carlo Gilberti was ………. for breakfast… (ibid.)

36. His face felt ………. (ibid.)

37. Of all the places in Italy Mason had visited over the years, Ravello ranked ………. on his list of favourites. (ibid.)

38. He’d been arrested fourteen times in less than six years while living in Rome but never spent more than a night in jail, thanks to ………. placed friends including Cardinal del Monte, and the French Ambassador to Italy, who intervened on his behalf. (ibid.)

39. Now that we’re here, I want it to happen ……….. (ibid.)

40. ………., he’s been associating with organized crime figures, one in particular, Luigi Sensi. (ibid.)

41. Stella had to assume that the woman had gotten in from a ………. flight and called, probably asking her brother to come over. (Rosenberg)

42. Even teenagers sometimes dropped ………. of heart attack. (ibid.)

43. His fees are ………., but he’s one of the best defence attorneys in town. (ibid.)

44. Brenda Anderson felt ………. for Stella. (ibid.)

45. I hurt her so ………. but I can’t stop. (ibid.)

Exercise 2. Fill in each space with the correct adverb based on a word in the list. Use one word twice.

long late far high wide most

slow quick further wrong little