Adjective vs. Adverb Exercise

Fill in the blanks with an adjective or adverb.

1. The teacher advised us to work ……………………………. (hard / hardly)

2. He does …………………………. anything. (hard / hardly)

3. This is ……………………….. than that. (better / more good / well)

4. All of a ………………………….. the lights went out. (sudden / suddenly)

5. A cat can run as …………………………. as a dog. (fast / fastly)

6. She is ………………………… waiting to hear from her husband. (anxious / anxiously)

7. They are ………………………….. to leave. (anxious / anxiously)

8. ……………………… a dark figure appeared in the hallway. (Sudden / Suddenly)

9. She tore away the letter …………………………….. (angry / angrily)

10. He was so …………………………. that he started yelling at his son. (angry / angrily)

Answers

1. The teacher advised us to work hard.

2. He does hardly anything.

3. This is better than that.

4. All of a sudden, the lights went out.

5. A cat can run as fast as a dog.

6. She is anxiously waiting to hear from her husband.

7. They are anxious to leave.

8. Suddenly a dark figure appeared in the hallway.

9. She tore away the letter angrily.

10. He was so angry that he started yelling at his son.