Adverbs & Adjectives

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Common Adjectives and Adverbs

____________ we were able to begin on time; otherwise, we would have missed lunch.

1. Deeply
2. Fortunately
3. Strongly
4. Unfortunately

Scientists _________ believe that we should stop eating battery farm chicken.

1. deeply
2. fortunately
3. strongly
4. unfortunately

1. Come here ____________. You have to see this!

2. We knew that she had got the job when we saw her _________ talking on the phone.

3. He ______________ put the vase on the table. It fell to the floor.

4. Sharon is throwing a party on Saturday. She ___________ finished her PhD.

5. Let’s walk ________________. I don’t want to be the first one at the meeting.

6. Alex _____________ put up the bookshelves. It was too difficult for me to do on my own.

7. Every thing happened so ______________. We had to move to California in less than a month.

8. Why does he always have to talk so ____________. You can hear him in the next room!

9. Although she speaks five languages, she did not do ___________ on the translation exam.

10. I was so surprised. His new apartment was _____________ decorated.

quickly

excitedly

carelessly

finally

slowly

easily

suddenly

loudly

well

beautifully

He’s always in a rush. I don’t understand why he walks so ____________ .

1. quick
2. quickly

Michael __________ took the assistant job. He had been looking for a position all summer.

1. happy
2. happily

They speak French very ____________. They lived in France for two years.

1. well
2. good

My neighbor always plays ___________ music on the weekends. It’s so annoying.

1. loud
2. loudly

He reacted __________ to the news. I have never seen him so upset.

1. angry
2. angrily

Come to my office as ______ as possible.

1. quick
2. quickly

(This is evident I know, but) we'll have to pay someone to translate this into French.

1. Apparently
2. By the way
3. Obviously
4. Actually

(This is something I've heard, but it may not be true) the CEO is retiring this year.

1. Frankly
2. Actually
3. By the way
4. Apparently

(This is my opinion, although it might be shocking) I never thought she was right for the job.

1. Obviously
2. Actually
3. Frankly
4. Understandably

(What I'm going to say is not related to the conversation) have you seen his new car?

1. Honestly
2. By the way
3. Actually
4. Frankly

The house is __________________.

1. large and white
2. white and large
3. large, white

Which sentence uses the correct order of adjectives?

1. I like that really big red old antique tractor in the museum.
2. I like that really big old red antique tractor in the museum.
3. I like that old, red, really big antique tractor in the museum.

I’ve been spending a lot of time in antique shops looking for the perfect
_______________ clock.

1. little silver Italian cuckoo
2. little Italian silver cuckoo
3. silver little Italian cuckoo

Which sentence uses the correct order of adjectives?

1. During my college years, I wore a red, white and black big hat to sporting events.
2. During my college years, I wore a big red, white and black hat to sporting events.

Noun

Adjective

boring

football

building

leaf

other

large

interesting

important

part

same

own

far

suitable