Adjective or Adverb – Free Exercise

Exercises

Decide if you need an adjective or an adverb to complete the sentences.

1. Thomas est  lentlentement . Il travaille  lentlentement .1st space: Adjectives describe nouns.|2nd space: Adverbs describe adjectives, verbs, other adverbs, or entire clauses.Thomas is slow.
   He works slowly.
2. Ils apprennent le français  facilefacilement . Le français est une langue  facilefacilement .1st space: Adverbs describe adjectives, verbs, other adverbs, or entire clauses.|2nd space: Adjectives describe nouns.They’re learning French easily.
   French is an easy language.
3. Max est un  bonbien chanteur. Il chante  bonbien .1st space: Adjectives describe nouns.|2nd space: Adverbs describe adjectives, verbs, other adverbs, or entire clauses.Max is a good singer.
   He sings well.
4. Le vent est  horriblehorriblement froid aujourd’hui. Le vent froid est  horriblehorriblement .1st space: Adverbs describe adjectives, verbs, other adverbs, or entire clauses.|2nd space: Adjectives describe nouns.It’s horribly cold today.
   The cold wind is horrible.
5. C’est une actrice  excellenteexcellemment . Elle a joué son rôle  excellenteexcellemment bien.1st space: Adjectives describe nouns.|2nd space: Adverbs describe adjectives, verbs, other adverbs, or entire clauses.She is an excellent actress.
   She played her role excellently.
6. Ludivine est une fille  prudenteprudemment . Elle est montée  prudenteprudemment sur l’échelle.1st space: Adjectives describe nouns.|2nd space: Adverbs describe adjectives, verbs, other adverbs, or entire clauses.Ludivine is a careful girl.
   She carefully climbed up the ladder.
7. Le chien est  dangereuxdangeureusement . Il saute  dangereuxdangeureusement sur les gens.1st space: Adjectives describe nouns.|2nd space: Adverbs describe adjectives, verbs, other adverbs, or entire clauses.The dog is dangerous.
   He jumps dangerously up on people.
8. Le petit garçon est  tristetristement . Je suis allé le réconforter et il m’a regardé  tristetristement .1st space: Adjectives describe nouns.|2nd space: Adverbs describe adjectives, verbs, other adverbs, or entire clauses.The little boy is sad.
   I went to comfort him and he looked at me sadly.
9. Il m’a dit d’être  gentilgentiment avec mon frère. Je lui ai promis que je me comporterai  gentilgentiment avec lui.1st space: Adjectives describe nouns.|2nd space: Adverbs describe adjectives, verbs, other adverbs, or entire clauses.He told me to be nice to my brother.
   I promised him that I would behave nicely.
10. Sabine sait faire la cuisine  merveilleusemerveilleusement . La dernière fois, elle a préparé une soupe  merveilleusemerveilleusement .1st space: Adverbs describe adjectives, verbs, other adverbs, or entire clauses.|2nd space: Adjectives describe nouns.Sabine cooks wonderfully.
    Last time, she made us a wonderful soup.
11. Fabien joue  mauvaismal au hockey. C’est le plus  mauvaismal joueur de son équipe.1st space: Adverbs describe adjectives, verbs, other adverbs, or entire clauses.|2nd space: Adjectives describe nouns.Fabien plays hockey badly.
    He is a very bad player, the worst on his team.
12. Claire est une coureuse  rapiderapidement . Elle court  rapiderapidement .1st space: Adjectives describe nouns.|2nd space: Adverbs describe adjectives, verbs, other adverbs, or entire clauses.Claire is a fast runner.
    She runs rapidly.
13. Nous n’avons pas pu prendre l’avion car le vol était  completcomplètement . Nous avons  completcomplètement oublié d’acheter une place en avance.1st space: Adjectives describe nouns.|2nd space: Adverbs describe adjectives, verbs, other adverbs, or entire clauses.We couldn’t get on the flight, because the plane was already full.
    We fully forgot to reserve a place in advance.
14. Le professeur a été  terribleterriblement avec moi, car je suis arrivé  terribleterriblement en retard en cours.1st space: Adjectives describe nouns.|2nd space: Adverbs describe adjectives, verbs, other adverbs, or entire clauses.The teacher was terrible to me because I came to class terribly late.
15. Ce bouquet de fleurs est  vraiesvraiment beau. Est-ce que ce sont de  vraiesvraiment fleurs?1st space: Adverbs describe adjectives, verbs, other adverbs, or entire clauses.|2nd space: Adjectives describe nouns.This bouquet is really beautiful.
    Are the flowers real?