Review exercise: Adverbs and adjectives

Choose the correct answer for each of the following sentences.

1. Many people have tried to sell us vacuum cleaners, but you are certainly one of the placeholder for the answer salespeople we have met.

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Question:
Many people have tried to sell us vacuum cleaners, but you are certainly one of the placeholder for the answer salespeople we have met.
Answer:
The answer more persuasive is not correct.
Explanation:
The superlative most persuasive is correct because the sentence is comparing more than two salespeople.

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Question:
Many people have tried to sell us vacuum cleaners, but you are certainly one of the placeholder for the answer salespeople we have met.
Answer:
The answer most persuasive is correct.
Explanation:
The superlative most persuasive is correct because the sentence is comparing more than two salespeople.

2. The sound quality of this film is poor, and the picture is focused placeholder for the answer.

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Question:
The sound quality of this film is poor, and the picture is focused placeholder for the answer.
Answer:
The answer bad is not correct.
Explanation:
The adverb badly is correct because it modifies the verb focused.

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Question:
The sound quality of this film is poor, and the picture is focused placeholder for the answer.
Answer:
The answer badly is correct.
Explanation:
The adverb badly is correct because it modifies the verb focused.

3. My brother’s roommate this year is placeholder for the answer than the graduate student he lived with last year.

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Question:
My brother’s roommate this year is placeholder for the answer than the graduate student he lived with last year.
Answer:
The answer louder is correct.
Explanation:
The comparative louder is correct because the sentence is comparing two things: my brother’s roommate this year and his roommate last year. Note that more louder is incorrect because it is a double comparison.

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Question:
My brother’s roommate this year is placeholder for the answer than the graduate student he lived with last year.
Answer:
The answer loudest is not correct.
Explanation:
The comparative louder is correct because the sentence is comparing two things: my brother’s roommate this year and his roommate last year. Note that more louder is incorrect because it is a double comparison.

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Question:
My brother’s roommate this year is placeholder for the answer than the graduate student he lived with last year.
Answer:
The answer more louder is not correct.
Explanation:
The comparative louder is correct because the sentence is comparing two things: my brother’s roommate this year and his roommate last year. Note that more louder is incorrect because it is a double comparison.

4. That executive dresses placeholder for the answer and knows his material.

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Question:
That executive dresses placeholder for the answer and knows his material.
Answer:
The answer smart is not correct.
Explanation:
The adverb smartly is correct because it modifies the verb dresses.

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Question:
That executive dresses placeholder for the answer and knows his material.
Answer:
The answer smartly is correct.
Explanation:
The adverb smartly is correct because it modifies the verb dresses.

5. Bridget is placeholder for the answer effective at making group presentations.

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Question:
Bridget is placeholder for the answer effective at making group presentations.
Answer:
The answer real is not correct.
Explanation:
The adverb really is correct because it modifies the adjective effective. In formal writing, you should use very instead of the more colloquial really.

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Question:
Bridget is placeholder for the answer effective at making group presentations.
Answer:
The answer really is correct.
Explanation:
The adverb really is correct because it modifies the adjective effective. In formal writing, you should use very instead of the more colloquial really.

6. We have studied the proposals from both firms and have decided that although Zero Inc.’s fees are high, it is the placeholder for the answer reliable company.

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Question:
We have studied the proposals from both firms and have decided that although Zero Inc.’s fees are high, it is the placeholder for the answer reliable company.
Answer:
The answer more is correct.
Explanation:
The comparative more is correct here because we are comparing two firms.

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Question:
We have studied the proposals from both firms and have decided that although Zero Inc.’s fees are high, it is the placeholder for the answer reliable company.
Answer:
The answer most is not correct.
Explanation:
The comparative more is correct here because we are comparing two firms.

7. Gerald is a more talented piano player than I, but he placeholder for the answer the best musician in our band.

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Question:
Gerald is a more talented piano player than I, but he placeholder for the answer the best musician in our band.
Answer:
The answer isn’t hardly is not correct.
Explanation:
Isn’t hardly is a double negative. Remember that some adverbs, including hardly, imply the negative; therefore, is hardly is the correct choice here.

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Question:
Gerald is a more talented piano player than I, but he placeholder for the answer the best musician in our band.
Answer:
The answer is hardly is correct.
Explanation:
Isn’t hardly is a double negative. Remember that some adverbs, including hardly, imply the negative; therefore, is hardly is the correct choice here.

8. Sunita followed the recipe closely, but the cake smelled placeholder for the answer after twenty minutes in the oven.

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Question:
Sunita followed the recipe closely, but the cake smelled placeholder for the answer after twenty minutes in the oven.
Answer:
The answer strange is correct.
Explanation:
The adjective strange is correct because it is describing the noun cake, not the verb smelled. Smelled is a linking verb here, and strange is its subject complement. Remember that subject complements are always nouns or adjectives, never adverbs.

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Question:
Sunita followed the recipe closely, but the cake smelled placeholder for the answer after twenty minutes in the oven.
Answer:
The answer strangely is not correct.
Explanation:
The adjective strange is correct because it is describing the noun cake, not the verb smelled. Smelled is a linking verb here, and strange is its subject complement. Remember that subject complements are always nouns or adjectives, never adverbs.

9. Her husband draws so placeholder for the answer that he has been asked to submit sketches to a local graphic art firm.

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Question:
Her husband draws so placeholder for the answer that he has been asked to submit sketches to a local graphic art firm.
Answer:
The answer good is not correct.
Explanation:
The adverb well is correct because it modifies the verb draws.

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Question:
Her husband draws so placeholder for the answer that he has been asked to submit sketches to a local graphic art firm.
Answer:
The answer well is correct.
Explanation:
The adverb well is correct because it modifies the verb draws.

10. She accepted responsibility for the accident and felt placeholder for the answer about the whole incident for weeks.

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Question:
She accepted responsibility for the accident and felt placeholder for the answer about the whole incident for weeks.
Answer:
The answer bad is correct.
Explanation:
The adjective bad is correct because it is modifying the pronoun she, not the verb felt, which is a linking verb here. The adjective bad is its subject complement. Remember that subject complements are always nouns or adjectives, never adverbs.

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Question:
She accepted responsibility for the accident and felt placeholder for the answer about the whole incident for weeks.
Answer:
The answer badly is not correct.
Explanation:
The adjective bad is correct because it is modifying the pronoun she, not the verb felt, which is a linking verb here. The adjective bad is its subject complement. Remember that subject complements are always nouns or adjectives, never adverbs.

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