Choose the correct word to complete each sentence.
1. The child was playing………………………. (dangerous / dangerously) near to
the edge of the swimming pool.
2. I was ………………………….. (scarce / scarcely) able to move my arm after the
accident.
3. The snow fell ………………………….. (silent / silently).
4. Have I pronounced your name ………………………… (correct / correctly) ?
5. I am sorry, Madam, the restaurant is ………………………… (full / fully)
booked.
6. The election campaign was not conducted very ……………………………. (clean
/ cleanly).
7. You must put matters ………………………….. (right / rightly) by telling the
truth.
8. We thought the book had been very ………………………….. (good / well)
researched.
9. In some cities you do not feel ………………………….. (safe / safely) going out
alone at night.
10. The wolrd’s financial markets are ever more …………………………. (close /
closely) linked.
11. Their house is ………………………….. (beautiful / beautifully) decorated.
12. The film has a ……………………….. (bored / boredly / boringly) predictable
ending.
13. I think you should take it somewhere to have it mended ………………………
(proper / properly).
14. The accident was ………………………….. (clear / clearly) the lorry driver’s
fault.
15. Divide the mixture …………………………. (even / evenly) between the baking
pans.
16. These will be the first …………………………… (genuine / genuinely) free
elections in the country.
17. The house was ………………………….. (safe / safely) locked up.
18. In the smaller villages, it is ………………………. (most / mostly) very quiet at
night.
19. His clothes are all ……………………….. (neat / neatly) folded in their
drawers.
20. He died …………………………… (peaceful / peacefully) in his sleep.
21. My piano playing has improved ……………………………. (significant /
significantly) since I have had a new teacher.
22. He sleeps ………………………….. (light / lightly) and always hears the baby
when she cries.
23. The traffic is moving very ………………………. (slow / slowly) ahead of us.
24. He had …………………………… (complete / completely) changed – I did not
recognize him.
25. …………………………… (interested / interestedly / interestingly) enough, he
never actually said that he was innocent.
26. You could ………………………… (hard / hardly) stand up because the wind
was so strong.
27. She just …………………………. (sudden / suddenly) decided that she had
had enough and she left him.
28. I have …………………………… (near / nearly) finished that book you lent me.
29. She stumbled …………………………. (sleepy / sleepily) into the bathroom.
30. He spoke ………………………….. (tiring / tired / tiredly) of his ordeal.
31. We really ought to leave ……………………… (immediate / immediately).
32. They quite ……………………….. (right / rightly) complained to the manager.
33. He ……………………… (cool / coolly) placed the money on the table and
walked out.
34. The company’s financial situation is looking rather ………………………..
(bad / badly) at the moment.
35. They dealt with the problem ………………………… (quick / quickly / fast)
and efficiently.
36. I love the smell of ………………………. (fresh / freshly) baked bread.
37. Do not fill your glass too …………………………. (full / fully) or you will only
spill it.
38. The teacher explained the point as ………………………… (simple / simply)
as she could.
39. He told them ………………………. (polite / politely) to leave him in peace.
40. None of the passengers had been ………………………….. (bad / badly)
injured in the accident.
41. She was …………………………. (strange / strangely) calm – I found it quite
disturbing.
42. I cannot ski ………………………… (awful / awfully) well.
43. Ever since the illness I get tired very ………………………… (easy / easily).
44. Our car has only ………………………….. (recent / recently) been repaired.
45. I cannot ……………………………. (honest / honestly) say what time I will be
home.
46. Recently the civil war had been ……………………….. (large / largely) ignored
by the outside world.
47. All the information will be treated ………………………… (confidential /
confidentially).
48. I was standing just ………………………. (near / nearly) enough to hear what
they were saying.
49. She …………………………… (narrow / narrowly) missed winning an Oscar.
50. Please seal the envelope …………………………….. (firm / firmly) before
posting it.
Kunci Jawaban: 25. Interestingly
26. Hardly
27. Suddenly
1. Dangerously
28. Nearly
2. Scarcely
29. Sleepily
3. Silently
30. Tiredly
4. Correctly
31. Immediately
5. Fully
32. Rightly
6. Cleanly
33. Coolly
7. Rightly
34. Badly
8. Well
35. Quickly
9. Safely
36. Freshly
10. Closely
37. Fully
11. Beautifully
38. Simply
12. Boringly
39. Politely
13. Properly
40. Badly
14. Clearly
41. Strangely
15. Evenly
42. Awfully
16. Genuinely
43. Easily
17. Safely
44. Recently
18. Mostly
45. Honestly
19. Neatly
46. Largely
20. Peacefully
47. Confidentially
21. Significantly
48. Nearly
22. Lightly
49. Narrowly
23. Slowly
50. Firmly
24. Completely
