English Grammar – Adverb – SET 2 Start Practicing : Total Questions - 20 1. Fill in the blank with the most suitable option: Marie went to the kitchen to prepare dinner. In the _____, her husband looked after the child. meantime sometimes yesterday midway None 2. Fill in the blank with the most suitable adverb: He was ______ relieved to know that he had been selected. (positive connotation) Hardly Scarcely Quickly Clearly None 3. Choose the option that puts the adverb in the correct position in the sentence: He used to always wear a blue shirt. He always used to wear a blue shirt. NO CHANGE He used to wear a blue shirt always. He used to wear always a blue shirt. None 4. Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word. _________ you say to her, she still keeps smiling. Whenever Whoever Whatever Whichever None 5. Fill in the blank with the most suitable adverb: He works very _____ these days hardly hard mostly scarcely None 6. Rewrite the sentence using too...to: The statue is more than enough beautiful to be sculpted by an average sculptor. The statue is too to beautiful be sculpted by an average sculptor. The statue is too beautiful to be sculpted by an average sculptor The statue is beautiful enough too to be sculpted by an average sculptor. The too statue is beautiful to be sculpted by an average sculptor. None 7. Fill in the blank with the most suitable option: The family are _____ the ship that sailed away yesterday. aboard abed ahead afoot None 8. Name the part of speech of the underlined word in the following sentence: This fruit is almost ripe. Adjective Adverb Pronoun Noun None 9. Fill in the blank with the most suitable option: When her mother called her, Lisa went _____ with her to the car. quickly ready readier readily None 10. Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate words. The poor girl looked ________ _________. miserably / unhappy miserable / unhappily miserably / unhappily miserable / unhappy None 11. Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word. I can't find that book ________. where everywhere not here anywhere None 12. Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate words. The nurse is very ________. She spoke _________. politely / politely politely / polite polite / polite polite / politely None 13. Choose the option that best corrects the sentence at the underlined point: The painting is too beautiful to have been painted by a mediocre artist. that beautiful NO CHANGE so beautiful very beautiful None 14. Choose the option that best corrects the sentence at the underlined point: He could ride his bike only so far. only as far only that far NO CHANGE only far None 15. Fill in the blank with the most suitable option: The country lies _____ those mountains that you can see from here. below beyond beneath anew None 16. Fill in the blank with a suitable option: I didn't call the police. My son didn't call ___________. them too him too them either him either None 17. Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate words. A: I'm afraid we can expect _________ temperatures over the holiday. B: I'm __________ sorry about it. extremely / extreme extreme / extremely extreme / extreme extremely / extremely None 18. Fill in the blank with the most suitable option: She ________ told her children that they should not play in the garden after nightfall. promptly clever kinder wise None 19. Replace the underlined adverb in the following sentence with its antonym. The police found him sitting inside the coffee-house. Outside Before Alone Near None 20. Fill in the blank with the most suitable option: There is always mischief _______ when the children's parents are away. away ahead afoot asleep None Time's up Related Leave a Reply Cancel replyCommentEnter your name or username to comment Enter your email address to comment Enter your website URL (optional) Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment.
