Instructions: Read and study each rule and do the exercises for the rule. If you fail any of the exercises, you will fail the lesson. Simply restudy and redo the lessons to pass to the next lesson. Rules 51-60 ..Rule 51:. Never use an adjective to modify a verb. • He spoke angrily to me. • She does the work easily. Choose the correct answer: 78. He spoke (angrily, angry) to me. 79. She does the work (easily, easy). ..Rule 52:. good and well Never use the adjective good to modify a verb. • He does well in his English and grammar classes. • This pie looks good. Choose the correct answer: 80. He does (good, well) in his English and grammar classes. 81. This pie looks (good, well). Use well as an adjective to describe feeling or appearance. • I feel well today. He seems well. Choose the correct answer: 82. I feel (good, well) today. He seems (well, good). c. Use well as an adverb to tell how something is done. • John does well in track and basketball. • My car runs well. Choose the correct answer: 83. John does (good, well) in track and basketball. 84. My car runs (good, well). ..Rule 53:. bad and badly Use the adjective bad to describe feeling, appearance, and conditions. • I felt bad today. • The weather looks bad. Use the adverb badly to tell how something is done. • Our team played badly today. Choose the correct answer: 85. I felt (badly, bad) today. 86. The weather looks (bad, badly). 87. Our team played (badly, bad) today. ..Rule 54:. sure and surely Use the adverb surely when the meaning is certainly. • Your survey surely helped solve their problem (survey certainly helped…) Use sure only when certainly will not fit. • I’m sure of the date. (certainly will not fit) Choose the correct answer: 88. Your survey (surely, sure) helped solve their problem. 89. I’m (sure, surely) of the date. ..Rule 55:. real and really Use real only when the adverb really does not make sense. • This is a real silver dollar. (Really would not make sense.) • I’m really sorry. (Really does make sense.) Choose the correct answer: 90. This is a (real, really) silver dollar. 91. I’m (real, really) sorry. ..Rule 56:. most and almost Use the adverb almost not most when the meaning is nearly. • We are almost there. • Most of us are ready to go. Choose the correct answer: 92. We are (almost, most) there. 93. (Almost, Most) of us are ready to go. ..Rule 57:. Do not use two negative words such as no, not, never, none, nothing, nowhere, no one, and nobody to limit one idea. a. The n’t of a contraction is the same as a negative word. b. The words scarcely and hardly also carry a negative meaning. • I have no time for talking. • I have never worried about little things. • I can hardly remember anything lately. • Only a few people came to the party. Choose the correct answer: 94. I (have, haven’t) no time for talking. 95. I (can’t, can) hardly remember anything lately. 96. (Hardly nobody, Only a few people) came to the party ..Rule 58:. Never say this here, these here, that there, or those there. • This book is mine. • I’ll take those shoes. Choose the correct answer: 97. (This here, This) book is mine. 98. I’ll take (those shoes, those there shoes). ..Rule 59:. Use the comparative degree more in speaking of two things. • Which one of the twins does math more easily? Choose the correct answer: 99. Which one of the twins does math (more, most) easily? ..Rule 60:. Use the superlative degree best in speaking of more than two things. • Mom looked best of all the women. |