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