Adjective or Adverb Grammar exercise

Some adjectives and adverbs have the same form. Some adverbs have two forms. Complete the following sentences with an appropriate adverb.

1. Can you be there at 5 o'clock ..............................?
sharp
sharply

2. Don't speak to her so ..............................?
sharp
sharply

3. It serves you ..........................
right
righly

4. The ball hit me .............................. on the nose.
right
rightly

5. The baby is sleeping ..............................
sound
soundly

6. I ............................. believed that you loved me.
wrong
wrongly

7. I hate arriving .....................................
late
lately

8. You are working too ..............................
hard
hardly

9. Which part of the movie did you like ...............................?
most
mostly

10. My friends are .............................. vegetarians.
most
mostly

11. That arrangement suits me ............................
finely
fine

12. She was ............................. injured in the accident.
deadly
fatally

Answers
1. Can you be there at 5 o’clock sharp?
2. Don’t speak to her so sharply. 
3. It serves you right.
4. The ball hit me right on the nose.
5. The baby is sleeping soundly.  
6. I wrongly believed that you loved me.
7. I hate arriving late.
8. You are working too hard.
9. Which part of the movie did you like most?
10. My friends are mostly vegetarians.
11. That arrangement suits me fine.

12. She was fatally injured in the accident.

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