Directions: Read each of the following sentences. Identify the word functioning as an adverb.

Write the letter of your answer choice.

1. Molly really wanted to purchase the pink shoes but Bridget wore them to school yesterday.
a) pink b) really c) shoes d) wanted
2. Bridget was trying hard to return the torn dress but the cantankerous old clerk denied her.
a) hard b) torn c) return d) cantankerous
3. Lalaine told her companion that she would never pay retail price for an outfit at an outlet mall.
a) retail b) outlet c) never d) outfit
4. Ken stared admiringly at his reflection in the antique mirror.
a) antique b) admiringly c) reflection d) stared
5. Bruce ran excitedly toward the big sale on washcloths.
a) sale b) ran c) big d) excitedly
6. Lalaine was almost hungry enough to eat a whole cinnamon roll by herself.
a) almost b) hungry c) whole d) eat
7. Kelly was very tired after an arduous day of shopping.
a) long b) was c) very d) tired
8. Devon couldn't hear Tanishi because the diamond studs shining brightly on the rack distracted him.
a) distracted b) brightly c) shining d) diamond
9. Tanishi shrewdly compared the prices of the designer shoes and handbags.
a) prices b) designer c) compared d) shrewdly
10. Angie carefully studied the overpriced designer dress for flaws.
a) carefully b) overpriced c) designer d) flaws
11. Ken blushed and snickered while Tanishi jokingly teased him about his new haircut.
a) new b) snickered c) jokingly d) haircut
12. Brittany knew her way around the Riverside Mall well.
a) Riversideb) knew c) her d) well
13. Angie thought that the red silk scarf would match beautifully with her designer dress.
a) red b) beautifully c) would d) gown
14. Angie was not ready to take the tags off the expensive maroon dress yet.
a) ready b) expensive c) not d) maroon
15. Tanishi believed that the chain wallet would match Ken's jeans perfectly.
a) chain b) Ken's c) jeans d) perfectly
16. Angie was too tired to stand in the long checkout line with her hands full of clothing and shopping bags.
a) too b) tired c) checkoutd) long
17. Tanishi wanted to buy the fancy salmon shirt with the cowgirl tassels but it was clearly damaged.
a) damagedb) fancy c) clearly d) salmon
18. Bruce cleverly saved the receipt from his bad haircut and now he sought a refund from the woman who mangled him.
a) bad b) cleverly c) saved d) haircut
19. Lalaine laughed loudly at the silly joke that Tanishi whispered to her in the food court.
a) whispered b) silly c) her d) loudly
20. Bruce was quite upset that he missed that big sale on turtleneck sweaters.
a) quite b) big c) upset d) turtleneck
21. When Devon finally found a silk tie that matched his checkered shirt, he did a little victory dance.
a) little b) dance c) victory d) finally
22. Mary was so mad at Bruce for forgetting her birthday that she left the mall and went to the water park.
a) so b) mad c) left d) birthday
23. Lalaine usually parks her car at the southern end of the lot since there are fewer cars and less traffic there.
a) fewer b) usually c) parks d) southern
24. The oblivious Bruce hardly noticed Molly's fancy new hairstyle.
a) fancy b) oblivious c) hardly d) Molly's
25. Tanishi was deeply in love with the dashing Devon, but he was more interested in someone else.
a) love b) someonec) dashing d) deeply
26. The salesman at the kiosk tried to sell a phone to Tanishi, but she simply ignored him and continued on her way.
a) continued b) simply c) kiosk d) way
27. Angie was tired enough to fall asleep on the stack of display mattresses in the beding store.
a) display b) tired c) bedding d) enough
28. Those pretty pink Pamela Paul purses at the boutique store are selling out fast.
a) fast b) pretty c) pink d) boutique
29. Ken stared blankly at the angelic store clerk at the sweater stand.
a) angelic b) sweater c) blankly d) stared
30. Angie was having an amazing time with her friends, but she had to leave the mall early to study for her biology exam.
a) study b) biology c) amazing d) early
1. B
2. A
3. C
4. B
5. D
6. A
7. C
8. B
9. D
10. A
11. C
12. D
13. B
14. C
15. D
16. A
17. C
18. B
19. D
20. A
21. D
22. A
23. B
24. C
25. D
26. B
27. D
28. A
29. C
30. D
Directions: Find the answer choice that is being used as an adverb in each of these sentences. Write the letter of your answer.

