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1. 1.

   Fill in the adverbs formed from these adjectives:

   Adjective	Adverb	Adjective	Adverb
   nice		simultaneous
   obvious		virtual
   short		vigorous
   eventual		continual
   natural		odd

    

2. 2.

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

   Adjective	Adverb	Adjective	Adverb
   angry		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 leaders 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. (along)
   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. (seldom)
   6. We visit he 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 waitinng 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)