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D. Fill in the blanks with the positive, comparative or superlative

degree of the adverbs given in the parenthesis.
1. Only those who work ____________ achieve their goal in life. [hard]

2. Megha worked ____________ than I had ever expected. [hard]
3. Our farm house stands _____________ to our school. [near]

4. You won’t get much salary. You have worked _________ than me. [little]

5. They swam ______________ than many of us. [quickly]
6. This year it rained _____________ in July than August. [heavily]

7. They spoke _______________ than we did. [angrily]

NOTES
Adverbs of manner, place and time are placed after the intransitive
verb and after the object in case of transitive verbs.
The thief ran fast. Rita made the decision this morning.

For emphasis, adverbs of time may be placed in the beginning of the
sentence also:
Last week we went to Nagarkot.
We went to Nagarkot last week.

Adverbs of frequency are placed after auxiliary verbs but before
main verbs.
She is often absent from her school.
She hardly remains absent from her school.

When an adverb modifies an adjective or an adverb itself, it is placed
before them.
The girl in the bridal dress looked quite beautiful.
The girl after marriage lived quite happily.

The adverb ‘only’ should be placed immediately before the word it
modifies.
Only Rima promised to give me notes. [nobody but she gave me]
Rima promised me to give only notes. [nothing but notes]
Rima only promised to give me notes. [but didn’t give me]

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