Adjective or adverb? Good or well?
Grade 7 Reading Worksheet - Challenge Me
Circle the best answer.
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[1] The harbor town of Port Vale hosts a rowing race each June. [2] Crews practice early because the water stays calm until the wind rises. [3] The cox, who steers the boat, must speak clear above the splash of oars. [4] Last year's winning boat was more faster than any other boat in the race.
Ari finds two slips in one paragraph. Which pair of fixes is right?
- Sentence 3: “clear” to “clearly”; sentence 2: “calm” to “calmly”.
- Sentence 3: “clear” to “clearly”; sentence 4: “more faster” to “faster”.
- Sentence 2: “calm” to “calmly”; sentence 4: “more faster” to “faster”.
- Sentence 3: “clear” to “clearer”; sentence 4: “more faster” to “most fast”.
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[1] Kira's trail-mix recipe is simple. [2] Kira stirred the oats gentle so the nuts would not break. [3] The finished mix tastes sweetly, with a salty crunch. [4] Everyone who tried a handful said it was good.
Bo finds two slips in one paragraph. Which pair of fixes is right?
- Sentence 2: “gentle” to “gently”; sentence 4: “good” to “well”.
- Sentence 2: “gentle” to “gently”; sentence 3: “sweetly” to “sweet”.
- Sentence 3: “sweetly” to “sweet”; sentence 1: “simple” to “simply”.
- Sentence 2: “gentle” to “gentler”; sentence 3: “sweetly” to “sweeter”.
Ren answered the interviewer truthful and direct, and the answers seemed carefully rehearsed. Esme wants one revision that fixes the modifiers and keeps the meaning. Which works?
- Ren answered the interviewer truthfully and directly, and the answers seemed carefully rehearsed.
- Ren answered the interviewer truthfully and direct, and the answers seemed carefully rehearsed.
- Ren answered the interviewer truthfully and directly, though the answers seemed carefully rehearsed.
- Ren answered the interviewer truthful and direct, and the answers seemed carefully rehearsed.
Pia spoke quiet and softly, so the back row could not hardly hear the speech. Jun wants one revision that fixes the modifiers, cuts the repeated idea and keeps the meaning. Which works?
- Pia spoke more softly, so the back row could hardly hear the speech.
- Pia spoke softly, so the back row could not hardly hear the speech.
- Pia spoke quiet and softly, so the back row could hardly hear the speech.
- Pia spoke softly, so the back row could hardly hear the speech.
Of the two designs, Jun's is the most simplest, and it works more good than Ari's. Kira wants one revision that fixes every comparison and keeps the meaning. Which works?
- Of the two designs, Jun's is simpler, and it works more well than Ari's.
- Of the two designs, Jun's is more simpler, and it works better than Ari's.
- Of the two designs, Jun's is the simplest, and it works better than Ari's.
- Of the two designs, Jun's is simpler, and it works better than Ari's.
A: The chef tasted the sauce carefully. B: The sauce tasted wonderful. Milo compares two sentences with the same verb. Which explanation fits both?
- In both sentences tasted is an action the speaker does, so each needs an adverb, and wonderful in B should be wonderfully.
- In both sentences tasted links two ideas together, so each needs an adjective, and carefully in A should be careful.
- In A, tasted is an action the chef does, so an adverb tells how; in B, tasted links the sauce to a word that describes it.
- In A, tasted links the chef to the sauce, so an adverb is right; in B, tasted is an action, so an adjective is used.
A: Jun turned slowly toward the door. B: The sky turned dark. Pia compares two sentences with the same verb. Which explanation fits both?
- In A, turned is an action Jun does, so slowly tells how; in B, turned links the sky to dark, which describes it.
- In A, turned links Jun to the door, so slow is needed; in B, turned is an action, so darkly is needed to tell how.
- In both sentences turned is an action that someone does, so slowly is right in A and darkly is needed in B.
- In both sentences turned links two ideas together, so slow is needed in A and dark is right in B as written.
A: Ren's essay is longer than Luz. B: Ren's essay is longer than Luz's. Ren compares two sentences. Which statement is true?
- A compares an essay with a person, Luz, which is not a fair comparison; B compares Ren's essay with Luz's essay.
- Both mean the same thing, because a comparison with a name refers to the work that person wrote.
- A is the better sentence because it is shorter, and the reader can see that Luz means Luz's essay.
- B is wrong because the apostrophe turns Luz into an adjective and hides which essay is being measured.
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A: Zee's score was higher than any score on the team. B: Zee's score was higher than any other score on the team.
Tala compares two sentences. Which statement is true?
- Both mean the same thing, because other adds a word without changing which scores on the team are compared.
- B is wrong because other makes the comparison unclear, since it hides which of the scores is being measured.
- A is the better sentence because any covers each score on the team, including Zee's, so the comparison cannot be challenged.
- A counts Zee's own score among the scores it beats, so it says the score is higher than itself; B compares it with the rest.
A: Milo can barely hear the radio. B: Milo can't barely hear the radio. Zee compares two sentences. Which statement is true?
- A is correct: barely already means almost not, so adding can't in B makes two negatives that cancel the meaning.
- B is correct: can't makes the sentence stronger, and barely is an adjective that describes the radio in the sentence.
- Both are correct, because can't and barely agree with each other, and agreeing words make the point clearer to readers.
- A is wrong: barely needs a helper word such as not or can't to show that the hearing is weak and the sound is low.