WREN & MARTIN's English grammar- formation of adverbs

 

Here are 10 MCQs on the formation of adverbs — plain text, ready to copy and paste:

1. How is the adverb formed from the adjective "quick"? A) quickier B) quickest C) quickly D) quickness

✅ Answer: C) quickly The most common way to form an adverb is by adding -ly to an adjective. Quick → quickly. This rule applies to the majority of descriptive adverbs in English.

2. Which adverb is correctly formed from the adjective "happy"? A) happyly B) happily C) happly D) happily

✅ Answer: B) happily When an adjective ends in -y, change the -y to -i before adding -ly: happy → happily. Other examples: easy → easily, heavy → heavily, angry → angrily.

3. What is the correct adverb formed from "terrible"? A) terriblely B) terriblily C) terribly D) terriblely

✅ Answer: C) terribly When an adjective ends in -le, drop the -e and add -y: terrible → terribly. Other examples: gentle → gently, simple → simply, possible → possibly, comfortable → comfortably.

4. Which of the following adjectives forms an adverb that is IDENTICAL to the adjective — with no change at all? A) careful B) beautiful C) fast D) happy

✅ Answer: C) fast Some adverbs have the same form as their adjective: fast (adjective: a fast car / adverb: he ran fast), hard, late, early, high, low, straight. These are called flat adverbs.

5. What is the adverb formed from the adjective "full"? A) fullly B) fulily C) fully D) fulley

✅ Answer: C) fully When an adjective ends in a single -l, simply add -ly: full → fully. Note: only one extra "l" is added — not two. Similarly: careful → carefully, helpful → helpfully.

6. Which sentence uses a correctly formed adverb? A) She answered the question honest. B) He spoke to her very rude. C) They worked very hardly. D) She answered the question honestly.

✅ Answer: D) "Honestly" is correctly formed from the adjective "honest" by adding -ly. "Hardly" means "scarcely" — not the adverb of "hard." "Rude" and "honest" without -ly are adjectives, not adverbs.

7. What is the adverb form of the adjective "due"? A) duely B) duly C) duelly D) duily

✅ Answer: B) duly When an adjective ends in -ue, drop the final -e before adding -ly: due → duly. Similarly: true → truly, whole → wholly. Note that "wholly" drops both the -e and follows the -le rule.

8. Which of the following is NOT a correctly formed adverb? A) bravely B) wisely C) simply D) gentlely

✅ Answer: D) gentlely "Gentlely" is incorrect. When an adjective ends in -le, drop the -e and add -y only: gentle → gently. Adding "-ly" directly to "gentle" to get "gentlely" is a very common error.

9. The adjective "public" forms which adverb? A) publicy B) publicly C) publicly D) publickly

✅ Answer: C) publicly Adjectives ending in -ic add -ally to form adverbs: basic → basically, dramatic → dramatically, automatic → automatically. However, "public" is an exception — it forms "publicly" (not "publically"), making it one of the most commonly misspelled adverbs.

10. Which of the following correctly identifies how the adverb "sideways" is formed? A) By adding -ly to the adjective "side" B) By dropping -e from "sidewaye" C) By adding -ways to the noun "side" D) By changing -y to -i and adding -ly

✅ Answer: C) By adding -ways to the noun "side" Some adverbs are formed by adding suffixes like -ways, -ward(s), or -wise to nouns or adjectives: side → sideways, home → homeward(s), clock → clockwise. These are alternative adverb-forming patterns beyond the common -ly rule.

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