1. Gizmo works very hard to make new weapons and gadgets for the spies at Omega Central.
a) works b) hard c) new d) very
2. The notorious supervillain Dr. Hurt is always trying to take over the world.
a) trying b) notorious c) supervillain d) always
3. Ms. Fortune is too clever and resourceful to stay locked up behind bars for long.
a) too b) clever c) keep d) resourceful
4. Flint Steel is simply the most effective and dynamic secret agent in the field.
a) secret b) field c) best d) simply
5. Agent Green almost blew off his hand with an explosive bubble gum wrapper.
a) wrapper b) almost c) explosived) d) blew
6. Red Widow usually keeps a set of stainless steel lock picks concealed in the lining of her purse.
a) stainless b) lock c) usually d) concealed
7. Gizmo cleverly designed a high-tech pair of sunglasses that one could use to see through walls.
a) designed b) high-tech c) glasses d) cleverly
8. A warning message for the spies at Omega Central came over the radio secretly.
a) secretly b) warning c) spies d) came
9. The nefarious General Pain will never stop trying to conquer the world.
a) never b) stop c) the d) nefarious
10. Flint Steel jumped off his motorcycle and landed softly in the back of a passing garbage truck.
a) jumped b) garbage c) his d) softly

Part Two | Adjective or Adverb?

11. Dr. Hurt jumped ________ from the plane and landed ________ on the passing motorcycle.
a) reckless, wild b) recklessly, wild c) reckless, wildly d) recklessly, wildly
12. Ms. Fortune ________ pulled a ________ steel syringe filled with truth serum out of her purse and injected it into the target.
a) careful, cold b) carefully, cold c) careful, coldly d) carefully, coldly
13. Dr. Hurt ________ hit the ________ switch to turn on his doomsday device.
a) grim, final b) grimly, final c) grim, finally d) grimly, finally

14. Agent Green hit the ________ switch on his car and it transformed into a ________ helicopter-car.
a) secret, stealthy b) secretly, stealthy c) secret, stealthily d) secretly, stealthily
15. Red Widow is an expert assassin and ________ at fighting enemies but she doesn't speak very ________ to me.
a) good, polite b) well, polite c) good, politely d) well, politely
16. General Pain's junky ________ car drove ________ down Bad News Boulevard.
a) old, noisy b) oldly, noisy c) old, noisily d) oldly, noisily
17. Red Window ________ observed that General Pain's car was leaking oil ________ in the parking lot of the Hall of Justice.
a) keen, rapid b) keenly, rapid c) keen, rapidly d) keenly, rapidly
18. Gizmo designs weapons and equipment for spies very ________, but he is not so ________ at fighting.
a) good, good b) well, good c) good, well d) well, well
19. Dr. Hurt's amazing metallic robot horse was ________ and obeyed ________.
a) strong, loyal b) strongly, loyal c) strong, loyally d) strongly, loyally
20. Gizmo was working ________ on a bulletproof hat that keeps one's ears ________ and has an FM radio.
a) patient, warm b) patiently, warm c) patient, warmly d) patiently, warmly
21. Ms. Fortune made a ________ threat to city officials that she would use a ________ ice ray to freeze the police station.
a) forceful, powerful b) forcefully, powerful
c) forceful, powerfully d) forcefully, powerfully
22. Red Widow is ________ ________ at Flint Steel for attempting to apprehend Dr. Hurt without her.
a) real, angry b) really, angry c) real, angrily d) really, angrily
23. We thought that Flint Steel sounded ________ when he sang the National Anthem in disguise, but at least he fights ________.
a) bad, good b) badly, good c) bad, well d) badly, well
24. Agent Green flipped ________ and ________ over the burning bridge while on the back of a speeding motorcycle.
a) bold, brave b) boldly, brave c) bold, bravely d) boldly, bravely
25. Gizmo made a ________ coat that protects its wearer from ________ rain.
a) special, torrential b) specially, torrential
c) special, torrentially d) specially, torrentially
26. Ms. Fortune used her coat-glider to fly ________ out the museum window on the 50th floor with the ________ piece of art.
a) fearless, rare b) fearlessly, rare c) fearless, rarely d) fearlessly, rarely
27. Gizmo built an ________ device that can add or subtract numbers very ________.
a) incredible, fast b) incredibly, fast c) incredible, fastly d) incredibly, fastly
28. Agent Green trailed ________ behind Dr. Hurt's henchmen as they walked down the ________ alley.
a) silent, dirty b) silently, dirty c) silent, dirtily d) silently, dirtily
29. The news anchors reported ________ that the villainous Dr. Hurt was _______ from prison.
a) sad, free b) sadly, free c) sad, freely d) sadly, freely
30. Ms. Fortune thought that Dr. Hurt's evil underground lair smelled ________, but Dr. Hurt didn't notice the ________ odor.
a) bad, foul b) badly, foul c) bad, foully d) badly, foully
1. B
2. D
3. A
4. D
5. B
6. C
7. D
8. A
9. A
10. D
11. D
12. B
13. B
14. A
15. C
16. C
17. D
18. B
19. C
20. B
21. A
22. B
23. C
24. D
25. A
26. B
27. A
28. B
29. B
30. A