Adverbs – English Grammar Test for A2
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Part A – Gap-fill (1–15)
Fill in the blanks with the correct adverb.
1 She sings very ___. (good / well)
2 We ___ watch TV after dinner. (often)
3 He runs very ___. (fast / fastly)
4 The baby slept ___. (quiet / quietly)
5 They work very ___. (hard / hardly)
6 The teacher explained the story ___. (clear / clearly)
7 My father drives too ___. (careful / carefully)
8 The children are laughing ___. (happy / happily)
9 She spoke to me ___. (angry / angrily)
10 I ___ forget my homework. (never)
11 He answered the question ___. (quick / quickly)
12 We left the house very ___. (early / earlyly)
13 The birds sang ___. (sweet / sweetly)
14 The players shouted ___. (loud / loudly)
15 She studies English very ___. (hard / hardly)
Part B – Sentence Transformation (16–23)
Rewrite the sentences using adverbs.
16 She is a careful driver. → She drives ___.
17 He is a good player. → He plays football ___.
18 She is a fluent speaker. → She speaks English ___.
19 They are hard workers. → They work ___.
20 He is a graceful dancer. → He dances ___.
21 She is a quick learner. → She learns ___.
22 He is a bad singer. → He sings ___.
23 They are noisy children. → They play ___.
Part C – Short Reading (24–30)
Yesterday, Tom went to the zoo with his family. They usually go there once a month. Tom walked slowly because he wanted to see everything carefully. His little sister laughed happily when she saw the monkeys playing noisily. They all ate lunch together, and the waiter served them politely. After that, they took photos of the birds singing sweetly. In the afternoon, they returned home safely. Tom said it was a really wonderful day, but it passed too quickly.
24 How often does Tom’s family go to the zoo?
25 How did Tom walk?
26 How did his sister laugh?
27 How were the monkeys playing?
28 How did the waiter serve them?
29 How did the birds sing?
30 How did they return home?
Answer
1 well – Correct adverb form.
2 often – Frequency adverb.
3 fast – Correct adverb, no -ly.
4 quietly – Adverb of manner.
5 hard – Means “with effort.”
6 clearly – Adverb form.
7 carefully – Correct adverb.
8 happily – Adverb of manner.
9 angrily – Adverb of manner.
10 never – Frequency adverb.
11 quickly – Correct adverb.
12 early – Correct adverb.
13 sweetly – Adverb of manner.
14 loudly – Adverb of manner.
15 hard – Correct adverb.
16 carefully – Adverb of manner.
17 well – Irregular adverb.
18 fluently – Correct adverb.
19 hard – Adverb of effort.
20 gracefully – Adverb of manner.
21 quickly – Adverb of manner.
22 badly – Correct adverb.
23 noisily – Correct adverb.
24 Once a month – Frequency adverb “usually.”
25 Slowly – From passage.
26 Happily – Describes her laugh.
27 Noisily – Describes the monkeys.
28 Politely – Describes waiter’s manner.
29 Sweetly – Adverb of manner.
30 Safely – Adverb of manner.