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Adverbs of manners Name

Surname
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Class _________________________
Date _________________________

 1 Trasforma gli aggettivi in avverbi di modo.  4 Sottolinea l’alternativa corretta.

1 bad ________________________ 1 Bob is always late / lately for school.

2 careful ________________________ 2 Can you speak slow / slowly, please?
3 complete ________________________ 3 Matthew is angry / angrily with you.
4 dramatic ________________________ 4 Sandra is a good / well swimmer.
5 easy ________________________ 5 My sister always studies very hard / hardly.
6 fast ________________________ 6 I can’t speak French very good / well.
7 good ________________________ 7 Our team lost the match: they played very
8 happy ________________________ bad / badly.
9 hard ________________________ 8 Pat is a careful / carefully driver.
10 immediate ________________________ 9 She spoke angry / angrily to me.
11 lazy ________________________ 10 The students finished the exercise quick / quickly.
12 loud ________________________
13 noisy ________________________  5 Completa scegliendo un aggettivo o un avverbio.
14 quick ________________________
15 slow ________________________ bad / badly  easy / easily  sad / sadly  good / well  quick /
quickly  generous / generously  late / lately  quiet / quietly
 2 Leggi le frasi con attenzione e decidi se le parole  careful / carefully  comfortable / comfortably
sottolineate sono un aggettivo (adj) o un avverbio (adv).
1 Are you sitting ____________ ?
1 All the students got good marks in the test 2 Drive ____________: there’s ice on the road.
because it was very easy. ______ 3 That exam wasn’t very ____________ . Only three
2 Betty is a good tennis player. ______ students passed it.
3 We need to take an early train to be 4 Ann was very ____________ when she failed the
in Liverpool by nine o’clock. ______ exam.
4 Don’t drive so fast. We’re going to have 5 Jason always gets up ____________ on Sunday
an accident.•• ______ morning. He loves sleeping.
5 I don’t like getting up early in the morning. ______ 6 Lee is a fantastic footballer. He can play football
6 Jason can speak Chinese fluently. ______ really ____________ .
7 The exam was very hard.•• ______ 7 My grandparents are very ____________: they give a
8 Tim can play football really well. ______ lot of money to a lot of charities.
9 We arrived late because there was 8 Peter is a••very ____________ dancer: I don’t want
a lot of traffic. ______ to dance with him.
10 Your brother’s very friendly. ______ 9 The children are playing ____________ because the
baby is sleeping.
 3 Completa con l’avverbio corrispondente all’aggettivo 10 Why are you walking so ____________: we aren’t
tra parentesi. late.

1 The baby is sleeping ____________ (peaceful).  6 TRANSLATION Traduci.

2 Did you study ____________ (hard) for your exam?••
3 This door closes ____________ (automatic). 1 Martin ha risposto alla domanda intelligentemente.
4 John waited for her ____________ (patient) for an 2 Bob guida sempre in modo pericoloso.
hour. 3 Martha ha aperto il mio regalo lentamente.
5 Why did he behave so ____________ (angry)? 4 Non camminare così velocemente: abbiamo tempo.
6 She started to cry ____________ (sudden). 5 La scorsa notte ho dormito molto male.
7 My sister can play the piano ____________ (beautiful). 6 Chiama i tuoi genitori immediatamente.
8 The dogs are playing ____________ (noisy) in the 7 Non riesco a capire l’insegnante: parla velocemente.
garden. 8 Frank sta facendo i compiti con molto attenzione.
9 Don’t speak ____________ (loud): granddad’s 9 Harry impara le lingue molto facilmente.
sleeping. 10 Perché Will ha risposto all’insegnante in modo così
10 The man ate the food ____________ (hungry). arrabbiato?

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