Adjectives & Adverbs

Name: ____________________ ( ) Junior Middle ______ ( )

1. Our car has only (recent/recently) been repaired.

2. The house was (safe/safely) locked up.
3. An (immediate/immediately) effect of the war has been a breakdown of
law and order.
4. The lights are too (bright/brightly) in here - they're hurting my eyes.
5. Hospitals need to be kept (clean/cleanly).

6. (Scarce/Scarcely) resources should be used sensibly.

7. It worries me when people stand too (close/closely) to me.
8. The snow fell (silent/silently).
9. The teacher explained the point as (simple/simply) as she could.
10. The traffic is moving very (slow/slowly) ahead of us.

11. It was a largely (peaceful/peacefully) demonstration.

12. I've (near/nearly) finished that book you lent me.
13. You'll have to excuse Joanna - she's feeling rather (tired/tiredly/tiring)
and emotional at the moment
14. I was (scarce/scarcely) able to move my arm after the accident.
15. I only had time for a (quick/quickly) glance at the paper this morning.

16. He told them (polite/politely) to leave him in peace.

17. I've (near/nearly) finished that book you lent me.
18. I've never played ice hockey - it's far too (dangerous/dangerously).
19. She's got some very (interested/interesting/interestingly) things to say on
the subject.
20. He was getting (bored/boring/boringly) of doing the same thing every
day.

21. The captain was criticized (strong/strongly) for her part in the team's
defeat.
22. I'm (interested/interesting/interestingly) to know why he left the job so
suddenly.
23. Why does he never do anything (right/rightly)?
24. My head feels (awful/awfully) - I think I must have flu.
25. I was standing just (near / nearly) enough to hear what they said.
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