Adjective or Adverb? Good and Well, Bad and Badly, and Comparisons — Answers
Answer sheet with model answers and success criteria for the Year 7 adjectives & adverbs worksheet.
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Part A: Which form fits?
Circle the correct word. Ask: is it describing a noun (use an adjective) or a verb, adjective or adverb (use an adverb)?
- Agood
- Bwell
Answer: well
Well is an adverb here. It tells us how she plays (it describes the verb plays).
- Agood
- Bwell
Answer: good
Good is an adjective. It describes the noun answer.
- Abad
- Bbadly
Answer: badly
Badly is an adverb describing how the team played.
- Abad
- Bbadly
Answer: bad
After a linking verb such as feel, be, seem or look, we use an adjective to describe the subject. I feel bad describes the person, not the action of feeling.
- Adelicious
- Bdeliciously
Answer: delicious
Smells is a linking verb here, so the adjective delicious describes the soup.
- Aquick
- Bquickly
Answer: quickly
Quickly describes how he answered, so the adverb is needed.
- Areal
- Breally
Answer: really
Really is an adverb modifying the adjective hard. In formal writing, real should only describe a noun (a real diamond).
- Agood
- Bwell
Answer: well
When we mean healthy, well works as an adjective: I feel well means I am not sick. I feel good describes mood and is also common in speech, but well is the precise choice for health.
Part B: Adjective or adverb?
Circle whether the bold word is working as an adjective or an adverb in the sentence.
- Aadjective
- Badverb
Answer: adverb
It tells us how she folded the map.
- Aadjective
- Badverb
Answer: adjective
It follows the linking verb be and describes the person.
- Aadjective
- Badverb
Answer: adverb
Some words, such as fast, hard and late, are both adjectives and adverbs. Here it tells us how the train moved.
- Aadjective
- Badverb
Answer: adjective
Here fast describes the noun train.
- Aadjective
- Badverb
Answer: adjective
Not every word ending in -ly is an adverb. Friendly, lonely, lovely and ugly are adjectives.
- Aadjective
- Badverb
Answer: adverb
It tells us how he worked. (Hardly means almost not at all, which is a different meaning.)
Part C: Comparisons
Write the missing comparative or superlative form. Watch out for irregular words.
Answer: best
Answer: worse
Answer: better
Answer: least
Answer: more
Answer: more carefully
Most adverbs ending in -ly use more and most rather than -er and -est.
Answer: earliest
Early is both an adjective and an adverb. Change the y to i and add -est.
Answer: farther
Further and furthest are also used, especially for ideas (further discussion).
Part D: Fix the mistakes
Rewrite each sentence correctly, or circle True or False.
Answer: This puzzle is harder than the last one.
- Use either -er or more, never both.
Answer: She is the fastest swimmer in the club.
- Use either -est or most, never both.
Answer: Of the two paintings, I like the bright one better.
- When comparing exactly two things, formal writing uses the comparative (better), not the superlative (best).
Answer: He drives more slowly than his sister, but he parks better.
- In formal writing, the comparative of the adverb slowly is more slowly.
- The comparative of well (the adverb) is better.
Answer: False
In formal writing, use the adverb: I did well on the test.
Answer: True
Look is a linking verb and lovely is an adjective describing the flowers.
Part E: Your turn
Model answer: Our school band performed at the regional music festival on Saturday. The brass section started badly, with two trumpets coming in a beat too early. However, the conductor stayed calm and the players recovered well. By the second piece, the band sounded much better than at the final rehearsal, and the drummer kept time more steadily than ever before. The judges said our slow piece was the best performance of the afternoon. Everyone felt good on the bus home, even the trumpet players who had felt bad about the start.
Success criteria:
- Good, well, bad and badly each used correctly
- At least two correct comparatives (for example better, more steadily)
- At least one correct superlative
- No double comparisons
- Five to seven complete, well-punctuated sentences
Marking tips
- Give credit for correct method even when the final answer slips — the working shows where the thinking went right.
- For open-ended tasks, use the success criteria as a checklist rather than looking for one "right" answer.
- Celebrate what went well first, then pick one thing to work on next.