Choosing Between Adjectives and Adverbs

For each of the following sentences, chose the correct word (adjective or adverb).

For help with this exercise, see Chapter 21.

example

Many ancient societies had strong (oral, orally) traditions, meaning that stories were passed on by word of mouth.

a. oral

b. orally

  1. Question

    Every culture tells folktales about a (mischievous, mischievously) character known as the trickster.

    		A.
    		B.
    Choosing Between Adjectives and Adverbs - For each of the following sentences, chose the correct word (adjective or adverb).: Every culture tells folktales about a (mischievous, mischievously) character known as the trickster.

  2. Question

    He is a (greedy, greedily) troublemaker who is always doing something he was told not to do or poking his nose where it doesn’t belong.

    		A.
    		B.
    Choosing Between Adjectives and Adverbs - For each of the following sentences, chose the correct word (adjective or adverb).: He is a (greedy, greedily) troublemaker who is always doing something he was told not to do or poking his nose where it doesn’t belong.

  3. Question

    The trickster is (usual, usually) a small animal who has to rely on his wits to survive.

    		A.
    		B.
    Choosing Between Adjectives and Adverbs - For each of the following sentences, chose the correct word (adjective or adverb).: The trickster is (usual, usually) a small animal who has to rely on his wits to survive.

  4. Question

    His (foolish, foolishly) pranks often backfire, and we learn through his example how we should not behave.

    		A.
    		B.
    Choosing Between Adjectives and Adverbs - For each of the following sentences, chose the correct word (adjective or adverb).: His (foolish, foolishly) pranks often backfire, and we learn through his example how we should not behave.

  5. Question

    However, though we reject the trickster’s dishonesty, we (secret, secretly) admire his cleverness.

    		A.
    		B.
    Choosing Between Adjectives and Adverbs - For each of the following sentences, chose the correct word (adjective or adverb).: However, though we reject the trickster’s dishonesty, we (secret, secretly) admire his cleverness.

  6. Question

    We enjoy watching him outsmart his (powerful, powerfully) opponents.

    		A.
    		B.
    Choosing Between Adjectives and Adverbs - For each of the following sentences, chose the correct word (adjective or adverb).: We enjoy watching him outsmart his (powerful, powerfully) opponents.

  7. Question

    In some folktales, the trickster is a hero because his thefts and deceptions turn out to help his people in (unexpected, unexpectedly) ways.

    		A.
    		B.
    Choosing Between Adjectives and Adverbs - For each of the following sentences, chose the correct word (adjective or adverb).: In some folktales, the trickster is a hero because his thefts and deceptions turn out to help his people in (unexpected, unexpectedly) ways.

  8. Question

    The world’s most (popular, popularly) tricksters are Reynard the Fox in European folktales, Anansi the spider in West African tales, Brer Rabbit in African American tales, and Coyote in Native American tales.

    		A.
    		B.
    Choosing Between Adjectives and Adverbs - For each of the following sentences, chose the correct word (adjective or adverb).: The world’s most (popular, popularly) tricksters are Reynard the Fox in European folktales, Anansi the spider in West African tales, Brer Rabbit in African American tales, and Coyote in Native American tales.

  9. Question

    In a story told by the Zuni people of the American Southwest, Coyote persuades his (sensible, sensibly) friend Eagle to help him steal the sun and the moon so that they will have light to hunt by.

    		A.
    		B.
    Choosing Between Adjectives and Adverbs - For each of the following sentences, chose the correct word (adjective or adverb).: In a story told by the Zuni people of the American Southwest, Coyote persuades his (sensible, sensibly) friend Eagle to help him steal the sun and the moon so that they will have light to hunt by.

  10. Question

    (Uncontrollable, Uncontrollably) curious, Coyote opens a box containing the sun and the moon and allows them to escape, thus bringing winter into the world.

    		A.
    		B.
    Choosing Between Adjectives and Adverbs - For each of the following sentences, chose the correct word (adjective or adverb).: (Uncontrollable, Uncontrollably) curious, Coyote opens a box containing the sun and the moon and allows them to escape, thus bringing winter into the world.