Adjective or Adverb – Part 1: Multiple Choice
A2 Level
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Ella blank lifted the box because there were glasses inside.
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Choose the word that completes each sentence. Your first choice counts.
Ella _____ lifted the box because there were glasses inside.
'Let's have a picnic on Saturday.' 'That's a _____ idea! I'll make some sandwiches.'
This suitcase is _____: I can't even lift it off the floor.
Another driver had just hit Tom's car, so Tom shouted _____.
A little boy was crying in the supermarket, so the manager spoke to him very _____ and helped him find his dad.
My cousin lived in Madrid for five years, so she speaks Spanish _____.
We had _____ weather all week, so we stayed inside.
My grandad is a very _____ driver. He's driven for fifty years and never had an accident.
The pizza at the new café was really _____: it was cold and far too salty.
When the teacher asked who broke the window, Josh answered _____: 'It was me. I'm sorry.'
The hotel beds were really _____: I woke up with a bad back every morning.
Shh! Please close the door _____: the baby's asleep.
Our new printer works really _____: it's fast, and it hasn't broken down once.
Our new neighbours are very _____. They carried all our boxes upstairs on the day we moved in.
My brother has a _____ bedroom: there are dirty clothes all over the floor.
We lost 5–0 because we played really _____.
Jack never says please or thank you. He's very _____.
The children waited _____ for an hour and didn't complain once.
Lucy paints so _____ that three of her pictures are in the town's art gallery.
Take a _____ jumper with you: it's freezing at the top of the mountain.
Grammar review
Ask what the gap describes. A person or thing takes an adjective, before a noun or after am, is, are, was or were: a round table, The lesson was short. The way someone does something takes an adverb: She laughed loudly. Good is an adjective, and its adverb is well.
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