Deck 35: Adjectives and Adverbs

Question 1

Instructions: The following sentences form a paragraph. Select the correct adjective or adverb for each blank. But in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, far into the night of April 15, 1912, the Titanic struck an iceberg and sank ____ to the bottom of the sea.

A) quickly
B) quick

Answer 1

A

Question 2

Instructions: Read the following sentence(s) carefully. Then select the correct adjective or adverb in parentheses. The leak in the pipe is ( badder , worse ) now than it was last week.

A) badder
B) worse

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Instructions: The following sentences form a paragraph. Select the correct adjective or adverb for each blank. It was the ____ passenger ship disaster in anyone's memory.

A) worse
B) worst

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Instructions: The following sentences form a paragraph. Select the correct adjective or adverb for each blank. For seventy-three years, the Titanic lay ____ on the ocean floor.

A) peacefully
B) peaceful

Question 5

Instructions: The following sentences form a paragraph. Select the correct adjective or adverb for each blank. Since its discovery, many scientists, explorers, filmmakers, and tourists have taken submersibles down to see the wrecked ship in its ____ resting place, and thousands of artifacts have been brought up from the deep to be displayed in museums.

A) final
B) finally

Question 6

Instructions: The following sentences form a paragraph. Select the correct adjective or adverb for each blank. Then, in 1985, a French and American expedition located it. A robot was lowered 13,000 feet beneath the sea's surface to take beautiful and haunting pictures of the ship's hull, a crumpled lifeboat, and a stained-glass window that was preserved ____.

A) good
B) well

Question 7

Instructions: Read the following sentence(s) carefully. Then select the correct adjective or adverb in parentheses. I'll have two ( largely , large ) sodas and two ( smaller , small ) orders of French fries.

A) largely, smaller
B) large, small

Question 8

Instructions: The following sentences form a paragraph. Select the correct adjective or adverb for each blank. Some have argued that the wreck is a mass grave site, so the ____ thing to do is leave it undisturbed.

A) best
B) better

Question 9

Instructions: Read the following sentence(s) carefully. Then select the correct adjective or adverb in parentheses. Juan considered childhood to be the ( happier , happiest ) time of his life.

A) happier
B) happiest

Question 10

Instructions: Read the following sentence(s) carefully. Then select the correct adjective or adverb in parentheses. Are you ( certain , certainly ) you know the way to Pedro's apartment?

A) certain
B) certainly

Question 11

Instructions: The following sentences form a paragraph. Select the correct adjective or adverb for each blank. ____, only a few people survived, and 1,500 died.

A) Unfortunate
B) Unfortunately

Question 12

Instructions: Read the following sentence(s) carefully. Then select the correct adjective or adverb in parentheses. We got to know each other ( quick , quickly ).

A) quick
B) quickly

Question 13

Instructions: Read the following sentence(s) carefully. Then select the correct adjective or adverb in parentheses. Steve knows Lena ( good , well ); they've been coworkers for ten years.

A) good
B) well

Question 14

Instructions: Read the following sentence(s) carefully. Then select the correct adjective or adverb in parentheses. At age eight, Tanya can play the drums ( more good , better ) than her teenage brother.

A) more good
B) better

Question 15

Instructions: The following sentences form a paragraph. Select the correct adjective or adverb for each blank. Everyone thought that the ship was built ____.

A) real good
B) really well

Question 16

Instructions: Read the following sentence(s) carefully. Then select the correct adjective or adverb in parentheses. I did ( bad , poorly ) on my Chinese literature final exam. I didn't prepare ( well , good ).

A) bad, good
B) poorly, well

Question 17

Instructions: The following sentences form a paragraph. Select the correct adjective or adverb for each blank. In 2012, the 100^th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic revived interest in the ship, which was considered the ____, sturdiest luxury ocean liner ever constructed.

A) most finest
B) finest

Question 18

Instructions: Read the following sentence(s) carefully. Then select the correct adjective or adverb in parentheses. These cookies are more ( crunchier , crunchy ) than the last batch we made.

