Fill in the blanks with an adverb of the appropriate form.

1. Cyanide is ……………………….. poisonous. (dead / deadly)

2. The bird flew ………………………… (high / highly)

3. He was ……………………… treated. (rough / roughly)

4. He was ……………………… tired. (dead / deadly)

5. We are ………………………….. behind you. (right / rightly)

6. I ……………………… assumed that he was not coming. (right / rightly)

7. That serves him ……………………….. (right / rightly)

8. I didn’t get it ………………………… first time. (right / rightly)

9. She always arrives …………………………… (late / lately)

10. I worked really ……………………….. last month. (hard / hardly)

11. We started ……………………… after breakfast. (right / rightly)

12. She ………………………. needs some rest. (bad / badly)

Answers

1. Cyanide is deadly poisonous.

2. The bird flew high.

3. He was roughly treated.

4. He was dead tired.

5. We are right behind you.

6. I rightly assumed that he was not coming.

7. That serves him right.

8. I didn’t get it right first time.

9. She always arrives late.

10. I worked really hard last month.

11. We started right after breakfast. (Right can mean exactly or just.)

12. She badly needs some rest.