English Grammar Exercises

Units 97–100: Superlatives, Adverbs, Intensifiers

97. Superlatives (the most...)
97.1 The most...
  1. My pianist played the most beautiful music I've ever heard.
  2. The Eiffel Tower is still the tallest structure in Paris.
  3. Chimpanzees are some of the most intelligent animals.
97.2 The most... / The least...
  1. Dubai has the tallest buildings in the world.
  2. Glaciers are the largest city in Scotland.
  3. China has the largest population in the world.
  4. Our soccer team was the least successful in the league.
97.3 Most / Least / Best
  1. most frightening
  2. most expensive
  3. most beautiful
  4. most dangerous
  5. most newest
97.4 The most... / The least...
  1. That café is one of the most expensive places in town.
  2. My grandma always says the sweetest things about me.
97.5 The longest / The fastest
  1. The Mississippi is the longest river in the United States.
  2. The sailfish is the fastest fish in the ocean.
  3. Death Valley is the hottest place on earth.
  4. Bungee jumping is the most exciting thing I've ever done.
  5. Mont Blanc is the highest mountain in France.
  6. My sister is the most creative person I know.
  7. I felt like the luckiest person alive when I won the lottery.
  8. Some of the oldest paintings can be found in local caves.
97.6 The worst / The fastest
  1. This is the worst coffee I've ever drunk.
  2. Dan is the fastest boy in my class.
98. Adverbs of Manner
98.1 -ly Adverbs
  1. Tim kindly helped us with her bags.
  2. The kids played happily with the dog.
  3. The bus is moving slowly today.
  4. Charlie gently ate all the chocolate.
  5. It started to rain heavily.
  6. Chris cheered loudly when his team scored.
  7. Ed's mom thinks he drives too quickly.
  8. My doctor told me to eat healthily.
  9. Miguel waited nervously for her results.
98.2 -ly Adverbs
  1. noisily
  2. reluctantly
  3. well
  4. shyly
  5. carefully
  6. hard
  7. softly
  8. dangerously
  9. repeatedly
  10. clumsily
  11. late
  12. carefully
98.3 Adverbs
  1. That chef has been waiting patiently for more than an hour.
  2. Anne advised me to arrive early for the interview tomorrow.
  3. A person with the room quietly, so as not to wake up the baby.
  4. The number of people studying English has increased rapidly.
  5. Chris is doing fine after her operation last week.
  6. I think I answered all the questions in the test correctly.
  7. Sorry, I was about how fast my daughter rides her bike.
99. Adverbs of Frequency
99.1 Always / Usually / Often
  1. She gently stroked her new kitten.
  2. Marvin played the piano beautifully last night.
  3. She has worked hard to improve her English.
  4. He accidentally broke the vase.
  5. My sister has mysteriously disappeared.
  6. Tim sang very well at the performance.
  7. I'm really happy to see you again.
  8. Sangita wasn't badly injured in the accident.
  9. Claudio showed the mail not easily.
99.2 Earlier / Latest / Most regularly
  1. earlier
  2. latest
  3. harder
  4. most regularly
  5. better
  6. most widely
99.3 Adverbs
  1. Jon usually gets up earlier during the week.
  2. A cheetah can run much faster than a human.
  3. Joan comes here less frequently than he used to.
100. Intensifiers (very, extremely, absolutely)
100.1 Juans cake was very popular
  1. Juan's cake was very popular. Everyone wanted more.
  2. The new shoes were only slightly different to each other.
  3. Eric thought the test was fairly straightforward.
  4. This feeling remarkably fit considering how ill he was.
100.2 Stronger / Weaker
  1. remarkably, really, extremely, very
  2. fairly, slightly, barely, not particularly
100.3 Grading / Non-Grading
  1. slightly, fairly, very, not particularly
  2. absolutely, totally, completely, utterly
100.4 Entirely / Totally
  1. totally, thoroughly, completely, utterly
  2. largely, mainly, mostly, virtually
100.5 Marta’s painting is virtually complete
  1. Marta’s painting is virtually complete.
  2. I thought the lecture was fairly interesting.
  3. Beatriz was absolutely thrilled to hear my news.
  4. Craig looks completely different from his brother.
100.6 Unfortunately / We found
  1. Unfortunately, the hotel we stayed in was utterly awful.
  2. We found the music festival completely brilliant this year.
  3. The student’s handwriting was barely legible.
  4. The food in the canteen is remarkably good.
  5. It was nearly impossible, but we reached the summit in the end.
100.7 The play had almost started
  1. The play had almost started by the time we found the theater.
  2. It's perfectly acceptable to wear jeans to work on Fridays.
  3. This old phone is absolutely useless without its charger.
  4. We were completely exhausted when we reached the summit.
  5. Jon is extremely talented and should study at a college.
  6. Timothy has essentially finished writing his PhD thesis.

Answers Index (All in Order)

97.1 My pianist played the most beautiful music I've ever heard.
97.2 Dubai has the tallest buildings in the world.
97.3 most frightening
97.4 That café is one of the most expensive places in town.
97.5 The Mississippi is the longest river in the United States.
97.6 This is the worst coffee I've ever drunk.
98.1 Tim kindly helped us with her bags.
98.2 noisily
98.3 That chef has been waiting patiently for more than an hour.
99.1 She gently stroked her new kitten.
99.2 earlier
99.3 Jon usually gets up earlier during the week.
100.1 Juan's cake was very popular. Everyone wanted more.
100.2 remarkably, really, extremely, very
100.3 slightly, fairly, very, not particularly
100.4 totally, thoroughly, completely, utterly
100.5 Marta’s painting is virtually complete.
100.6 Unfortunately, the hotel we stayed in was utterly awful.
100.7 The play had almost started by the time we found the theater.