L.I. Wendy Yesenia Chávez Sánchez English Department

UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE GUADALAJARA CAMPUS TABASCO English Department

ENGLISH II ADVERBS

Instructions: Circle the correct answer.

1. Shakira is a great singer. She sings _____.

a) beautiful b) beautifully c) bad d) badly

2. Adam Sandler is a very _____ actor. Everybody loves him.

a) bad b) badly c) good d) well

3. Why did you arrive so _____ last night? I was waiting for you until 1 am.

a) early b) late c) lately d) soon

4. Don’t you see your keys? They’re on the table, _____ your book and your cell phone.

a) on b) among c) next to d) between

5. I _____ go to the church because I’m always busy on Sundays.

a) never b) normally c) usually d) frequently

Instructions: Fill in the blanks using a word from the box. There are three extra words.

1. Mr. Carlsen is not here now. He’s ______________ left. 2. _______________ I was running in the park, my mother was cooking breakfast at home. 3. Somebody stole my suitcases at the airport the day _______________ yesterday. 4. I want you to make your decision _______________ now. 5. My parents like to travel to a different state _______________ vacation.

Instructions: Circle the correct answer.

1. Two people were (serious / seriously) injured in the accident. 2. The driver of the car had (serious / seriously) injuries. 3. I think you behaved very (selfish / selfishly). 4. Rose is (terrible / terribly) upset about losing her job. 5. There was a (sudden / suddenly) change in the weather. 6. Everybody at the party was (colorful / colorfully) dressed. 7. Linda likes wearing (colorful / colorfully) clothes. 8. Liz fell and hurt herself quite (bad / badly). 9. Joe says he didn’t do well at school because he was (bad / badly) taught. 10. Don’t go up that ladder. It doesn’t look (safe / safely).

Instructions: Fill in the blanks using a word from the box. You may use an adjective or an adverb.

1. Our holiday was too short. The time passed very _____________________.

careful (ly) complete (ly) continuous (ly) financial (ly) fluent (ly) happy(happily) nervous (ly) perfect (ly) quick (ly) special ( ly)

just ago last after before right every while

L.I. Wendy Yesenia Chávez Sánchez English Department

2. Steve doesn’t take risks when he’s driving. He’s always _________________. 3. Sue works __________________. She never seems to stop. 4. Rachel and Patrick are very ________________ married. 5. Maria’s English is very ____________________ although she makes quite a lot of

mistakes. 6. I cooked this meal _________________ for your, so I hope you like it. 7. Everything was very quiet. There was ___________________ silence. 8. I tried on the shoes and they fitted me ___________________. 9. Do you usually feel ______________ before examinations? 10. I’d like to buy a car, but it’s ____________________ impossible for me at the moment.

Instructions: Rewrite the following sentences using the words in brackets so that they have a similar meaning.

1. My mother is a good dancer. (well) ______________________________________________________________________________.

2. My brother lived in France for 3 years. Therefore, he speaks French fluently. (fluent) ______________________________________________________________________________.

3. Rodrigo is a silly person when he speaks. (way)

______________________________________________________________________________.

4. My father is always a careful driver. (always) ______________________________________________________________________________.

5. I can’t draw. I draw badly all the time. (bad). ______________________________________________________________________________.

Instructions: Unscramble the following groups of words to make correct sentences. Remember to include punctuation and capitalization.

1. always / to / morning / helen / drives / in / work / the _______________________________________________________________________________

2. hungry / i / am / when / usually / i / get / from / home / school ______________________________________________________________________________

3. italy / i / have / to / been / last / twice / year ______________________________________________________________________________

4. will / monique / to / the / morning / airport / drive / tomorrow ______________________________________________________________________________

5. some / we / books / found / interesting / the / yesterday / in / library ______________________________________________________________________________