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Identifying Adverbs
At the Mall...

Reading Level 2

Directions: Read each of the following sentences. Identify the word functioning as an adverb. Circle your answer choice.

1. 	Molly really wanted to buy the pink shoes but Bridget wore them to school the other day.	

a)	pink	b)	really	
c)	shoes	d)	wanted	

2. 	Bridget was trying hard to return the torn dress but the grumpy clerk denied her.	

a)	hard	b)	torn	
c)	return	d)	grumpy	

3. 	Lola told her companion that she would never pay retail price at an outlet mall.	

a)	retail	b)	outlet	
c)	never	d)	pay	

4. 	Ken stared lovingly at his reflection in the antique mirror.	

a)	antique	b)	lovingly	
c)	reflection	d)	stared	

5. 	Bruce ran excitedly toward the big sale on shoes.	

a)	sale	b)	ran	
c)	big	d)	excitedly	

6. 	Lola was almost hungry enough to eat a whole cinnamon roll.	

a)	almost	b)	hungry	
c)	whole	d)	eat	

7. 	Kelly was very tired after an exhausting day of shopping.	

a)	long	b)	was	
c)	very	d)	tired	

8. 	The diamond studs shining brightly on the rack distracted Devon.	

a)	distracted	b)	brightly	
c)	shining	d)	diamond	

9. 	Kiki shrewdly compared the prices of the designer shoes.	

a)	prices	b)	designer	
c)	compared	d)	shrewdly	

10. 	Angie carefully studied the designer dress for flaws.	

a)	carefully	b)	dress	
c)	designer	d)	flaws	

11. 	Ken blushed while Kiki jokingly teased him about his new haircut.	

a)	new	b)	blushed	
c)	jokingly	d)	haircut	

12. 	Kiki knew her way around the Riverside Mall well.	

a)	Riverside	b)	knew	
c)	her	d)	well	

13. 	Angie thought that the red silk scarf would match beautifully with her dress.	

a)	red	b)	beautifully	
c)	would	d)	gown	

14. 	Angie was not ready to take the tags off the expensive red dress yet.	

a)	ready	b)	expensive	
c)	not	d)	red	

15. 	Ken felt that the chain wallet matched his jeans perfectly.	

a)	chain	b)	his	
c)	jeans	d)	perfectly	

16. 	Angie was too tired to stand in the long checkout line with her hands full of clothing.	

a)	too	b)	tired	
c)	checkout	d)	long	

17. 	Kiki wanted to buy the fancy pink shirt with the cowgirl tassels but it was clearly damaged.	

a)	damaged	b)	fancy	
c)	clearly	d)	pink	

18. 	Bruce cleverly saved the receipt from his bad haircut and now he sought a refund.	

a)	bad	b)	cleverly	
c)	saved	d)	haircut	

19. 	Lola laughed loudly at the silly joke that Kiki told her in the food court.	

a)	told	b)	silly	
c)	her	d)	loudly	

20. 	Bruce was quite upset that he missed that big sale on turtlenecks.	

a)	quite	b)	big	
c)	upset	d)	turtlenecks	

21. 	When Devon finally found a tie that matched his checkered shirt, he did a little dance.	

a)	little	b)	dance	
c)	checkered	d)	finally	

22. 	Kiki was so mad at Bruce for forgetting her birthday that she left the mall.	

a)	so	b)	mad	
c)	left	d)	birthday	

23. 	Lola usually parks her car at the southern end of the lot since fewer cars park there.	

a)	fewer	b)	usually	
c)	parks	d)	southern	

24. 	Bruce hardly noticed Molly's fancy new hairstyle.	

a)	fancy	b)	new	
c)	hardly	d)	Molly's	

25. 	Kiki was deeply in love with Devon, but he was more interested in someone else.	

a)	love	b)	someone	
c)	dashing	d)	deeply	

26. 	The man at the kiosk tried to sell a phone to Kiki, but she simply ignored him and continued on her way.	

a)	continued	b)	simply	
c)	kiosk	d)	way	

27. 	Angie was tired enough to fall asleep on the display mattresses in the bed store.	

a)	display	b)	tired	
c)	bed	d)	enough	

28. 	The pretty pink Pamela Paul purses are selling out fast.	

a)	fast	b)	pretty	
c)	pink	d)	selling	

29. 	Ken stared blankly at the beautiful store clerk at the news stand.	

a)	beautiful	b)	sweater	
c)	blankly	d)	stared	

30. 	Angie was having a lot of fun, but she had to leave the mall early to study for her biology exam.	

a)	study	b)	biology	
c)	amazing	d)	early