Adjective or Adverb?
Find the mistake
What Sounds Right?
Adjective or Adverb? Why?
Tricky Ones
100

Which word is an adjective in this sentence?

The dog is very happy.


happy

100

What is wrong with this sentence?

He is a very quickly runner.


He is a very quick runner.

100

Which sounds correct?

A) She is a beautifully girl.
B) She is a beautiful girl.

B) She is a beautiful girl.

100

In the sentence:

The students were extremely tired.

What does extremely describe?

The adjective tired.

100

The exam was ---- difficult, even for the strongest students.
(surprising / surprisingly)

surprisingly

200

Which word is an adverb?

She sings beautifully.


beautifully

200

Correct this sentence:

She speaks English very good.


She speaks English very well.

200

Which sounds correct?

A) He drives dangerously.
B) He drives dangerous.

A) He drives dangerously.

200

She answered the question correctly.

What does correctly describe?

The verb answered.

200

Correct the mistake in this sentence:

She speaks English very fluent.

She speaks English very fluently.

300

Does this sentence use the adjective correctly?

He runs quick.


No - He is a quick runner.

300

Correct the sentence:

The car drives very slow.


The car drives very slowly.

300

Which sounds correct?

A) The exam was surprisingly difficult.
B) The exam was surprising difficult.

A) The exam was surprisingly difficult.

300

Which word is the adjective?

The extremely fast car disappeared quickly.


fast

300

The students worked ---- on their final assignment.
(hard / hardly)

hard

400

Is "quietly" an adjective or an adverb?


The teacher spoke quietly to the class.


Adverb

400

Which sentence is correct?

A) She looked angry at him.
B) She looked angrily at him.

Both is correct, with different descriptions of her

400

Which sentence is correct?

A) She speaks English fluent.
B) She speaks English fluently.


B) She speaks English fluently.

400

What is the grammatical difference between:

He is a slow driver.
He drives slowly.


slow is a adjective and describes driver
slowly is a adverb and describes drives

400

The witness gave a ---- detailed description of the crime.
(remarkable / remarkably)

remarkably

500

What is the difference between these two sentences?

She is a careful driver.
She drives carefully.


Careful is an adjective
Carefully is an adverb

500

Find the mistake:

He did the test extremely good.

He did the test extremely well.

500

Which sentence is correct?

A) He looked nervous before the exam.
B) He looked nervously before the exam.

A) He looked nervous before the exam.

500

Identify all adjectives and adverbs:

The surprisingly young actor performed extremely well.


surprisingly is a adverb

young is a adjective

extremely is a adverb

well is a adverb

500

The politician's argument was ---- convincing, despite being based on very little evidence.
(surprising / surprisingly)

surprisingly