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Adverbs Test
Reading Level 2
Part One | Identifying Adverbs
Directions: Find the answer choice
that is being used as an adverb in
each of these sentences. Circle your
answer.
1.

a)
c)

Gizmo works very hard to make

new weapons for the spies at
Omega Central.
works
new

2.

a)
c)

trying
supervillain

too
keep

6.

evil
always

b)
d)

clever
resourceful

Flint Steel is simply the most

effective secret agent in the field.
secret
best

5.

a)
c)

b)
d)

Ms. Fortune is too clever and

resourceful to stay behind bars for
long.

4.
a)
c)

hard
very

The evil supervillain Dr. Hurt is

always trying to take over the
world.

3.

a)
c)

b)
d)

b)
d)

field
simply

Agent Green almost blew off his

hand with an explosive gum
wrapper.
wrapper
explosive

b)
d)

almost
blew

Red Widow usually keeps a set of

stainless steel lock picks in her

purse.
a)
c)

stainless
usually

7.

a)
c)

designed
glasses

secretly
spies

high-tech
cleverly

b)
d)

warning
came

General Pain will never stop trying

to conquer the world.
never
the

10.

a)
c)

b)
d)

A warning message for the spies

came over the radio secretly.

9.
a)
c)

lock
keeps

Gizmo cleverly designed a hightech pair of glasses that can see

through walls.

8.
a)
c)

b)
d)

b)
d)

stop
conquer

Flint Steel jumped off his

motorcycle and landed softly in a
garbage truck.
jumped
his

b)
d)

garbage
softly

Part Two | Adjective or Adverb?

Directions: Choose the pair that best completes the sentence. Circle your
answer. Remember, adjectives modify nouns and pronouns. Adverbs modify
verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs.
11.

a)
c)

Dr. Hurt jumped ________ from the

plane and landed ________ on the
passing motorbike.
reckless, wild
reckless, wildly

12.

a)

b)
d)

recklessly, wild
recklessly, wildly

Ms. Fortune ________ pulled a

________ steel syringe filled with
truth serum out of her purse.
careful, cold

b)

carefully, cold

c)

careful, coldly

13.

a)
c)

grim, final
grim, finally

secret, stealthy b)
secret, stealthily d)

good, polite
good, politely

old, noisy
old, noisily

19.

b)
d)

well, polite
well, politely

b)
d)

oldly, noisy
oldly, noisily

Red Window ________ noticed that

General Pain's car was leaking oil
________.
keen, rapid
keen, rapidly

18.

a)
c)

secretly, stealthy
secretly,
stealthily

General Pain's junky ________ car

drove ________ down the boulevard.

17.

a)
c)

grimly, final
grimly, finally

Red Widow is ________ at fighting

enemies but she doesn't speak
very ________ to me.

16.
a)
c)

b)
d)

Agent Green hit the ________ switch

on his car and it transformed into a
________ jet.

15.

a)
c)

carefully, coldly

Dr. Hurt ________ pressed the

________ button to start his
doomsday device.

14.

a)
c)

d)

b)
d)

keenly, rapid
keenly, rapidly

Gizmo designs equipment for spies

very ________, but he is not so
________ at fighting.
good, good
good, well

b)
d)

well, good
well, well

Dr. Hurt's metallic robot horse was

________ and obeyed ________.

a)
c)

strong, loyal
strong, loyally

20.

a)
c)

b)
d)

Gizmo was working ________ on a

hat that keeps one's ears ________
and has an FM radio.
patient, warm
patient, warmly

21.

b)
d)

forceful, powerful b)

c)

forceful,
powerfully

22.

real, angry
real, angrily

b)
d)

really, angry
really, angrily

We thought that Flint Steel sounded

________ when he sang the song in
disguise, but at least he fights
________.
bad, good
bad, well

24.

a)
c)

d)

forcefully,
powerful
forcefully,
powerfully

Red Widow is ________ ________ at

Flint Steel for trying to apprehend
Dr. Hurt without her.

23.

a)
c)

patiently, warm
patiently, warmly

Ms. Fortune made a ________ threat

to use a ________ ice ray to freeze
the police station.

a)

a)
c)

strongly, loyal
strongly, loyally

b)
d)

badly, good
badly, well

Agent Green flipped ________ and

________ over the burning bridge
while on his motorbike.
bold, brave
bold, bravely

25.

b)
d)

boldly, brave
boldly, bravely

Gizmo made a ________ coat that

protects its wearer from ________
rain.

a)

special, torrential b)

c)

special,
torrentially

d)

specially,
torrential
specially,
torrentially

26.

a)
c)

Ms. Fortune used her coat-glider to

fly ________ out the museum
window with the ________ piece of
art.
fearless, rare
fearless, rarely

27.
a)
c)

incredible, fast
b)
incredible, fastly d)

silent, dirty
silent, dirtily

b)
d)

silently, dirty
silently, dirtily

The news anchors reported ________

that Dr. Hurt was ________ from
prison.
sad, free
sad, freely

30.

a)
c)

incredibly, fast
incredibly, fastly

Agent Green trailed ________ behind

the bad guys as they walked down
the ________ alley.

29.

a)
c)

fearlessly, rare
fearlessly, rarely

Gizmo built an ________ tool that

can add numbers very ________.

28.

a)
c)

b)
d)

b)
d)

sadly, free
sadly, freely

Ms. Fortune thought that Dr. Hurt's

evil lair smelled ________, but Dr.
Hurt didn't notice the ________ odor.
bad, foul
bad, foully

b)
d)

badly, foul
badly, foully