Adjective or Adverb? - Intermediate

This intermediate adjective or adverb exercise moves beyond simple -ly forms. You still need adjectives for nouns and adverbs for actions, but B1 sentences also include linking verbs such as feel, look, sound, taste, smell, seem, and become. These verbs describe the subject's state, so they usually take adjectives: the food tastes amazing, your idea sounds great, and he felt bad.

The route also practises common adverbs that do not use -ly, including fast, hard, and early. You will compare good and well, decide when a performance needs an adverb, and recognise when a state needs an adjective. Read each sentence as a whole before choosing, because the same-looking position can test different grammar. The exercise uses everyday contexts such as food, music, exams, sport, and meetings, so the grammar choice is tied to meaning rather than memorised pairs. If the word answers what kind?, choose the adjective; if it answers how?, choose the adverb.