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1. The document contains an adjective-adverb test with 50 questions. For each question, the reader must choose the underlined word or phrase that needs correcting. 2. It tests the reader's ability to identify incorrect or unnecessary uses of adjectives and adverbs in sentences. The questions cover a wide range of grammar topics including word forms, word choice, parallel structure and more. 3. Answering the questions requires close reading of each sentence to determine the word or phrase, if any, that is used incorrectly based on standard English grammar rules.

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Adv Adj Test

1. The document contains an adjective-adverb test with 50 questions. For each question, the reader must choose the underlined word or phrase that needs correcting. 2. It tests the reader's ability to identify incorrect or unnecessary uses of adjectives and adverbs in sentences. The questions cover a wide range of grammar topics including word forms, word choice, parallel structure and more. 3. Answering the questions requires close reading of each sentence to determine the word or phrase, if any, that is used incorrectly based on standard English grammar rules.

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ADJECTIVE –ADVERB TEST

Choose the underlined word or phrase in each sentence that needs correcting.
1. When we eventually arrived almost three hours late, the platform was in completely
A B C D
darkness.
2. They remained sadly even though I tried to cheer them up.
A B C D
3. It is said that Nobel felt very badly about the application of his invention to the creation
A B C D
of weapons of war.
4. I found my new contact lenses strangely at first, but I got used to them in the end.
                      A                                   B                  C                         D
5. Driving is getting more demanding all the time, so we must make sure people learn
A B C
efficient in the first place.
D
6. Many charity organizations have brought food supplies and clothes to
A B
flood-effecting areas in the Mekong Delta.
C D
7. I need both fine and brown sugar as well as powdered sugar to bake a Hawaiian cake.
A B C D
8. I work in a call center, it means I’m constantly on the phone.
                A                      B    C                   D
9. When you are writing or speaking English it is important to use language that
A B C
includes both men and women equally the same.
D
10. He has hardly never given a more impressive performance than this.
A B C D
11. For thousands of years, man has created sweet-smelling substances from wood,
A B
herbs, and flowers and using them for perfume or medicine.
C D
12. The scene in the picture was eerily alike with what I had seen in my dream.
A B C D
13. I have been working hardly for two weeks and now I feel like a rest.
A B C D
14. Many people have found the monotonous buzzing of the vuvuzela in the
A B
2010-World-Cup matches so annoyed.
C D
15. Bill was about average in performance in comparison with other students in his class.
A B C D
16. Getting out of his car, the driver found that the policeman also smelled strong 
A B C D
of alcohol.
17. His boss has asked him to respond immediately this fax.
A B C D
18. We are constant on the lookout for potential new partners to work with in pursuit of
A B C
these goals
D
19. It was relative easy for him to learn baseball because he had been a cricket player.
A B C D
20. It tasted so strong of the lemon that the other flavours were lost
A B C D

Choose the correct answer.


21. It had been announced that the proposed new office block _____ because of the current
economic situation.
A. will not be now built B. will now not be built
C. will not now be built D. now will not be built
22. The police finally arrested the _______ criminal
A. notorious B. famous C. renowned D. respectable 
23. The vase is definitely not_______, but just a very good imitation.
A. real B. factual C. genuine D. true
24. When a fire broke out in the Louvre, at least twenty ___ paintings were destroyed, including
two by Picasso.
A. worthless B. priceless C. valueless D. worthy
25. Students also have the opportunity to choose from a wide range of _______ courses in
the university.
A. compulsory B. optional C. required D. limited
26. His brother refuses to even listen to anyone else's point of view. He is very_______ .
A. kind - hearted B. narrow- minded
C. open - minded D. absent - minded
27. Our country has large areas of _______beauty.
A. unharmed B. undamaged C. unspoilt D. uninjured
28. Only 65 per cent of people voted in the local election; the rest were completely ___.
A. uninterested B. disinterested C. uninteresting D. interested
29. Instead of being excited about the good news, Ted seemed to be ____________.
A. ignorant B. indifferent C. unlikely D. unexpected
30. Someone who is _______ is hopeful about the future or the success of something in
particular.
A. powerful B. optimistic C. stagnant D. pessimistic
31. The __ collar workers received a rise, but the workers on the shop-door were told they
had to wait.
A. blue B. black C. grey D. white
32. Mai is so _________ that all her friends always tell her their truth.
A. enthusiastic B. dependent C. confidential D. sympathetic
33. It is ________ for me to see you go away for a year.
A. undeniable B. unbearable C. intolerant D. incompetent 
34. The selection and welfare of staff is the responsibility of the ________department.
A. personal B. personated C. personnel D. personality
35: Although we have a large number of students, each one receives ______ attention.
A. alone B. separate C. individual D. only
36: It's vital that our children's handwriting should be ____.
A. legible B. legitimate C. literate D. illiterate
37. Is he really _____ to judge a brass band contest?
A. efficient B. skillful C. capable D. competent
38. James should have stayed out of the sun as his skin is so ____.
A. sensible B. sensitive C. insensible D. senseless
39. She loves London, _____ in the spring.
A. specially B. especially C. most D. mostly
40. The flat is decorated in a _____ combination of colours.
A. tasteful B. sweet C. delicious D. tasty
41. You shouldn’t have criticized him in front of the class. It was extremely___ of you.
A. insensible: B. insensitive C. sensible D. sensitive
42. The village was_____ visible through the dense fog.
A. only B. barely C. mostly D. hard
43. Jane is plain, but her sister is very ____.
A. complex B. attractive C. sympathetic D. sophisticated
44. I have looked through the report, but I must admit, only ________.
A. superficially B. thoroughly C. carefully D. seriously
45. People can become very __________ when they are stuck in traffic for a long time.
A. nervous B. bad-tempered C. stressful D. pressed
46. Sarah and I ____reserved the rooms in the same hotel. She was really surprised to see me
there.
A. coincidentally B. practically C. intentionally D. deliberately
47. 'These tablets really are ______. My headache’s much better now.'
A. affective B. effective C. efficient D. affected
48. When young Americans first go to university, many of them join a fraternity or Sorority,
social organizations for male and female students_____
A. respectively B. certainly C. orderly D. consequently
49. The football match tomorrow evening will be broadcast____ on TV and radio.
A. simultaneously B. communally C. uniformly D. jointly
50. As I was____ of the change in the program, I arrived half an hour late for the rehearsal.
A. unaware B. unconscious C. unable D. unreasonable

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