PART OF

SPEECH-III
ADVERB
 In each sentence, the letters of the underlined adverb are scrambled.
Unscramble the letters.
1. He walks tsaf.

2. Do you want to stop ehre?

3. He visits his grandmother ywlkee.

Activity 4. Do you feel lewl enough to go on the trip?

5. Have you erve been to Mexico City?

6. I wasaly run errands for her.

7. Have I met you foebre ?

8. I would raerht drive to your house tonight.

9. Are you ilslt going to go to summer school?

10. I am tno trying to insult you, Nick.

 Exercise-1.26
Place the adverb in bracket in the correct position in the sentence.
.

Example. We walked to get there on time. (quickly)

We walked quickly to get there on time.

1. She always reaches school at half past seven. (punctually)

2. He picked up the jug and some water spilled out. (carelessly)

3. He picked up the wrong bag. (carelessly)

4. The car stopped outside our house. (abruptly)

5. He arrived home. (unexpectedly)

6. She stared at it. (as if she had never seen a snake before)

7. He pulled the rope. (with all his strength)

8. He told us that we should not speak. (angrily)

9. He did his work so he had to do it again. (badly)

10. He asked whether I could lend him some money. (hopefully)

Exercise-1.27

•Identify the adverb and fill the blank with the question you asked to find the adverb.
• 
1. I usually wake up at 9oclock (question )
• 
2. I have never been to the USA. (question )
• 
3.I have been to Australia just once. (question )
• 
4. I always take a bath before I go to bed. (question )
• 
5. My grandparents live in Kerala. I visit them often. (question )
• 
6. My friends are mostly non-smokers. (question )
• 
7. I was very impressed with her performance. (question )
• 
8. I sometimes go for a walk in the park. (question )
• 
9.I watch English films occasionally. (question )
• 
10. They rarely go out. (question )
Exercise-1.28
 
Fill in the missing words:

NOUN ADJECTIVE ADVERB

Anger Angry
Crazy/Craziness Crazy/crazily
Dangerous Dangerously
Familiarity Familiarly
Guilt
Miserably
.Nature Naturally
Offensive
Romantically
Violence Violently
 1. We rarely go to the movies on the weekends. The adverb "rarely"
modifies.
a. movies
b. weekends
c. go.

Exercise- d. we

1.29 2. My grandfather walks extremely slowly. The adverb "extremely"

modifies.
a. verb
b. adverb
c. noun.
d. pronoun
3. Your roommate drives quite fast, doesn't she? __________ is an
adverb.
a. room mate
b. drives
c. quite
d. fast

4.I accidently put my money in his bag. Here incidentally is

a. adverb of manner
b. adverb of place
c. adverb of Time
d. adverb of Degree
5. He looked below the table to see his cat. Here below is
a. adverb of manner
b. adverb of place
c. adverb of Time
d. adverb of Degree

6. ‘Your cat is not here, you better look elsewhere’. Here elsewhere is
an
a. adverb of manner
b. adverb of place
c. adverb of Time
d. adverb of Degree
7. What you do today, will get you result tomorrow. Here today is
a. adverb of manner
b. adverb of place
c. adverb of Time
d. adverb of Degree

8. I have finished my work completely. Completely here is an

a. adverb of manner
b. adverb of place
c. adverb of Time
d. adverb of Degree
9.What is an adverb?
A. An adverb gives more information about the verb.
B. An adverb gives more information about the noun.
C. An adverb gives more information about the punctuation in a
sentence.
D. An adverb gives more information about the pronoun.

10. Which adverb would you use to complete the sentence:

The rain fell _____________ against the window pane.
A. awkwardly
B. wickedly
C. smugly
D. heavily
11. Which of these adverbs can be used to complete this sentence?
The sun shines ________ .
A. loudly
B. brightly
C. awkwardly
D. luckily

12. Which of these sentences does not contain an adverb?

A. The child ran happily towards his mother.
B. Sali walked to the shops.
C. Brendan gently woke the sleeping baby.
D.I visited my mum yesterday.
13. Identify the word in parentheses.
The octopus (silently) wrapped its tentacles around its prey.
A. noun
B. verb
C. adjective
D. adverb

