Exercise
26: Adjective and Adverbs. Page : 107
Circle the correct form
in parentheses.
1.
Rita plays violin
(good/well).
good
2.
That is an
(intense/intensely) novel.
intensely
3.
The sun is shining
(bright/brightly).
bright
4.
The girls speak
(fluent/fluently) French.
fluently
5.
The boys speak Spanish
(fluent/fluently).
fluently
6.
The table has a
(smooth/smoothly) surface.
smooth
7.
We must figure our income
tax returns (accurate/accurately).
accurately
8.
We don’t like to drink
(bitter/bitterly) tea.
bitterly
9.
The plane will arrive
(soon/sonly).
soon
10.
He had an accident
because he was driving too (fast/fastly).
fast
Exercise
27: Linking (Compulative) verbs. Page : 109
Circle the correct form
in parentheses.
1.
Your cold sounds
(terrible/terribly).
terrible.
2.
The pianist plays very
(good/well).
well
3.
The food in the
restaurant always tastes (good/well).
good
4.
The campers remained
(calm/calmly) despite the thunderstorm.
calm
5.
They became (sick/sickly)
after eating the contaminated food.
sick
6.
Professor Calandra looked
(quick/quickly) at the students sketches.
quickly
7.
Paco was working
(diligent/diligently) on the project.
diligent
8.
Paul protested (vehement/
vehemently) about the new proposals.
vehement
9.
Our neighbors appread
(relaxed/relaxedly) after their vacation.
relaxed
10.
The music sounded too
(noisy/noisily) to be classical.
noisy
Exercise
28: Comparisons. Page : 114
Supply the correct form
of the adjectives and adverbs in parentheses. Let asand thanbe your clues.
Add any other words that may be necessary.
1.
John and his friends left
(soon) as the professor had finished his lecture.
as soon
2.
His job is (important) than
his friends.
more important
3.
He plays the guitar
(well) as Andres Segovia.
as well
4.
A new house is much
(expensive) than an older one.
more expensive
5.
Last week was (hot) as
this week.
as hot
6.
Martha is (talented) than
her cousin.
more talented
7.
Bill’s descriptions are
(colorful) than his wife’s.
more colorful
8.
Nobody is (happy) than
Maria Elena.
more happy
9.
The boys felt (bad) than
the girls about losing the game.
worse bad
10. A greyhound runs (fast) than
a Chihuahua.
more fast
Exercise29:
Comparisons. Page : 114
Supply than, as, or
from in each of the following sentences.
1.
The Empire State
Building is taller ______ the Statue of Liberty.
than
2.
California is farther
from New York ______ Pennsylvania.
than
3.
His assignments is
different ______ mine.
from
4.
Louie reads more quickly ______
his sisters.
than
5.
No animal is so big ______
King Kong.
from
6.
That report is less
impressive ______ the government’s.
than
7.
Sam wears the same shirt
______ his teammates.
as
8.
Dave paints much more
realistically ______ his professor.
than
9.
The twins have less money
at the end of the month ______ they have at the beginning.
than
10.
Her sports car is
different ______ Nancy’s.
from
Exercise
30: Comparisons. Page : 117
Select the correct form
in parentheses in the following sentences.
1.
Of the four dresses, I
like the red one (better/best).
Best
2.
Phil is
(happier/happiest) person that we know
happier
3.
Pat’s car is
(faster/fastest) than Dan’s
faster
4.
This is the
(creamier/creamiest) ice cream I have had in a long time
creamiest
5.
This poster is
(colorfuler/more colorful) than the one in the ball
more colorful
6.
Does fred feel
(weller/better) today than he did yesterday
better
7.
This vegetable soup
tastes very (good/well)
good
8.
While trying to balance
the baskets on her head, the woman walked (awkwarder/more awkwardly) than her
daughter
more awkwardly
9.
Jane is the (less/least)
athletic of all the women
less
10.
My cat is the
(prettier/prettiest) of the two
Prettiest
11.
This summary is (the
better/the best) of the pair.
the best
12.
Your heritage is
different (from/than) mine.
from
13.
This painting is (less
impressive/least impressive) than the one in the other gallery.
less impressive
14.
The colder the weather
gets, (sicker/the sicker) I feel.
the sicker
15.
No sooner had he received
the letter (when/than) he called Maria.
than
16.
A mink coat costs (twice more than/twice as
much as) a sable coat.
twice more than
17.
Jim has as (little/few)
opportunities to play tennis as I.
little
18.
That recipe calls for (many/much) more sugar
than mine does.
many
19.
The museum is the (farther/farthest)
away of the three buildings.
farther
20.
George Washington is
(famouser/more
famous) than John Jay.
more famous
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