Choosing Between Adjective and Adverb Forms

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

For help with this exercise, see Chapter 21.

example

Recent research indicates that some dinosaurs were (beautiful, beautifully) colored.

a. beautiful

b. beautifully

  1. Question

    Scientists were (excited, excitedly) to discover something new about these ancient creatures.

    		A.
    		B.
    Choosing Between Adjective and Adverb Forms - For each of the following sentences, choose the correct word (adjective or adverb).: Scientists were (excited, excitedly) to discover something new about these ancient creatures.

  2. Question

    Before this discovery, people could offer only (rough, roughly) guesses about dinosaurs’ colors.

    		A.
    		B.
    Choosing Between Adjective and Adverb Forms - For each of the following sentences, choose the correct word (adjective or adverb).: Before this discovery, people could offer only (rough, roughly) guesses about dinosaurs’ colors.

  3. Question

    Now, research (strong, strongly) suggests that some dinosaurs had red, gray, black, and white feathers.

    		A.
    		B.
    Choosing Between Adjective and Adverb Forms - For each of the following sentences, choose the correct word (adjective or adverb).: Now, research (strong, strongly) suggests that some dinosaurs had red, gray, black, and white feathers.

  4. Question

    Scientists determined this by (close, closely) analyzing dinosaur fossils.

    		A.
    		B.
    Choosing Between Adjective and Adverb Forms - For each of the following sentences, choose the correct word (adjective or adverb).: Scientists determined this by (close, closely) analyzing dinosaur fossils.

  5. Question

    The fossils themselves are (dull, dully) in color.

    		A.
    		B.
    Choosing Between Adjective and Adverb Forms - For each of the following sentences, choose the correct word (adjective or adverb).: The fossils themselves are (dull, dully) in color.

  6. Question

    However, when scientists use a microscope, they can (easy, easily) see tiny structures called melanosomes.

    		A.
    		B.
    Choosing Between Adjective and Adverb Forms - For each of the following sentences, choose the correct word (adjective or adverb).: However, when scientists use a microscope, they can (easy, easily) see tiny structures called melanosomes.

  7. Question

    Melanosomes make birds’ feathers (colorful, colorfully), so scientists speculate that melanosomes also made dinosaurs’ feathers colorful.

    		A.
    		B.
    Choosing Between Adjective and Adverb Forms - For each of the following sentences, choose the correct word (adjective or adverb).: Melanosomes make birds’ feathers (colorful, colorfully), so scientists speculate that melanosomes also made dinosaurs’ feathers colorful.

  8. Question

    Like birds, dinosaurs may have used their (brilliant, brilliantly) feathers to attract mates or scare away enemies.

    		A.
    		B.
    Choosing Between Adjective and Adverb Forms - For each of the following sentences, choose the correct word (adjective or adverb).: Like birds, dinosaurs may have used their (brilliant, brilliantly) feathers to attract mates or scare away enemies.

  9. Question

    Some scientists remain (skeptical, skeptically) about these recent discoveries.

    		A.
    		B.
    Choosing Between Adjective and Adverb Forms - For each of the following sentences, choose the correct word (adjective or adverb).: Some scientists remain (skeptical, skeptically) about these recent discoveries.

  10. Question

    Others see them as (valuable, valuably) contributions to the study of dinosaurs.

    		A.
    		B.
    Choosing Between Adjective and Adverb Forms - For each of the following sentences, choose the correct word (adjective or adverb).: Others see them as (valuable, valuably) contributions to the study of dinosaurs.