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Review: Adverbs and Adjectives

Choose the correct word in each of the following sentences.


  1. Many people have tried to sell us vacuum cleaners, but you are certainly one of the *** salespeople we have met.

    1. more persuasive
    2. most persuasive

  2. The sound quality of this film is poor, and the picture is focused *** as well.

    1. bad
    2. badly

  3. My brother's roommate this year is *** than the graduate student he lived with last year.

    1. louder
    2. loudest
    3. more louder

  4. That executive dresses *** and knows his material.

    1. smart
    2. smartly

  5. She is *** effective at making group presentations.

    1. real
    2. really

  6. We have studied the proposals from both firms and have decided that although Zero Inc.'s fees are high, it is the *** reliable company.

    1. more
    2. most

  7. Gerald is a more skillful piano player than I, but he *** the best musician in our band.

    1. isn't hardly
    2. is hardly

  8. Sunita followed the recipe closely, but the cake smelled *** after twenty minutes in the oven.

    1. strangely
    2. strange

  9. Her husband draws so *** that he has been asked to submit sketches to a local graphic art firm.

    1. good
    2. well

  10. She accepted responsibility for the accident, and she felt *** about the whole incident for weeks afterward.

    1. badly
    2. bad

 

Written by Frances Peck

 

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