14. Identify the kind of adverb in the parentheses.

I have heard this (before).
A. Adverb of time
B. Adverb of manner
C. Adverb of frequency
D. Adverb of place
15. Identify the kind of adverb in the parentheses.
A. The Army fought (bravely).
B .Adverb of time
C. Adverb of manner
D.Adverb of frequency

16. Identify the kind of adverb in the parentheses.

He (always) tries to do his best
A. Adverb of time
B .Adverb of manner
C. Adverb of frequency
D. Adverb of place
17 Identify the kind of adverb in the parentheses.
I am (fully) prepared.
A. Adverb of time
B. Adverb of manner
C. Adverb of frequency
D. Adverb of degree

18. Identify the kind of adverb in the sentence below.

He is little known outside India.
A. Adverb of manner
B. Adverb of place
C. Adverb of frequency
D. Adverb of degree
19. Identify the kind of adverb in the sentence below.
He seldom comes here.
A. Adverb of manner
B. Adverb of place
C. Adverb of frequency
D. Adverb of degree

20. My grandfather walks extremely slowly. Which word is modifying

the adverb?
A. Extremely
B. Walks
C. Extremely
D. Walks
21. You drive quite fast. The adverb "quite" modifies
a. verb
b. adverb
c. adjective
d. noun

22. She rarely goes to the Church. The adverb "rarely" modifies
Noun
A. Verb
B. Adjective
C. Adverb
D. none
23. The hotel is practically on the island. The adverb "practically"
modifies
A. verb
B. prepositional phrase
C. verb
D. adverb

24. Obviously, he could be wrong. The adverb "obviously" modifies

A. Verb
B. Pronoun
C. Adjective
D. Clause
25. The child read well for a six-year old. The word "well" is
A. Adjective
B. Adverb
C. Verb
D. Preposition

26. I never buy fruit at the grocery store. The word "never" modifies
A Preposition
B Adjective
C Adverb
D Verb
27. That's a lovely painting. Which word is adverb?
A Lovely
B Painting
CA
D None

28. Sometimes I feel very lonely. Find the adverb.

A Feel
B Very
C Lonely
D None
29. Does he ____ go to play with you? It’s rude.
A ever
B sometime
C never
D every time

30. I like to do workout, so I _____ wake up around 5 to go to gym.

a always
b sometimes
c never
d often
31. Find the correct form of the word to use in the sentence −
It's raining ___ today.
A Terrible
B Terribly
C more terrible
D most terrible

32. Find the correct form of the word to use in the sentence −
He was ____ compared to you.
a more silent
b most silent
c silent
d none
33. Find the correct form of the word to use in the sentence −
She was ___ to find the clue. She ______ solved the problem.
A. quickly, quick
B. fast, fastly
C. Fastest, firstly
D. Quick, quickly

34. Find the correct form of the word to use in the sentence −
Mike walks too ___ and I don’t want to ___ down because of him. I am
already late.
A slow, slow
B slow, slowly
C Slowly, slow
D Slowly, slow
35. Find the correct form of the word to use in the given sentences −
Andrea knows the ___ story. She had memorized it ___.
A Complete, completely
B complete, completely
C complete, complete
D None
36. 1. The adverb is used to give more information about ________?
a) Verb
b) Pronoun
c) Noun
d) Interjection
37. He _______ comes here. Select the suitable adverb.
a) Truly
b) Really
c) Rarely
d) Fairly
38. The play went ________?
a) bad
b) good
c) Well
d) None of the above
39. Which of the following is an adverb?
a)shyly
b) brave
c) bold
d) beautiful.
Identify the adverbs in the following sentences.
40.Scarcely If I like a story, I almost never put it down until I finish it.

