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Quiz

Adverbs

Level A
Circle the right answer for each question.

1) Which adverb is best in this sentence?

He walked home _________ with the
shopping.

A) shortly
B) slowly
C) dryly

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2) Which adverb is best in this sentence?

Come _________ I need help!

A) quickly
B) slowly
C) sadly

3) Which adverb is best in this sentence?

My son likes to play his music _________ but
I am not so keen.

A) nicely
B) loudly
C) shortly

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4) Which of these words is an adverb?
A) slowly
B) out
C) drive

5) Which of these words is an adverb?
A) tea
B) happy
C) sad

6) Which of these words is an adverb?
A) nice
B) carefully
C) friend

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Quiz

Adverbs

Level B
Circle the right answer for each question.

1) Which adverb is best in this sentence?

He drove _________ because he had never
had lessons.

A) helpfully
B) angrily
C) badly

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2) Which adverb is best in this sentence?

Answer the phone _________ before
it stops ringing.

A) quickly
B) slowly
C) nicely

3) Which adverb is best in this sentence?

The woman worked _________ hard
but the pay was bad.

A) very
B) slowly
C) not

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4) Which is the adverb in this sentence?

Drive carefully on the motorway.

A) drive
B) carefully
C) motorway

5) Which is the adverb in this sentence?

Please wait - I'll be arriving shortly.

A) wait
B) arriving
C) shortly

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6) Which is the adverb in this sentence?

The boy helpfully packed my shopping bag.

A) helpfully
B) packed
C) my

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Quiz

Adverbs

Level C
Circle the right answer for each question.

1) Which of these words is an adverb?
A) cold
B) coldly
C) colder

2) Which of these words is an adverb?
A) care
B) careful
C) carefully

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3) Which of these words is an adverb?
A) heavily
B) play
C) funny

4) Which of these sentences has an adverb in it?
A) The sun is shining brightly today.
B) It is a sunny day today.
C) It is hotter today than yesterday.

5) Which of these sentences has an adverb in it?
A) I was feeling tired, so I went to bed.
B) As I was tired, I went up to bed.
C) I was quite tired, so I went to bed.

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6) Which of these sentences has an adverb in it?
A) She watched the children playing in the park.
B) She watched the children closely as they played in the park.
C) She kept a careful eye on the children as they played in the
park.

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Quiz - answers

Adverbs

Level A

1) Which adverb is best in this sentence?
He walked home ________ with the shopping.
The correct answer is B. The best adverb for this sentence is 'slowly'.

2) Which adverb is best in this sentence?
Come ________ I need help!
The correct answer is A. The best adverb for this sentence is
'quickly'.

3) Which adverb is best in this sentence?
My son likes to play his music ________ but I am not so keen.
The correct answer is B. The best adverb for this sentence is 'loudly'.

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4) Which of these words is an adverb?
The correct answer is A. The adverb is 'slowly'.

5) Which of these words is an adverb?
The correct answer is C. The adverb is 'sadly'.

6) Which of these words is an adverb?
The correct answer is B. The adverb is 'carefully'.

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Quiz - answers

Adverbs

Level B

1) Which adverb is best in this sentence?
He drove ________ because he had never had lessons.
The correct answer is C. The best adverb for this sentence is 'badly'.

2) Which adverb is best in this sentence?
Answer the phone ________ before it stops ringing
The correct answer is A. The best adverb for this sentence is
'quickly'.

3) Which adverb is best in this sentence?
The woman worked ________ hard but the pay was bad.
The correct answer is A. The best adverb for this sentence is 'very'.

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4) Which is the adverb in this sentence?
Drive carefully on the motorway.
The correct answer is B. The adverb is 'carefully'.

5) Which is the adverb in this sentence?
Please wait - I'll be arriving shortly.
The correct answer is C. The adverb is 'shortly'.

6) Which is the adverb in this sentence?
The boy helpfully packed my shopping bag.
The correct answer is A. The adverb is 'helpfully'.

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Quiz - answers
Adverbs

Level C

1) Which of these words is an adverb?
The correct answer is B. The adverb is 'coldly'.

2) Which of these words is an adverb?
The correct answer is C. The adverb is 'carefully'.

3) Which of these words is an adverb?
The correct answer is A. The adverb is 'heavily'.

4) Which of these sentences has an adverb in it?
The correct answer is A. In the sentence 'The sun is shining brightly
today', 'brightly' is an adverb.

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5) Which of these sentences has an adverb in it?
The correct answer is C. In the sentence 'I was quite tired so I went
to bed', 'quite' is an adverb.

6) Which of these sentences has an adverb in it?
The correct answer is B. In the sentence 'She watched the children
closely as they played in the park', 'closely' is an adverb.

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