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Let’s go through each sentence one by one. We need to pick the right word — either an adjective (describes a noun) or an adverb (describes a verb, adjective, or other adverb).
Remember:
- Adjectives describe people, places, things → e.g., “a careful student”
- Adverbs describe how something is done → e.g., “she does homework carefully”
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1) Marilyn is a careful student. She does her homework carefully.
→ “Careful” describes “student” (noun). “Carefully” describes “does” (verb).
2) Our new washing machine is very silent indeed. It works very silently.
→ “Silent” describes “machine”. “Silently” describes “works”.
3) Alice is really a rude girl. She always behaves rudely.
→ “Rude” describes “girl”. “Rudely” describes “behaves”.
4) Mike is a clever student. He answers all the questions cleverly.
→ “Clever” describes “student”. “Cleverly” describes “answers”.
5) This man buys clothes from this shop regularly. He is our regular customer.
→ “Regularly” describes “buys”. “Regular” describes “customer”.
6) Brian really walks quickly. He is a quick walker.
→ “Quickly” describes “walks”. “Quick” describes “walker”.
7) Sally opened the door of the bedroom slowly, and she saw the thief.
→ “Slowly” describes “opened”.
8) Steve is my close friend. We always go out together.
→ “Close” describes “friend”. (Note: “closely” would mean “in a close manner”, which doesn’t fit here.)
9) Michael never breaks his friends’ hearts. He is really a kind person.
→ “Kind” describes “person”.
10) Rachel behaved really kindly towards all the students in the class, so she made a lot of friends.
→ “Kindly” describes “behaved”.
11) That teacher treats her students badly. Nobody likes her.
→ “Badly” describes “treats”.
12) My father looked out of the window anxiously as he heard a strange sound.
→ “Anxiously” describes “looked”.
13) He waited his friend patiently for two hours in the cafe.
→ “Patiently” describes “waited”.
14) He is a good painter. He painted our house well.
→ “Good” describes “painter”. “Well” describes “painted”.
15) My mother listened to my problems sympathetically last night.
→ “Sympathetically” describes “listened”.
16) A crocodile lives near rivers and it is really a wild animal.
→ “Wild” describes “animal”.
17) Joseph sang beautifully at the party last Sunday. Everybody was fascinated.
→ “Beautifully” describes “sang”.
18) Sindy is the most beautiful girl I have seen in my whole life.
→ “Beautiful” describes “girl”.
19) Frank came into the class excitedly and said there was a snake in the hall.
→ “Excitedly” describes “came”.
20) The children run in the school hall noisily.
→ “Noisily” describes “run”.
21) I have got recent news about the town.
→ “Recent” describes “news”.
22) What have you been doing recently? I haven’t seen you for ages.
→ “Recently” describes “doing”.
23) I understood the lesson very clearly today.
→ “Clearly” describes “understood”.
24) These questions are very easy. I can answer them all in ten minutes.
→ “Easy” describes “questions”.
25) All my answers in the last Maths exam were correct. This means I answered all the questions correctly.
→ “Correct” describes “answers”. “Correctly” describes “answered”.
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Final Answer:
1) careful / carefully
2) silent / silently
3) rude / rudely
4) clever / cleverly
5) regularly / regular
6) quickly / quick
7) slowly
8) close
9) kind
10) kindly
11) badly
12) anxiously
13) patiently
14) good / well
15) sympathetically
16) wild
17) beautifully
18) beautiful
19) excitedly
20) noisily
21) recent
22) recently
23) clearly
24) easy
25) correct / correctly
Remember:
- Adjectives describe people, places, things → e.g., “a careful student”
- Adverbs describe how something is done → e.g., “she does homework carefully”
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1) Marilyn is a careful student. She does her homework carefully.
→ “Careful” describes “student” (noun). “Carefully” describes “does” (verb).
2) Our new washing machine is very silent indeed. It works very silently.
→ “Silent” describes “machine”. “Silently” describes “works”.
3) Alice is really a rude girl. She always behaves rudely.
→ “Rude” describes “girl”. “Rudely” describes “behaves”.
4) Mike is a clever student. He answers all the questions cleverly.
→ “Clever” describes “student”. “Cleverly” describes “answers”.
5) This man buys clothes from this shop regularly. He is our regular customer.
→ “Regularly” describes “buys”. “Regular” describes “customer”.
6) Brian really walks quickly. He is a quick walker.
→ “Quickly” describes “walks”. “Quick” describes “walker”.
7) Sally opened the door of the bedroom slowly, and she saw the thief.
→ “Slowly” describes “opened”.
8) Steve is my close friend. We always go out together.
→ “Close” describes “friend”. (Note: “closely” would mean “in a close manner”, which doesn’t fit here.)
9) Michael never breaks his friends’ hearts. He is really a kind person.
→ “Kind” describes “person”.
10) Rachel behaved really kindly towards all the students in the class, so she made a lot of friends.
→ “Kindly” describes “behaved”.
11) That teacher treats her students badly. Nobody likes her.
→ “Badly” describes “treats”.
12) My father looked out of the window anxiously as he heard a strange sound.
→ “Anxiously” describes “looked”.
13) He waited his friend patiently for two hours in the cafe.
→ “Patiently” describes “waited”.
14) He is a good painter. He painted our house well.
→ “Good” describes “painter”. “Well” describes “painted”.
15) My mother listened to my problems sympathetically last night.
→ “Sympathetically” describes “listened”.
16) A crocodile lives near rivers and it is really a wild animal.
→ “Wild” describes “animal”.
17) Joseph sang beautifully at the party last Sunday. Everybody was fascinated.
→ “Beautifully” describes “sang”.
18) Sindy is the most beautiful girl I have seen in my whole life.
→ “Beautiful” describes “girl”.
19) Frank came into the class excitedly and said there was a snake in the hall.
→ “Excitedly” describes “came”.
20) The children run in the school hall noisily.
→ “Noisily” describes “run”.
21) I have got recent news about the town.
→ “Recent” describes “news”.
22) What have you been doing recently? I haven’t seen you for ages.
→ “Recently” describes “doing”.
23) I understood the lesson very clearly today.
→ “Clearly” describes “understood”.
24) These questions are very easy. I can answer them all in ten minutes.
→ “Easy” describes “questions”.
25) All my answers in the last Maths exam were correct. This means I answered all the questions correctly.
→ “Correct” describes “answers”. “Correctly” describes “answered”.
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Final Answer:
1) careful / carefully
2) silent / silently
3) rude / rudely
4) clever / cleverly
5) regularly / regular
6) quickly / quick
7) slowly
8) close
9) kind
10) kindly
11) badly
12) anxiously
13) patiently
14) good / well
15) sympathetically
16) wild
17) beautifully
18) beautiful
19) excitedly
20) noisily
21) recent
22) recently
23) clearly
24) easy
25) correct / correctly
Parent Tip: Review the logic above to help your child master the concept of adjectives and adverbs worksheet.
