This first gap fill test contains 25 multiple choice questions on the topic of adjectives and adverbs of English grammar. Both English learners and ESL teachers can use this online exercise as a revision to check the knowledge of English adjectives and adverbs.
Adjectives and Adverbs Advanced Level Test 1
Question 1 |
He is _____ better at golf _____ at swimming because he even doesn't know how to hit the ball.
A | so / and |
B | any / so |
C | much / than |
D | more / to |
E | no / than |
Question 2 |
Do you know that ice-cream has about _____ calories as three glasses of milk?
A | so many |
B | as many |
C | so much |
D | as much |
E | as well |
Question 3 |
I have no doubt that in 2007 the French and the German will continue to be _____ receptive to foreign entrepreneurs _____ the British.
A | more / as |
B | such / that |
C | so / that |
D | less / than |
E | much / than |
Question 4 |
Few events have ______ powerfully influenced the political and economic development of our world _____ 11th September terrorist attacks.
A | much / than |
B | such / that |
C | the most / for |
D | so / as |
E | too / that |
Question 5 |
Did you know that learning to ski is _____ than learning to skate?
A | far more easier |
B | much easier |
C | so much easy |
D | as easy |
E | the easiest |
Question 6 |
Antique sales in the United States are _____ profitable _____ they used to be.
A | more / than |
B | so / as |
C | such / that |
D | such / as |
E | as / than |
Question 7 |
He hasn't done _____ well in life _____ his sister because he's been given fewer chances.
A | so / as |
B | such / as |
C | so / that |
D | as / that |
E | more / than |
Question 8 |
You should be concentrating on your project _____ listening to music all night long.
A | so that |
B | even if |
C | rather than |
D | such as |
E | no more |
Question 9 |
It's _____ a box for me to lift by myself so I think I need some help with this.
A | heavy |
B | too heavy |
C | very heavy |
D | a heavy big |
E | such heavy |
Question 10 |
I have _____ little free time _____ I probably won't be able to attend the meeting.
A | too / for |
B | such / that |
C | so / that |
D | very / to |
E | so / as |
Question 11 |
His attitude towards the verdict was _____ everyone supposed he was guilty.
A | so much |
B | as |
C | such that |
D | like |
E | similar |
Question 12 |
This pullover is _____ thicker than that black one but it seems it is _____ worse quality.
A | quite / as |
B | moderately / just as |
C | slightly / much |
D | very / fairly |
E | rather / more |
Question 13 |
When the weather will warm up again, it will also be the time when butterflies become _____ and lay many eggs which will soon turn into nice chubby juicy caterpillars, the favourite food of wasps and their larva.
A | as actively |
B | so active as |
C | more actively than |
D | such active as |
E | more active |
Question 14 |
Those who had been attacked gradually left, leaving Birmingham a _____ conservative city ______ it had been throughout the eighteenth century.
A | much / as |
B | more / than |
C | so / as |
D | such / that |
E | so / that |
Question 15 |
Our teacher was so indecisive that she was ______ persuaded to change her mind again.
A | readily |
B | subtly |
C | abruptly |
D | hardly |
E | punctually |
Question 16 |
Prevention of future needs will often avert far ______ hardship ____ a response after the fact.
A | a s /as |
B | so / that |
C | such / as |
D | more / than |
E | so / as |
Question 17 |
Although no two language courses are organized in _____ the same way, nearly all of them use the same type of system, materials and curriculum.
A | eternally |
B | roughly |
C | approximately |
D | exactly |
E | especially |
Question 18 |
Our manager always tells that he has met _____ different businessmen in his career _____ he now knows all kinds of them very well.
A | too much / as |
B | such a lot of / for |
C | too little / so |
D | so many / that |
E | more / than |
Question 19 |
John's parents received a letter from his teacher that said he was a good student, but that he talked to his friends _____ during the lesson.
A | incoherently |
B | infallibly |
C | vaguely |
D | illegibly |
E | incessantly |
Question 20 |
"Did you enjoy your vacation?"
“Well, I didn't like Egypt ______ Turkey.”
A | the half of |
B | half as much as |
C | half the much |
D | half the time as |
E | half as much of |
Question 21 |
It was ____ a boring book _____ I didn't want to read it once more.
A | so / that |
B | as / as |
C | very / that |
D | so / as |
E | such / that |
Question 22 |
Actually, I didn't grow up here. I ______ moved here from another town.
A | lately |
B | hardly |
C | properly |
D | nearly |
E | almost |
Question 23 |
The party was not a success because ______ anyone came.
A | just |
B | almost |
C | only |
D | hardly |
E | many |
Question 24 |
If the operation hadn’t been _____ successful, her nose would have been very ___ worse by now.
A | such / far |
B | little / more |
C | rather / a lot |
D | so / much |
E | as/many |
Question 25 |
Glaciers erode material as they move, and deposit that material _____ along their paths, forming a number of easily recognizable features that are characteristic of areas that were once glaciated.
A | as far as |
B | farther than |
C | farther |
D | so far that |
E | so far than |
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