A) crunchier
B) crunchy

Question 19

Instructions: Read the following sentence(s) carefully. Then select the correct adjective or adverb in parentheses. Gwen is the ( older , oldest ) of three daughters, but not the ( prettier , prettiest ).

A) older, prettier
B) oldest, prettiest

Question 20

Instructions: The following sentences form a paragraph. Select the correct adjective or adverb for each blank. The water was so deep and the current so ____ that no one could find the ship.

A) unusual
B) unusually

Question 21

Instructions: Choose the sentence in which every adjective and adverb is correct. Select the letter of the correct answer. In which sentence is every adjective and adverb correct?

A) How good do you know Russian?
B) How well do you know Russian?
C) How better do you know Russian?

Question 22

Instructions: In each set below, select the letter of the sentence in which every adjective and adverb is correct. Which sentence contains correct adjectives and adverbs?

A) My son is more taller now than I was in ninth grade.
B) My son is tallest now than I was in ninth grade.
C) My son is taller now than I was in ninth grade.

Question 23

Instructions: In each set below, select the letter of the sentence in which every adjective and adverb is correct. Which sentence contains correct adjectives and adverbs?

A) Maria and Ray are a good couple; they seem to get along good.
B) Maria and Ray are a good couple; they seem to get along well.
C) Maria and Ray are a well couple; they seem to get along good.

Question 24

Instructions: Choose the sentence in which every adjective and adverb is correct. Select the letter of the correct answer. In which sentence is every adjective and adverb correct?

A) Jordan could tell that Keisha was being careful by the way she slowly walked up the stairs.
B) Jordan could tell that Keisha was being carefully by the way she slowly walked up the stairs.
C) Jordan could tell that Keisha was being careful by the way she slower walked up the stairs.

Question 25

Instructions: The following sentences form a paragraph. Select the correct adjective or adverb for each blank. In another fifty years, nothing will be left to see. The famous ship is being consumed by iron-eating bacteria, so it will soon deteriorate ____.

A) complete
B) completely

Question 26

Instructions: Choose the sentence in which every adjective and adverb is correct. Select the letter of the correct answer. In which sentence is every adjective and adverb correct?

A) LeBron James was the talentedest basketball player in the history of the game.
B) LeBron James was the most talent basketball player in the history of the game.
C) LeBron James was the most talented basketball player in the history of the game.

Question 27

Instructions: Choose the sentence in which every adjective and adverb is correct. Select the letter of the correct answer. In which sentence is every adjective and adverb correct?

A) This orange is more juicy than any I've ever tasted.
B) This orange is more juicier than any I've ever tasted.
C) This orange is the juiciest I've ever tasted.

Question 28

Instructions: In each set below, select the letter of the sentence in which every adjective and adverb is correct. Which sentence contains correct adjectives and adverbs?

A) This barbecue would be well if it weren't so oppressively hot.
B) This barbecue would be better if it weren't so oppressive hot.
C) This barbecue would be better if it weren't so oppressively hot.

Question 29

Instructions: In each set below, select the letter of the sentence in which every adjective and adverb is correct. Which sentence contains correct adjectives and adverbs?

A) Miguel bought Kyra the more lovelier, most expensivest ring in the store.
B) Miguel bought Kyra the loveliest, most expensive ring in the store.
C) Miguel bought Kyra the most loveliest, most expensive ring in the store.

Question 30

Instructions: Choose the sentence in which every adjective and adverb is correct. Select the letter of the correct answer. In which sentence is every adjective and adverb correct?

A) I am sure that he will do poorly on his final exam; he was out every night this week.
B) I am surely that he will do poor on his final exam; he was out every night this week.
C) I am surely that he will do bad on his final exam; he was out every night this week.

Question 31

Instructions: In each set below, select the letter of the sentence in which every adjective and adverb is correct. Which sentence contains correct adjectives and adverbs?

A) Ralph is really late, so he must have completely lost track of time.
B) Ralph is real late, so he has completely lost track of time.
C) Ralph is really late, so he has complete lost track of time.