Instructions: Choose the best word or phrase from the options (a, b, c, or d) to fill the blank. Pay attention to whether you need an adjective, an adverb, or a noun.
1. His
attitude made him unpopular with his colleagues.
Choices: arrogant, arrogantly, arrogance, arrogants
2. Maria spoke to the new patients with a
tone that immediately put them at ease.
Choices: confident, confidently, confidence, confide
3. The new receptionist greeted every patient
with a smile.
Choices: friendly, friendlier, friendliness, in a friendly way
4. When the IT system went down, she was the first to offer
tips.
Choices: helpful, helpfully, help, helping
5. The
candidate solved the complex billing issue in minutes.
Choices: intelligent, intelligently, intelligence, intelligencer
6. She reacted
to the criticism and became upset.
Choices: sensitive, sensitively, sensitiveness, sensitivity
7. It was
of Jamie to bring an extra cup of coffee for the staff.
Choices: thoughtful, thoughtfully, thoughtfulness, thinking
8. When handling confidential records, she is always extremely
.
Choices: careful, carefully, carefulness, caring
9. She tackled the new project with great
.
Choices: enthusiastic, enthusiastically, enthusiasm, enjoy
10. John’s
jokes kept morale high in the busy office.
Choices: funny, funnily, fun, humorously
11. The clinic values staff who are known for their
.
Choices: honest, honestly, honesty, honoring
12. Her
approach to learning new skills impressed the manager.
Choices: motivated, motivation, motivately, motivator
13. A
coworker tried to take credit for her thorough patient reports.
Choices: sneaky, sneakily, sneakiness, snaking
14. Her
smile immediately comforted every nervous patient.
Choices: warm, warmly, warmth, warmed