Some Exercises of English

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Adjective - Adverb

'SLOW' is an adjective.

'SLOWLY' is an adverb.

1. With 'TO BE', we use AN ADJECTIVE

e.g. That picture is BEAUTIFUL.

2. With some other 'SPECIAL VERBS' - when the meaning is like 'TO BE' - e.g. seem - feel - look - taste -

smell - sound - become, we use AN ADJECTIVE.

e.g. This fish tastes DELICIOUS. That exercise looks EASY. Does the room feel COLD?

3. With other 'NORMAL' VERBS, we use AN ADVERB.

e.g. That artist paints BEAUTIFULLY. She did the exercise EASILY. The doctor looked at the X-ray

CAREFULLY.

4. When we say 'HOW WE DO SOMETHING', we use AN ADVERB.

e.g. She waited for the bus PATIENTLY.

5. When we say 'HOW SOMETHING HAPPENED', we use AN ADVERB.

e.g. The rain came down HEAVILY.

6. Before A NOUN, we use AN ADJECTIVE.

e.g. I'd like a STRONG coffee, please.

7. Before AN ADJECTIVE or ADVERB, we sometimes use AN ADVERB.

e.g. The drink was DELICIOUSLY cool.



1) My brother re-decorated my house

most _____.

a) Professional

b) Professionally

2) The strike fell _____ and damaged

his knee.

a) Bad

b) Badly

3) She pushed the trolley forward

_____ because the wheels werent

straight.

a) With difficulty

b) Difficult

4) She read the letter _____.

a) Thoughtfully

b) Thoughtful

5) She walked out of the room feeling

_____.

a) Awful

b) Awfully

6) They always prepare the food _____.

a) Meticulous

b) Meticulously

7) They had a _____ time in Ireland.

a) Marvelous

b) Marvelously

8) Are youusually _____?

a) Conscientiously

b) Conscientious

9) She ran to the phone _____ and

picked it up.

a) Excitedly

b) Excited

10) Akiko ran to the Learning Centre

_____ to check her emails.

a) Hurriedly

b) Hurried

11) They didn't know why the printer

was running so _____.

a) Noisy

b) Noisily

12) She decided that she needed help

with such a _____ problem.

a) Seriously

b) Serious

13) The central part of the beach gets

_____ crowded at the height of

summer.

a) Extreme

b) Extremely

14) He sings _____ _____.

a) Awfully badly

b) Awful bad

c) Awfully bad

d) Awful badly

15) He is a _____ pianist.

a) Brilliantly

b) Brilliant

1-B; 2-B; 3-A; 4-A; 5-A; 6-B; 7-A; 8-B; 9-A; 10-A; 11-B;

12-B; 13-B; 14-A; 15-B.



Countable and Uncountable'table' is 'countable'. In the dictionary, you will see [C] after it.

It can be used in the singular with words like 'a', 'one', 'this', 'my', every'.

It can be used in the plural with words like 'some', 'many', 'a few', 'these', 'several', 'a lot of', 'quite a

lot of', 'a large number of'.

'gold' is 'uncountable'. In the dictionary, you will see (U) after it.It can be used (always in the singular) with words like 'some', 'this', 'my', 'much', 'a little', 'a lot of',

'quite a lot of', 'a large amount of'.

You can make an 'uncountable word' 'countable' by using words like 'a piece of', 'a bar of' etc

1) The shop decided to close early

because there weren't ____

customers.

a) Any

b) Some

c) Much

d) Lots

2) I'm sorry but I really don't have a

great ____ time.

a) Much

b) Many

c) Number of

d) Deal of

3) The mugger was easily identified

because he had been seen by ____

witnesses.

a) Several

b) Every

c) Number of

d) Much

4) I phoned the hospital but they

couldn't give me ____ news.

a) Much

b) Many

c) Few

d) Little

5) You can see quite ____ swans on the

lake in Princes Park,

a) A number

b) Much

c) A lot of

d) A large

6) How ____ items of luggage do you

have, Sir?

a) Number

b) Many

c) A lot of

d) Much

7) This is not an awful ____ questions,

is it?

a) Amount

b) Lot of

c) Deal

d) Number

8) Eastbourne really does have a large

____ sunshine, compared with most

other British towns.

a) Ray of

b) Number of

c) Amount of

d) Lot of



9) There were too ____ people in the

disco. It really was overcrowded.

a) Much

b) Many

c) Full

d) Deal

10) The policeman couldn't give us ____

information about our brother's

whereabouts.

a) Some

b) A

c) An

d) Any

11) He didn't have ____ time but he

managed to finish the job.

a) Several

b) Amount of

c) Many

d) Much

12) With the money he was given for his

birthday, he was able to buy ____

CDs.

a) Much

b) A large amount of

c) Lots

d) A large number of

13) How ___ hours of community service

was the man ordered to do?

a) Many

b) Several

c) Lots of

d) Number

14) The teacher gave us ____ pieces of

good advice about the examination.

a) Any

b) Much

c) Several

d) Every

15) At first, I didn't understand ____ of

what people said to me.

a) Little

b) Several

c) Much

d) Lot

1-A; 2-D; 3-A; 4-A; 5-C;6-B; 7-B; 8-C; 9-B; 10-D;

11-D; 12-D; 13-A; 14-C; 15-C.

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