Choose the adjective or adverb (given in the brackets) to complete the sentence.

An adjective is a word that describes a noun or pronoun. “Big,” “boring” and “purple” are adjectives.  Examples: I admired the big flower. It was purple.

He walked quickly. Here “quickly” tells you how he walked. “Quickly” is an adverb. Adverbs modify verbs. They tell you how something is done.

Example: My friend is a careful driver. [careful / carefully]

1. My classmate is a ____ person. [nice/nicely]
2. I can speak Marathi very ___. [good/well]
3. Radha took a painting class, so she can paint ____ pictures. [beautiful/beautifully]
4. The teacher looked ____ at me when I arrived late for the class. [angry/angrily]
5. I was ___ when I got an A+ on the exam. [happy/happily]
6. The music is too ____. Please turn it down. [loud/loudly]
7. My friends tell me that I sing ___. [bad/badly]
8. The thief ___ took the money and walked out of the door. [quiet/quietly]
9. The cat waited ___ for the mouse to come out of the hole. [silent/silently]
10. My sister always walks very ____. [quick/quickly]
11. The homework that the science teacher gave us was ____. [easy/easily]
12. Renu is very ___. She always helps me. [kind/kindly]
13. The little boy ____ kept the chocolate bar for himself. [selfish/selfishly]
14. The man opened the door ___ and looked outside. [nervous/nervously]
15. The fireman ____ rescued the people from the burning house. [brave/bravely]
16. I ___ offered to help my friend study for his exam. [happy/happily]
17. She is the most ___ person I know. [polite/politely]
18. It was midnight, and I heard a ___ noise outside my window. [strange/strangely]
19. The hosts greeted all the guests to the wedding very ____. [warm/warmly]
20. The kitten purred so ___ that we could barely hear it. [soft/softly]

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