Choose the correct word class Flashcards
The children _______________ open their presents on Christmas Day.
a) eager
b) eagerly
c) eagerness
The children eagerly open their presents on Christmas Day. (adverb)
The _____________ student calmly walks into the exam room.
a) confident
b) confidently
c) confidence
The confident student calmly walks into the exam room.
The lion ____________ holds the cub in its mouth.
a) gentle
b) gently
c) gentleness
The lion gently holds the cub in its mouth.
He __________ picked up all the glass figurines.
a) careful
b) carefully
c) carefulness
He carefully picked up all the glass figurines.
I wish you all the ______________ you deserve.
a) happy
b) happily
c) happiness
I wish you all the happiness you deserve. (noun)
The chicken curry tastes ______________.
a) delicious
b) deliciously
c) deliciousness
The chicken curry tastes delicious. (adjective)
NOTE: We do not use adverbs after link verbs, such as taste, feel and smell
The police stopped him because he was driving too ________.
a) fast (adjective)
b) fast (adverb)
c) fast (noun)
The police stopped him because he was driving too fast. (adverb)
NOTE: The meaning of the noun form of fast is different from the other two forms.
He couldn’t hide his ________. His face turned bright red.
a) angry
b) angrily
c) anger
He couldn’t hide his anger. His face turned bright red. (noun)
The gifted student graduated from school _________.
a) early (adjective)
b) early (adverb)
c) earliness (noun)
The gifted student graduated from school early. (adverb)
