EXERCISE 26–4 Adjectives and adverbs

EXERCISE 26–4 Adjectives and adverbs

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EXERCISE 26–4 Adjectives and adverbs - 1 of 10: Few city dwellers have a hard time deciding whether cockroaches or rats are (worse / worst).

2 of 10

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EXERCISE 26–4 Adjectives and adverbs - 2 of 10: Rats are (more unique threats / more threatening) than other forms of vermin.

3 of 10

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EXERCISE 26–4 Adjectives and adverbs - 3 of 10: In addition to looking (disgusting / disgustingly), rats have been known to spread diseases.

4 of 10

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EXERCISE 26–4 Adjectives and adverbs - 4 of 10: Most city rats are Norway rats; they came on ships from Europe, and their numbers grew very (quick / quickly).

5 of 10

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EXERCISE 26–4 Adjectives and adverbs - 5 of 10: Wild rats cannot find their (favorite / most favorite) food in the city, and they dislike noise.

6 of 10

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EXERCISE 26–4 Adjectives and adverbs - 6 of 10: City rats, in contrast, have done quite (good / well) at adapting to urban environments.

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EXERCISE 26–4 Adjectives and adverbs - 7 of 10: Like city people, city rats have learned to live in smaller spaces than their country cousins; in addition, they thrive (beautiful / beautifully) on urban food.

8 of 10

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EXERCISE 26–4 Adjectives and adverbs - 8 of 10: Rats are among the (destructivest / most destructive) creatures in cities.

9 of 10

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EXERCISE 26–4 Adjectives and adverbs - 9 of 10: Perhaps the biggest reason people dislike rats is that rats take advantage of humans so (skillful / skillfully).

10 of 10

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EXERCISE 26–4 Adjectives and adverbs - 10 of 10: When a rat is caught in a trap, few people, including animal lovers, feel (bad / badly).