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