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Fill in the blank with the suitable degree of the adverb from the given options.
Among all her friends, Julia acts __________.

  1. Wisely

  2. More wisely

  3. Wise

  4. Most wisely


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

In order to fill in the blank with the suitable degree of the adverb, let's understand what adverbs are. Adverbs are words that describe something about the verbs. For example, "I ran fast". Here, 'fast' describes the way 'I' ran, so 'fast' is an adverb. Degrees of the adverbs explain us the intensity of an action, adjective or another adverb. For example, "She ran too fast". Here, 'fast' is the adverb and 'too' intensifies how fast she ran.

NOTE: 'The word 'among' explains that the way 'Julia acts' is best/worst compared to all her friends. Hence, we need the superlative degree of an adverb.
Option A - 'Wisely' is the positive degree of the adverb. Hence, option A is incorrect.

Option B - 'More wisely' is the comparative form of the adverb, which is used for comparison of two things. Here, more than two things are being compared. Hence, option B is incorrect.
Option C - 'Wise' is an adjective and not an adverb. Hence, option C is incorrect.
Option D - 'Most wisely' is the superlative form of the adverb which indicates how Julia acts when compared to all her friends. Hence, option D is the correct answer.
'Among all her friends, Julia acts most wisely.'

Fill in the blank with suitable degree of the adverb from the given options.
Asma walks very __________.

  1. More gracefully

  2. Most gracefully

  3. Gracefully

  4. Grace


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

In order to fill in the blank with the suitable degree of the adverb, let's understand what adverbs are. Adverbs are words that describe something about the verbs. For example, "I ran fast". Here, 'fast' describes the way 'I' ran, so 'fast' is an adverb. Degrees of the adverbs explain us the intensity of an action, adjective or another adverb. For example, "She ran too fast". Here, 'fast' is the adverb and 'too' intensifies how fast she ran.

Option A - 'More gracefully' is an adverb, which can be used to intensify how gracefully the action is done. 'More' is used to compare an action with another. Here, as there is no comparison, we can't use 'more gracefully'. Hence, option A is incorrect.
Option B - 'Most gracefully' is an adverb, which is used to intensify the superlative degree of the adverb. As the sentence doesn't state the highest degree of the action, we can't use 'most' here. Hence, option B is incorrect.
Option D - 'Grace' is a noun, as we need an adverb, we can't use 'grace' here. Hence, option D is incorrect.
Option C - 'Gracefully' is an adverb which is the positive degree of the adverb. It describes the way 'Asma walks'. Thus option C is the correct answer.
'Asma walks very gracefully.'

Fill in the blank with suitable degrees of the adverb from the given options.
Simran spends ___________ on her accessories, than on anything else.

  1. Much

  2. Many

  3. More

  4. Most


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

In order to fill in the blank with the suitable degree of the adverb, let's understand what adverbs are. Adverbs are words that describe something about the verbs. For example, ''I ran fast''. Here, 'fast' describes the way 'I' ran, so 'fast' is an adverb. Degrees of the adverbs explain us the intensity of an action, adjective or another adverb. For example, ''She ran too fast''. Here, 'fast' is the adverb and 'too' intensifies how fast she ran.

NOTE: The word 'than' explains that we need the comparative degree of an adverb.
Option A - 'Much' is an adverb, which is used with uncountable subjects only. It means 'to a greater extent'. As 'much' doesn't compare the amount spent on accessories with other things, we can't use it here. Hence, option A is incorrect.

Option B - 'Many' is used as a determiner and an adverb. It is used with countable subjects only. It can't be used for comparison. Hence, option B is incorrect.
Option D - 'Most' is the superlative degree of the adverb, which means 'to the greatest extent' of an action, adjective or a noun. As we need the comparative degree and not the superlative degree, we can't use 'most' here. Hence, option D is incorrect.
Option C - 'More' is the comparative form of the adverb which intensifies act of spending of accessories. Hence, option C is the correct answer.
'Simran spends more on her accessories, than on anything else.'

Fill in the blank with suitable degree of the adverb from the given options.
A good teacher is _________ respected by all.

  1. More highly

  2. Most highly

  3. Highly

  4. Higher


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

In order to fill in the blank with the suitable degree of the adverb, let's understand what adverbs are. Adverbs are words that describe something about the verbs. For example,'' I ran fast''. Here, 'fast' describes the way 'I' ran, so 'fast' is an adverb. Degrees of the adverbs explain us the intensity of an action, adjective or another adverb. For example, ''She ran too fast''. Here, 'fast' is the adverb and 'too' intensifies how fast she ran.

