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Identifying Adverbs
At the Mall...

Reading Level 3

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

1. 	Molly really wanted to purchase the pink shoes but Bridget wore them to school yesterday.	

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. 	Devon couldn't hear Kiki because the diamond studs shining brightly on the rack distracted him.	

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

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

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

10. 	Angie carefully studied the overpriced designer dress for flaws.	

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

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

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

12. 	Brittany 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 designer dress.	

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

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

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

15. 	Kiki believed that the chain wallet would match Ken's jeans perfectly.	

a)	chain	b)	Ken's	
c)	jeans	d)	perfectly	

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

22. 	Kiki was so mad at Bruce for forgetting her birthday that she left the mall and went to the water park.	

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

23. 	Lola usually parks her car at the southern end of the lot since there are fewer cars and less traffic there.	

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

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

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

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

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

26. 	The salesman 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 stack of display mattresses in the beding store.	

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

28. 	Those pretty pink Pamela Paul purses at the boutique store are selling out fast.	

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

29. 	Ken stared blankly at the angelic store clerk at the sweater stand.	

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

30. 	Angie was having an amazing time with her friends, but she had to leave the mall early to study for her biology exam.	

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