Common Mistakes In The Use Of Adverbs

In this lesson we will learn about the common mistakes in the use of adverbs.

Students often make several mistakes in the use of adverbs. Those mistakes are explained in this lesson. Once you have learnt this lesson, try to do this adverbs worksheet.

Fill in the blanks.

1. We were ………………………….. happy to see him. (very / very much / too much / too)
2. She is ……………………… thin. (very / very much / too much / too)
3. The hall is …………………………. to accommodate all guests. (spacious enough / enough spacious / very spacious / very spacious enough)
4. The coffee is ……………………….. hot for me to drink. (too / very / very much)
5. He is ………………………. to be a cop. (very tall / tall / tall enough / too tall)
6. The mangoes are ……………………….. to be eaten. (ripe enough / enough ripe / very ripe enough)
7. He was ……………………… to walk. (weak enough / too weak / very weak)
8. The birds flew ………………………. in the sky. (high / highly)
9. This is ……………………….. objectionable. (high / highly)
10. I …………………… forgot to lock the door. (stupidly / stupid)
11. She writes ……………………. (well / good)
12. He sings ……………………… than I do. (gooder / more good / better / well)
13. She is ……………………. intelligent. (very / too / so)
14. It was …………………….. cold that I was shivering. (too / very / so)
15. He is ……………………………. to understand the consequences of his action. (enough old / old enough / too old)

Answers

1. We were very happy to see him. (Very much is unusual in affirmative sentences.)
2. She is very / too thin. (Too shows undesirable extremes; very is also possible here)
3. The hall is spacious enough to accommodate all guests. (The adverb enough goes after the adjective modified by it.)
4. The coffee is too hot for me to drink.
5. He is tall enough to be a cop. (Tall enough shows sufficiency.)
6. The mangoes are ripe enough to be eaten.
7. He was too weak to walk.
8. The birds flew high in the sky.
9. This is highly objectionable. (Highly indicates a higher degree.)
10. I stupidly forgot to lock the door.
11. She writes well.
12. He sings better than I do.
13. She is very / so intelligent.
14. It was so cold that I was shivering.
15. He is old enough to understand the consequences of his action.