Adjective/Adverb test
A) Underline the correct option:
Last summer my son, Patrick, and I went on holiday in Cornwall, 1) warmest / the most
warm / the most warmest / the warmest / warmer part of England. One day, Partick met
a friendly 2) fair hair / fair-hair / fair-hairing / fair-haired surfing instructor who 3) kind /
kindly promised to teach us how to surf. Although I am not 4) a good / better / the best /
the better / the goodest swimmer in the world, I agreed because I like to spend 5) the
many / many / so many / as many / more / the most hours as possible with Patrick
during our 6) unforgettable / unforgettably holidays. The next morning it seemed that it
would be one of 7) beautiful / the most beautiful / more beautiful / as beautiful / the
more beautiful days of the summer. However, as soon as we got to the beach and were
ready to jump into the 8) silver / silvery /silvered / silvering water, the weather suddenly
changed. The winds were blowing 9) as harder / harder / the same harder / the harder
and harder and it seemed that the waves were 10) far / by far / very / as / so / slight /
very much higher than some houses! The more we thought about surfing, 11)
frightened / more frightened / the more frightened / the most frightened / as frightened
we got. Fortunately the 12) well-trained / well-training / good-trained / good training
instructor assured us that it was not 13) bad / the worst / so bad / the same bad / worse
as it looked. In the end we decided to go for this 14) nerve-racking / nerve-racked
experience and hope for the best! We both had a wonderful day and Patrick was
much 15) good / better / the best / well at surfing.
B) Прикметники/прислівники в тестах ЗНО
2010 In some regions of Russia, it is believed that an elderly woman called Babushka
пробне (38) ______ gave the wise men wrong directions to Bethlehem so that they
couldn't find Jesus.
A. purposeful B. purposive C. purposeless D. purposely
2010 ос Others flew down the River Thames, only to make a (39) ______ turn at a bridge.
A. distinct B. distinction C. distinctly D. distinctive
2015 дс In 2003 (33) ________ form of the popular Skype icon was launched.
33. A. earlier B. the earliest C. earliest D. the earlier
2016 дс Nasca lines are massive (33)______ drawings on the desert plateaus of Peru…
A. mystery B. mysteriously C. mystify D. mysterious
2017 ос One of my (33) _____ memorable summers was my trip down under to New
Zealand and Australia when I had the opportunity to be a part of the People to
People Student Exchange program.
A. the more B. the most C. most D. much
2017 дс Today (33) _____ than ever, every place in our world is connected to every other
place.
A. many B. more C. much D. most
...scientists discovered that the (37) _____ winds that speed flights from Chicago to
Boston were also carrying power plant emissions from the Midwest that were
causing acid rain in New England.
A. prevails B. prevailed C. prevailing D. prevail
2017 A system of names to refer to them was (36) __________ to track and remember.
пробне A. easily B. the easier C. more easily D. much easier
2018 ос Space begins about sixty miles from Earth’s surface, which is (54)_____ close.
A. surprisingly B. surprised C. surprise D. surprising
2018 дс This interesting memorial showing Albert Einstein sitting on a (50)_____ bench of
Mount Airy Worth Carolina) is present at the National Academy of Sciences,
Washington DC.
A. three-steps B. three-step C. three-steps’ D. three-step’s
It is (53)______ that the astronomers from the US.
A. interesting B. interested C. interestingly D. interest
Wild animals are not 58 __________ to be kept as pets no matter how cute they may
seem.
A. suitably B. suit C. suitable D. suiting
2018 The fortunes of The Tower ravens reached their (52) __________ point soon after
пробне World War II.
A. the lowest B. lowest C. lower D. much lower
The successful aeroplane flights of the Americans Orville and Wilbur Wright in 1903
marked the beginning of the (54) __________ aviation industry.
A. practically B. practical C. practice D. practicality
2019 ос ...an extraordinarily difficult exam that involves detailed recall of streets and
locations within a 55__________ radius of London’s Charing Cross railway station.
A. six-mile B. six-mile’s C. six-miles’ D. six-miles
Drivers must know their directions backwards and forwards which is
a 58__________ task in the maze of London’s one-way streets and blocked-o
pedestrian zones.
A. complicating B. complicated C. complicate D. complication
2019 дс This alarm clock will be sure to wake even (49)_____ of sleepers.
A. heavier B. the heaviest C. heavy D. the heavier
It (54)_____ involves a group of diverse people.
A. much B. more C. most D. mostly
2019 A recent study may have an answer to one of (54)____ mysteries in science – what
пробне is the purpose of sleep?
A. much greater B. greater C. the greatest D. greatest
Attempt 2
Прикметники/прислівники в тестах ЗНО
2011 ос Still, big smiles are (39) ________ likely to reflect true happiness than partial smiles.
39 A much B most C many D more
2012 ос Although it’s known as the Mona Lisa, Leonardo da Vinci’s famous painting was
(39) _______ titled La Giaconda
39. A origin B original C originally D originality
2013 ос Despite warnings that it might set off a catastrophic chain reaction that could
destroy the Earth, scientists have (39) ________ created a miniature version of the
Big Bang, without any observable ill effects.
39 A successful B success C successfully D successfulness
2013 These birds have rounder wings than their Spanish cousins (which provide better
пробне mobility but are (41)________ suited to long-distance flight) and longer, narrower
beaks, better suited to bread and nuts than to olives.
41 A little B least C less D the least
2014 Many people choose a vegetarian diet out of concern over animal rights or the
пробне environment. And lots of people have (42) ______ one reason for choosing
vegetarianism.
42. A more B more than C the most D much more
2014 ос And the resorts are (35) _____ managed and the facilities are first-class. Niseko is
even (36) _____, with 30 miles of trails and plenty of off-piste too.
35 A beauty B beautiful C beautify D beautifully
36 A big B biggest C bigger D the biggest
At a White House ceremony, the president (41) _______ “pardons” the National
Thanksgiving Turkey and the alternate turkeys…
41 A traditionally B traditional C tradition D traditionary
2014 дс In fact, thanks to the modification of a single gene, he`s probably (33) ________
intelligent rat in the world.
33. A most B much more C the most D more
2015 … might be capable of expressing (35) _____ harmonic variety than the modern-
пробне day flute…
35 A greatest B great C the greatest D greater
2016 ос (40)________ place on the planet isn’t the sand-swept Sahara, Kalahari, or even the
Australian outback: it’s Antarctica, Earth’s southernmost continent
A. Driest B. The driest C. Drier D. The drier
2016 дс Scientists and anyone (36)______ by ancient cultures (37)______ that they could be
Inca roads, irrigation plans, images to be appreciated from primitive hot-air
balloons, and sometimes imagined them to be landing strips for alien spacecraft.
36. A. are fascinating B. fascinate C. fascinated D. fascinating
37. A. thinks B. has thought C. are thinking D. thought
2018 ос ...when it is dark they navigate using a sophisticated sonar (53)_____ called
echolocation.
A. system B. systematic C. systematically D. systematize
2018 Fortunately, these (50) __________ residents, since the resign of King Charles II, have
пробне been protected by royal decree.
A. respect B. respecting C. respected D. respectful