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C. Fill in the blanks with appropriate adverbs.
1. I am sad because my kite didn’t go very [high / highly]
___________________.
2. How can he pass the exam? He [hard / hardly]
_______________ goes to school.
3. Many buildings have been reduced to debris [late / lately]
by earthquakes ____________
4. The pedestrian was _____________ knocked [near / nearly]
down by a tempo.
5. You have to treat all students [fair / fairly]
________________.
6. You story does not sound [true / truly]
__________________.
7. Subina flew ___________________ to [direct / directly]
California last week.
8. We will send you newsletters [short / shortly]
_________________.
NOTES
Some adverbs form their comparative by adding –er and their
superlative by –est to the positive.
Positive Comparative Superlative
easy easier easiest
Some adverbs ending –ly form their comparative by adding more
and their superlative by –most.
confidently more confidently most confidently
Some adverbs form the degrees of comparison in an irregular way:
badly worse worst
well/good better best
much more most
late later latest
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