A, almost, never
Almost, never ,until
A, never, down
Almost, never, down
41.In many cases, I can scarcely prevent myself from peeking at the last
chapter to see the ending.
a. Many
b. From
c. scarcely
d. Prevent

42.The clues that they cover are almost always found in unexpected,
spooky places.
a. Almost, always
b. Are , almost, always
c. Almost
d. Are, always
43.It’s amazing how detectives can use these clues to solve the most
complicated cases.
a. Amazing, how
b. Amazing, most
c. How, most
d. How, these

44.I have been a fan of mystery stories since I was quite young.
a. Fan
b. Quite
c. Since
d. Young
45.Some stories are incredibly exciting from start to finish.
a. Incredibly
b. Some
c. From
d. Exciting

46.Others build suspense very slowly.

a. Others, very
b. Very
c. Very, slowly
d. Others, very, slowly
47.My favourite detectives are the ones who cleverly match wits with
equally clever villains.
a. Favourite, cleverly
b. Clever, cleverly
c. Cleverly, equally
d. Equally, clever

48..I especially like detectives who carefully hunt for clues.

a. Especially, carefully
b. Like, especially
c. Like
d. Hunt
49. He quickly and accurately threw the ball to the third base.
a. He, quickly
b. Quickly, accurately
c. Threw, third
d. None of the above

50 Megan went for a vacation and the time went by very fast on our
vacation
a. very fast
b. went for
c. vacation
d None of the above.
Exercise-1.30

•Choose the correct item: Adjective or Adverb Exercise

 
•1. He (correct, correctly) defined the terms. The answer sounded
(correctly, correct). 
• 2. Floods cause millions of dollars’ worth of property damage
(annual/annually).
•3.The stillness of the tomb was (awfully, awful). The tomb was (awfully, awful) still.
•4. It was a (dangerously, dangerous) lake to swim in. The man was (dangerous,
dangerously) drunk. The gas smelled (dangerously/dangerous).
•5. She performed (magnificent, magnificently). It was a (magnificent,
magnificently) beautiful performance
 
PREPOSITION
Exercise-1.31

•Find the preposition in each of the following sentences.

•1. The teammates walked beyond the bleachers.
•2. The track team ran into the hills.
•3. The temperature is several degrees below zero.
•4. Call me around four o’clock.
•5. It is a matter concerning bad behavior.
•6. The parents joined in the conversation.
•7. Ronnie fell asleep during the professor’s lecture.
•8. We found the sleeping cat underneath the blanket.
•9. The couple walked near the bridge.
•10. The children slid down the slide yesterday.
Exercise-1.32
Use one of the following prepositions to fill in each blank:
about; at, for, from, in, into, of, off, on, out, to, under, with.

1. The Chinese Lunar New Year celebrations last _____ fifteen solid days, _____
the brand new moon _____ the full moon.

2. _____ the very first day, the children greet their elders warmly _____ "kong hee
fai cai!"

3. They offer a cup _____ tea _____ their elders who never refuse, and the children
each receives a little red packet of money _____ return.

4. _____ some families, the first meal _____ this day must not contain any meat.

5. The people pray _____ good health and prosperity, and they express thanks
_____ the happiness _____ the past year.
Use one of the following prepositions to fill in each blank:
about; at, for, from, in, into, of, off, on, out, to, under, wit h.

6. This is a lucky day _____ children. They are not scolded _____ all for whatever
mischief they make.

7. Rude words are a no-no_____ this day. They will bring a bad year _____ the
whole family.

8. If the house is swept _____ this day, all the good luck will be swept _____the
house.

9. There is a tradition that Man came _____ the world _____ the seventh day, so
this seventh day _____ the lunar new year is a birthday _____ everybody.

10. There is a feast _____ fish _____ vinegar and spices.

 Exercise-1.33
1. Bill’s fight ______ hunting put 26 professional shikar companies out
of jobs.
(a) towards (b) for (c) over (d) against

2. He drove from Maharashtra ______ Karnataka without stopping to

rest.
(a) in (b) to (c) into (d) towards.

3. The court has absolved him _____ all the charges leveled against him.
(a) off (b) with (c) in (d)of
4. you are welcome to partake ________ their light refreshment.
(a) in (b) for (c) at d) of

5. We met a lot of people ______ our holidays.

(a) on (b) in (c) during (d) at

6. Small pox has been eradicated ______ India.

(a) in (b) from (c) within (d) out of
7. You must apologize ______ him for this.
(a) with (b) to (c) of (d) for

8. She scoffed ______ the idea of revolution.

(a) for (b) at (c) about (d) on

9. I can cope ______ any problem.

(a) up with (b) with (c) up (d) from
10. The strike has been called ______ .
(a) of (b) at (c) off (d) by

