Degree of Adverbs

1. Fill in the blanks with an appropriate degree of adverb

1. Kim runs _____________ than her sister. (fast)
2. This goat galloped __________________. (swiftly)
3. Holmes came ________________ than his roommate. (early)
4. This flower has been bent _______________ than all by the wind. (low)
5. My sister cooks __________________. (well)
6. He worked _____________ than I thought he could. (much)
7. Don’t go ______________ than this point. (far)
8. Sheela hit the ball ________________. (hard)
9. Of all the team members, Sheera played ________. (skilfully)
10. The students behaved ______________ than before. (badly)

Answers

1. faster 
2. more swiftly 
3. earlier 
4. lower 
5. better
6. much more
7. farther 
8. harder 
9. most skillfully 
10. worse 

2. Fill in the table

Answers

1. Cleverer, Cleverest
2. Proud, Proudest
3. Beautiful, More beautiful
4. Shorter, Shortest
5. Strange, Stranger 
6. Big, Biggest
7. Worse, Worst
8. More, Most
9. Thin, Thinner
10. Wiser, Wisest

3. Fill in the blanks by choosing the appropriate adverb from the list 

(highly, very, too, immensely, almost, pretty, completely, unusually, thoroughly, really)

1. Mansoor felt __________ lucky to have won the lottery ticket. 

2. The doctor _________ recommended for a cholesterol test. 
3. Mitul __________ understood the math problem and explained it to all his friends. 
4. There is a famous saying: It is ____ bad to be ___ good. 
5. The picnic spot was _______ crowded last week.
6. The tickets to the movie are _____ over. You better hurry up.
7. Having lost his close associate, he felt ____ helpless.  
8. The auditorium was __________ occupied by alumni of the previous 5 years.
9. Losing weight in a shorter time span seems to be _______ difficult. 
10. The live concert of ARR went  ________ well without any problem. 

Answers

1. immensely
2. highly 
3. completely
4. too
5. unusually
6. almost
7. really
8. completely
9. very
10. pretty