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Adjective or Adverb Worksheet 2
At the Arctic Circle...

Reading Level 3

Directions: Choose the pair of words that best completes each sentence. Remember, adjectives modify nouns and pronouns and adverbs modify verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs.		

1. 	Cole the Polar Bear snatched a ________ mackerel out of the ________ water with his vicious bear paw.	

a)	slow, icy	b)	slowly, icy	
c)	slow, icily	d)	slowly, icily	

2. 	Moss is one of the few plants resilient enough to grow ________ during the ________ summers in the Arctic Circle.	

a)	good, frigid	b)	well, frigid	
c)	good, frigidly	d)	well, frigidly	

3. 	Suzy the Snow Fox sniffed ________ at the ________ ground of the frozen tundra to no avail.	

a)	hungry, bare	b)	hungry, barely	
c)	hungrily, bare	d)	hungrily, barely	

4. 	Cole the Polar Bear danced ________ under the ________ starlight.	

a)	dainty, bright	b)	daintily, bright	
c)	dainty, brightly	d)	daintily, brightly	

5. 	Alex the Arctic Wolf shivered ________ in the ________ winds that cut across the Arctic wasteland	

a)	shaky, coldly	b)	shaky, cold	
c)	shakily, coldly	d)	shakily, cold	

6. 	Cole the Polar Bear desperately chased a ________ seal back into the ________ water.	

a)	chubby, freezing	b)	chubbily, freezing	
c)	chubby, freezingly	d)	chubbily, freezingly	

7. 	When Sean the Seal saw his son swimming in the Arctic Sea, he clapped ________ and ________.	

a)	loud, proud	b)	loudly, proud	
c)	loud, proudly	d)	loudly, proudly	

8. 	Cole the Polar Bear looked up and saw the Northern Lights blazing ________ across the ________ sky.	

a)	bold, shimmering	b)	bold, shimmeringly	
c)	boldly, shimmering	d)	boldly, shimmeringly	

9. 	Lenny the Lemming is a ________ and ________ houseguest, but at times he can be a bit of a follower.	

a)	quiet, polite	b)	quietly, polite	
c)	quiet, politely	d)	quietly, politely	

10. 	Sean the Seal swam ________ past the ________ polar bear's punishing paws.	

a)	stealthy, powerful	b)	stealthily, powerful	
c)	stealthy, powerfully	d)	stealthily, powerfully	

11. 	Tim the Trout took a hook to his ________ tail and was ________ injured while he was swimming from a killer whale.	

a)	tired, serious	b)	tiredly, serious	
c)	tired, seriously	d)	tiredly, seriously	

12. 	Sean the Seal slid ________ on the ________ snow patch while trying to escape from the Polar Bear.	

a)	wild, slippery	b)	wildly, slippery	
c)	wild, slipperily	d)	wildly, slipperily	

13. 	Cole the Polar Bear blended ________ with the ________ snow surrounding him.	

a)	splendid, pale	b)	splendidly, pale	
c)	splendid, palely	d)	splendidly, palely	

14. 	Wally the Walrus grabbed a whalebone and ________ brushed his ________ tusks.	

a)	dirty, new	b)	dirtily, new	
c)	dirty, newly	d)	dirtily, newly	

15. 	Suzy the Snow Fox dug a hole in the ________ snow to make a ________ den for the litter of kits that she expected.	

a)	dirty, new	b)	dirtily, new	
c)	dirty, newly	d)	dirtily, newly	

16. 	Wally the Walrus waddled ________ watching for ________ polar bears.	

a)	wary, hungry	b)	wary, hungrily	
c)	warily, hungry	d)	warily, hungrily	

17. 	Alex the Arctic Wolf ________ ate an ________ delicious musk ox with his wolf brothers.	

a)	angry, amazing	b)	angrily, amazing	
c)	angry, amazingly	d)	angrily, amazingly	

18. 	Sean the Seal balanced a frozen snowball ________ on his ________ nose and wispy whiskers.	

a)	brief, nosy	b)	brief, nosily	
c)	briefly, nosily	d)	briefly, nosy	

19. 	Tim the Trout swam ________ through the ________ seaweed looking for tiny things to eat.	

a)	sly, slimy	b)	sly, slimily	
c)	slyly, slimy	d)	slyly, slimily	

20. 	Sean the Seal is ________ and ________ playful for an animal that is hunted by polar bears, sharks, and killer whales.	

a)	silly, real	b)	sillily, real	
c)	silly, really	d)	sillily, really	

21. 	Suzy the Snow Fox is a ________ mother, a ________ hunter, and a friend to the scavengers and carrion.	

a)	good, vicious	b)	goodly, vicious	
c)	good, viciously	d)	goodly, viciously	

22. 	Cole the Polar Bear swam ________ in the ________ sea in search of something scrumptious to eat.	

a)	swift, silent	b)	swiftly, silent	
c)	swift, silently	d)	swiftly, silently	

23. 	Sean the Seal ________ splashed the ________ walrus while he sunbathed on an iceberg.	

a)	gentle, happy	b)	gently, happily	
c)	gentle, happily	d)	gently, happy	

24. 	Wally the Walrus flopped his ________ body ________ onto an iceberg.	

a)	fat, noisy	b)	fatly, noisy	
c)	fat, noisily	d)	fatly, noisily	

25. 	Cole the Polar Bear pawed ________ at the ________ lemming like a big playful puppy.	

a)	lazy, lame	b)	lazily, lame	
c)	lazy, lamely	d)	lazily, lamely	

26. 	Alex the Arctic Wolf ran ________ at ________ seals as they scattered.	

a)	speedy, skittish	b)	speedy, skittishly	
c)	speedily, skittish	d)	speedily, skittishly	

27. 	Sean the Seal swam ________ and ________ in the scintillating sea.	

a)	silent, safe	b)	silently, safe	
c)	silent, safely	d)	silently, safely	

28. 	Suzy the Snow Fox was ________ to see the seals get swallowed by the ________ polar bear, because she wanted to eat them herself.	

a)	sad, savage	b)	sadly, savage	
c)	sad, savagely	d)	sadly, savagely	

29. 	Cole the Polar Bear thought that Tim the Trout tasted ________ even though his rotting carcass smelled ________.	

a)	good, bad	b)	well, bad	
c)	good, badly	d)	well, badly	

30. 	Wally the Walrus waddled and wobbled ________ into the ________ water after the walrus brawl.	

a)	weak, warm	b)	weakly, warm	
c)	weakly, warmly	d)	weak, warmly