Adjectives and adverbs 2

Click on the correct adjective or adverb in the parentheses.

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Example

Question 1 of 10

Question 1. Few city dwellers have a hard time deciding whether cockroaches or rats are (worse / worst).
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Question 2 of 10

Question 2. Rats are (more unique threats / more threatening) than other forms of vermin.
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Question 3. In addition to looking (disgusting / disgustingly), rats have been known to spread diseases.
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Question 4. Most city rats are Norway rats; they came on ships from Europe, and their numbers grew very (quick / quickly).
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Question 5. Wild rats cannot find their (favorite / most favorite) food in the city, and they dislike noise.
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Question 6. City rats, in contrast, have done quite (good / well) at adapting to urban environments.
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Question 7. 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.
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Question 8. Rats are among the (destructivest / most destructive) creatures in cities.
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Question 9. Perhaps the biggest reason people dislike rats is that rats take advantage of humans so (skillful / skillfully).
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Question 10 of 10

Question 10. When a rat is caught in a trap, few people, including animal lovers, feel (bad / badly).
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