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Adjectives and Adverbs Quiz

1. For each question, choose the correct sentence.

 A) They went fishing early this morning.
 B) They went fishing earliest this morning.

2. 

 A) The monkeys in the cage were unperturbed as the zookeeper moved freely among them.
 B) The monkeys in the cage were unperturbed as the zookeeper moved free among them.
 C) The monkeys in the cage were unperturbed as the zookeeper moved freer among them.

3. 

 A) The mangoes tasted freshly because they were picked yesterday.
 B) The mangoes tasted fresh because they were picked yesterday.

4. 

 A) The raspberries that you bought today are fresher than these two-week-old strawberries.
 B) The raspberries that you bought today are freshest than these two-week-old strawberries.
 C) The raspberries that you bought today are fresh than these two-week-old strawberries.

5. 

 A) “Your Spanish phrases were spoken good,” the teacher told the student after class.
 B) "Your Spanish phrases were spoken well,” the teacher told the student after class.

6. 

 A) The mountain peak looks flatly when seen from a distance.
 B) The mountain peak looks flat when seen from a distance.

7. 

 A) These socks I have on are itchy, so I will change them.
 B) Those socks I have on are itchy, so I will change them.

8. 

 A) This piano right here is ready for tonight’s performance.
 B) That piano right here is ready for tonight’s performance.

9. 

 A) “That piano looks rickety,” one audience member muttered from his seat high above the concert stage.
 B) “This piano looks rickety,” one audience member muttered from his seat high above the concert stage.

10. 

 A) First she trained for the triathlon, than she studied for the test.
 B) First she trained for the triathlon, then she studied for the test.


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