NOTE: As the sentence doesn't emphasise on intensifying the action, we will use the positive form of the adverb/normal adverb to describe the verb/adjective/noun.
Option A - 'More highly' has 'more', which is the comparative degree of the adverb. As we need the adverb in its positive degree, we can't use 'more highly' here. Hence, option A is incorrect.

Option B - 'Most highly' has 'most', which is the superlative degree of the adverb. As we need the adverb in its positive degree, we can't use 'more highly' here. Hence, option B is incorrect.
Option D - 'Higher' is the comparative degree of the adverb. Hence, option D is incorrect.
Option C - 'Highly' is the positive degree of the adverb which explains more about the adjective 'respected'. Hence, option C is the correct answer.
'A good teacher is highly respected by all.'

Fill in the blank with a suitable adverb:
Araadhak works ________ of all.

  1. Hard

  2. Hardest

  3. Harder

  4. Most hard


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

In order to fill in the blank with the suitable degree of the adverb, let's understand what adverbs are. Adverbs are words that describe something about the verbs. For example, ''I ran fast''. Here, 'fast' describes the way 'I' ran, so 'fast' is an adverb. Degrees of the adverbs explain us the intensity of an action, adjective or another adverb. For example, ''She ran too fast''. Here, 'fast' is the adverb and 'too' intensifies how fast she ran.

NOTE: 'Of all' indicates that the works of Araadhak is of the greatest quality/quantity. Hence, we need the superlative form of the adverb.
Option A - 'Hard' is the positive degree of the adverb. Hence, option A is incorrect.

Option C - 'Harder' is the comparative form of the adverb. Hence, option C is incorrect.
Option D - 'Most hard' is an incorrect expression. The words that have the superlative form, should not be accompanied by 'most', as 'most' also intensifies the greatest degree of the adverb. Hence, option D is incorrect.
Option B - 'Hardest' is the superlative form of the adverb which explains the intensity of the way Araadhak works. Thus the sentence means that no one works as hard as Araadhak. Hence, option B is the correct answer.
'Araadhak works hardest of all.'

Fill in the blank with a suitable degree of the adverb from the given options:

Arun works ________ of all.

  1. Hard

  2. Hardest

  3. Harder

  4. Most hard


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

An adverb is a word that modifies a verb, adjective or another adverb.
The given sentence is in the superlative degree because it compares one person "Arum" with a group of people "of all".
Option B: 'Hardest' is an adverb of the superlative degree, hence it's the most suitable option.
Options A and C: Hard and harder are in the positive and comparative degree, respectively. But the given sentence is in the superlative, hence A and C are incorrect.
Option D: 'Most hard' is incorrect in itself. 'Most' is generally added to adverbs that end in -ly. So, it isn't added to words like 'hard'.

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.
He runs ________ than David.

  1. better

  2. slowly

  3. well

  4. very fast


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The given sentence is an example of the adverb of comparative degree. An adverb that compares two things becomes a comparative degree of an adverb. 'Slowly' is an adverb of positive degree. 'Well' is an adverb of manner/degree. 'Very fast' is an adverb of manner. 'Better' is a comparative degree of an adverb. Thus, option A is the correct answer.

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.
A bicycle moves ________ than a car.

  1. slowly

  2. fast

  3. very slow

  4. more slowly


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The given sentence is an example of the adverb of comparative degree. An adverb that compares two things becomes a comparative degree of an adverb. 'Slowly' is an adverb of positive degree. 'More slowly' is a comparative form of degree. Options B and C are not using any comparative form of degree.

Thus, option D is the correct answer out of all the options.

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.
Who sings the __________ in your class?

  1. happy

  2. more happily

  3. happily

  4. most happily


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The given sentence is an example of the adverb of superlative degree. Superlative form of an adverb is used to show something has performed an action to the greatest or least degree. 'Happily' is an adverb of positive degree. 'More happily' is an adverb of comparative degree. 'Most happily' is an adverb of superlative degree. 'Happy' is an adverb of manner. 

Thus, option D is the correct answer. 

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.
Robert works less _________ than Tom.

  1. carefully

  2. careful

  3. careless

  4. as carelessly as


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The given sentence is an example of the adverb of comparative degree. An adverb that compares two things becomes a comparative degree of an adverb. 'As' is used as an adverb for referring to what someone or something does or how they appear. 

Thus, option A is the correct answer out of all the options.