11. Ram agreed _____ my proposal.

(a) with (b) for (c) on (d) to

12. He is a descendent ______ the Mughal royalty.

(a) of (b) from (c) in (d) for
13. He was brought ______ by his aunt as his mother had died when he
was just a lad.
(a) up (b) put (c) off (d) with

14. As she became tired, errors began to creep ______ her work.
(a) with (b) into (c) off (d) up

15. She seems cursed ______ bad luck.

(a) by (b) with (c) for (d) on
16. Cheese is made _____milk.
(a) with (b) from (c) of (d) by

17. Can you please___ ___my website before I publish it?

(a) find out (b) go through (c) set out (d) look up

18 Do you ever correspond______ your friends in America?

(a) with (b) to (c) by (d) for
19. I was surprised ___his result and it came as a pleasant surprise for
the whole family.
(a) at (b) for (c) by (d) with

20. Our ancestors had immense difficulty ____procuring books.

(a) of (b) for (c) in (d) on

21.He looked____ __my notes and appreciated my efforts.

(a) up (b) down (c) at (d) through
22. He is blind _____one eye.
(a) of (b) in (c) with (d) from

23. He refused to enter ____an agreement with his tenant.

(a) in (b) into (c)with (d) at

24. You are obliged to comply____ ___the order of the court.

(a) at (b) for (c) with (d) in
25. The temple is adjacent_______ __my house.
(a) to (b) with (c) upon (d) at

26. My ignorance_____ their native language caused problems in our

communication.
(a) of (b) for (c) on (d) at

27. _____ whom is he known ?

(a) by (b) to (c) with (d) from
28. He was deprived ____even the basic necessities of life.
(a) with (b) from (c) of (d) in

29. He has a knack _____playing football.

(a) about (b) for (c) of (d) at

30. The miserly merchant could not part _____his money.

(a) with (b) on (c) from (d) at
31. He looks upset, I think he took the criticism_____ heart.
A). to B). about C). in D). of

Replace the underlined word with the options given below.

32. The man who was blind with the right eye was a notorious criminal
of this area.
(a) in (b) of (c) from (d) by

33. The smuggler yielded for the temptation and fell into the police
trap from which escape was impossible.
(a) with (b) over (c) to (d) at
34. She was in the courtyard when the burglars entered into her house.
(a) in (b) to (c) at (d) no. preposition

35.Mr.Bacon. has great affection to his family.

(a) with (b) for (c) by (d) upto

36 The teacher was tense when she entered the class which comprised
of a hundred students.
(a) with (b) by (c) no. preposition (d) from
37. He had a suspected fracture so he was admitted into the hospital.
(a) no. preposition (b) in (c) to (d) with

38. While they were returning from school, a stalker attacked to them
with a knife.
(a) at (b) on (c) no. preposition (d) upon

39. Nobody denies that my ideas are different than yours.

(a) of (b) by (c) no. preposition (d) from
40. While crossing the road an old man was run out by a bus.
(a) over (b) with (c) no. preposition (d) off

41. Today students should be reconciled for the way things are
changing.
(a) with (b) to (c) no. preposition (d) at

42. A wise man profits through the mistakes of others.

(a) no. preposition (b) from (c) with (d) by
43. He died to brain tumour.
(a) no. preposition (b) from (c) with (d) of

44. His parental house is infested by cockroaches.

(a) in (b) from (c) with (d) by

45. The convict tried his level best to justify himself but the judge
looked to him and found him guilty.
(a) no. preposition (b) around (c) at (d) through
46. The heavy rain prevented us with going out.
(a) through (b) from (c) against (d) in

47. Several prominent figures involved in the scandal are required to

appear with the investigating committee.
(a) no. preposition (b) before (c) at (d) in front of

48. The captain distributed the sweets with our friends who had invited
him.
(a) among (b) between (c) no. preposition (d)
amongst
49. Numerous people in India are dying _____hunger but the
Government seems to be ignorant of this fact.
(a) of (b) with (c) from (d) by.

50. Those who are suffering from diabetes are advised to substitute
saccharine to sugar.
(a) with (b) no. preposition (c) for (d) by
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