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 “clearer”; sentence 4: “more faster” to “most fast”.
- Sentence 2: “calm” to “calmly”; sentence 4: “more faster” to “faster”.
- Sentence 3: “clear” to “clearly”; sentence 4: “more faster” to “faster”.
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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 “gentler”; sentence 3: “sweetly” to “sweeter”.
- 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”.
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 truthful and direct, 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, and the answers seemed carefully rehearsed.
- Ren answered the interviewer truthfully and directly, though 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 softly, so the back row could hardly hear the speech.
- 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.
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Between the two routes, the river trail is the most scenic, and it is more better kept than the ridge route.
Luz wants one revision that fixes every comparison and keeps the meaning. Which works?
- Between the two routes, the river trail is more scenic, and it is more good kept than the ridge route.
- Between the two routes, the river trail is more scenic, and it is more better kept than the ridge route.
- Between the two routes, the river trail is the most scenic, and it is better kept than the ridge route.
- Between the two routes, the river trail is more scenic, and it is better kept than the ridge route.
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 A, tasted links the chef to the sauce, so an adverb is right; in B, tasted is an action, so an adjective is used.
- 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 both sentences tasted links two ideas together, so each needs an adjective, and carefully in A should be careful.
- In both sentences tasted is an action the speaker does, so each needs an adverb, and wonderful in B should be wonderfully.
A: The inspector looked closely at the bridge. B: The bridge looked unsafe. Noah compares two sentences with the same verb. Which explanation fits both?
- In both sentences looked links two ideas together, so close is needed in A and unsafe is right in B as written.
- In A, looked links the inspector to the bridge, so closely should be close; in B, looked is an action, so unsafely is needed.
- In A, looked is an action the inspector does, so closely tells how; in B, looked links the bridge to unsafe, which describes it.
- In both sentences looked is an action someone does, so closely is right in A and unsafely is needed in B instead of unsafe.
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?
- B is wrong because the apostrophe turns Luz into an adjective and hides which essay is being measured.
- 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.
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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?
- B is wrong because other makes the comparison unclear, since it hides which of the scores is being measured.
- 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.
- Both mean the same thing, because other adds a word without changing which scores on the team are compared.
- A is the better sentence because any covers each score on the team, including Zee's, so the comparison cannot be challenged.
A: Milo can barely hear the radio. B: Milo can't barely hear the radio. Zee compares two sentences. Which statement is true?
- 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.
- A is correct: barely already means almost not, so adding can't in B makes two negatives that cancel the meaning.