Adjectives vs. Adverbs Practice AK

  1. The fast mice were running quickly. This sentence is perfect. 
  2. The hungry child ate the crunchily cereal voracious. The cereal is crunchy, so crunchily (adv) should be crunchy (adj).  The child ate voraciously, so voracious (adj) should be voraciously (adv).
  3. The hairy ape jumped crazy. The ape jumped crazily, so crazy (adj) should be crazily (adv).
  4. The ridiculously excitedly rabbit jumped wise into the hole. The rabbit is excited, so excitedly (adv) should be excited (adj). The rabbit jumped wisely, so wise (adj) should be wisely (adv).
  5. She is a gorgeous, beautiful woman wearing a fabulously red dress. The woman is both gorgeous (adj) and beautiful (adj) so this is correct. The dress is fabulously red, and because fabulously (adv) describes the adjective red, this is correct too. (Note: you can also interpret this as the noun being "red dress" and fabulous modifying that, in which case "fabulous red dress" would also be correct.
  6. The proudly policeman pursued the criminals relentless. The policeman is proud, so proudly (adv) should be proud (adj). He pursued the criminals relentlessly, so relentless (adj) should be relentlessly (adv). 
  7. The quietly doctor studied the sick patient calm. The doctor is quiet, so quietly (adv) should be quiet (adj).  The doctor studied the patient calmly, so calm (adj) should be calmly (adv). 
  8. Amy bitterly refused to accept the crankily teacher's punishment. The teacher is cranky, so crankily (adv) should be cranky (adj). 
  9. Vinny rapid ate the spicily cheetos. Vinny ate the cheetos rapidly, so rapid (adj) should be rapidly (adv). The cheetos were spicy, so spicily (adv) should be spicy (adj). 
  10. April is so cold and rainy it makes me feel badly. Me feels bad, so badly (adv) should be bad (adj). 
  11. The child has a head cold, so she smells badly. The child actually smells badly (adv) because she has a cold, so this sentence is correct. 
  12. The french fries are cold and taste badly. The fries taste bad, so badly (adv) should be bad (adj).