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