Chapter – 14

1. Choose the correct adverb from the box to complete the sentence below.

Finally partially hardly thoroughly really quickly safely once thrice rather fast initially anywhere loudly inside A girl was trapped ………… a compartment when the train caught fire. All that I thought of at that moment was to bring the girl out of the fire ……………… . I tried entering the compartment through the emergency window …………… and …………… through the half open door. It was …………… difficult because the train was running ……………… . I jumped into the compartment through the door. ……………… I could not find the girl …………… . I ………… could out for her. …………… I found her behind a sack full of sugar. She was …………… unconscious. She could keep her eyes open. I …………… shook her to wake her up. The fire was becoming …………… bad. I ………… held her tight and jumped out of train.

1. Fill in the blanks using the adverbs you have formed on the previous page.

Priya is the class teacher of class VII. She maintains discipline in her class very ………….. . Her students love her very much as she is very ……………… with them.
Today, the principal found the student of priya’s class loitering …………….. in the corridor, ………………… talking and singing during the lunch break. She sent for Priya …………….. . When asked for an explanation, Priya told the principal how her students …………….. behind in a …………………. disciplined way. Today the class had won the interschool quiz trophy, so the students were found running around …………………, singing ………………… and cheering around the school ……………… . Her ……………… concern for her students pleased the principal very much. The principal accepted her justification ……………… and warned her students to be careful next time. She came out of the principal’s room ………………, feeling content with her ability to handle the situation …………….. .

1. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate adverbs.

a.His father has ……………… arrived. (just/justly)
b.They live a very ……………. life. (low/lowly)
c.I’ve ………………. Finished this work. (near/ nearly)
d.Priya hates it when her students arrive ……………. for the class. (late/lately)
e.………………, they have been coming on time. (late/lately)
f.It is ………………… to find a shop here. (hard/hardly)
g.They were ……………. punished for their mischief. (just/justly)
h.There is ……………… any population around. (hard/hardly)
i.You are running …………… of time. (short/shortly)
j.I will report to you …………….. . (short/shortly)

1. You work …………. (hard) than anyone in this class. None of your friends work as ……………. (hard) as you do. Remember only those who work the …………… (hard) will receive the desirable result at the end.
2. Riddhi spoke very …………… (gently) to you. But you answered back so rudely. Don’t you think that you should speak …………… (gently) to your friends? In fact, Riddhi behaves ……………. (gently) in the entire class. One should learn this quality from her.
3. Jaya felt ………….. (bad) when she fell down. She felt ……………. (bad) when nobody came forward to help her.
4. I refuse to comment as I seem to know ……………… (little) than necessary information is not available.