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1. 1.

   Fill in the adverbs formed these adjectives:

   Adjectives	Adverb	Adjectives	Adverb
   nice	nicely	simultaneous	____________
   obvious	____________	virtual	____________
   short	____________	vigorous	____________
   eventual	____________	continual	____________
   natural	____________	odd	____________

    

2. 2.

   If an adjectives ends in/y/and is preceded by a consonant-drop/y/and add/ily/:

   Adjective	Adverb	Adjective	Adverb
   angry	angrily	easy	____________
   voluntary	____________	momentary	____________
   happy	____________	pretty	____________
   gloom	____________	noisy	____________
   sleepy	____________	merry	____________

    

3. 3.

   Use the above mentioned adverbs in these blanks.

   1. We ____________ go to sleep by eleven. He ____________ goes to sleep before twelve.
   2. I ____________ say my prayers before sleeping. He ____________ prays at all!
   3. We ____________ go for late nights as we have school the next day.
   4. He ____________ visits the orphanage and spends time there.
   5. I am ____________ on time to office but ____________ I get caught in traffic and land up late.
4. 4.

   Fill in the blanks with appropriate adverbs.

   1. We have ____________ completed studying Macbeth. (nearly/ near)
   2. they will be here ____________ (short/ shortly)
   3. The Secretary left ____________ for the airport. (directly/ direct)
   4. He was all by himself and felt ____________ (lone/lonely)
   5. I was impressed by the nun's ____________ behaviour. (mother/motherly)
   6. The child will ____________ prefer the mother to the maid. (natural/naturally)
   7. Both the leader spoke ____________ against each other. (bitterly/bitter)
   8. We often have to take ____________ decisions. (hardly/hard)
   9. He ran about ____________ (frantic/frantically)
   10. they could not stay ____________ any longer. (there/their)
5. 5.

   Fill in the blanks with the positive, comparative and superlative degree of the adverbs given in brackets.

   1. Javed has ____________ information than Jian but it is Farid who has the ____________ information about the Olympics. (much)
   2. He spoke ____________ to me but he spoke even ____________ ____________ to my sick child. (gentle)
   3. Of all the speakers, Mrs. Sudarshan spoke the ____________ on the issue.
   4. I know ____________, she knows ____________ but he knows the ____________ (little)
   5. Lalit stood ____________ to the fierce tiger but Harsh stood ____________ than him. (close)
   6. Who lives ____________ to the zoo, you or him? (near)
   7. From among all the Rajputs, Rana Pratap was the ____________ (brave)
   8. He who is the ____________, will win the Mr. Strong title. (strong)
6. 6.

   Insert the adverbs given in brackets in their best position.

   1. Radha works hard. (generally)
   2. I'm finishing reading an exciting novel. (just)
   3. The truck rolled down the slope. (slowly)
   4. I lose my way in the shopping mall. (always)
   5. We go for late night shows. 
   6. We visit the zoo in December. (regularly)
   7. The police rushed in and arrested him.(suddenly)
   8. They could hear what he was saying. (hardly)
   9. He has heard of Mahatma Gandhi. (never)
   10. Have you been to this place? (before)
   11. I'm excited. (quite) This book is interesting. (quite)
   12. We wrote a month ago. We are waiting for their reply. (still)
   13. I've given him permission to leave, so don't worry. (already)
   14. They have left the house. They don't live here. (anymore)
   15. He slipped and fell.(nearly)