IXL | Choose between adjectives and adverbs

Choose the word that best completes the sentence.

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Choose the word that best completes the sentence.

The canine police unit was forced to retire one of its contraband-sniffing dogs,

Ace

, when he suffered an injury to his nose and couldn't

smell

good

anymore.

well

good

key idea

An adjective is a word that describes or modifies a noun or a pronoun. Adjectives often tell what kind or how many.

The apples were delicious.

The adjective tells what kind of apples they were.

An adverb is a word that describes or modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb. Adverbs often tell how, when, where, to what extent, or to what degree.

Grace ran really quickly.

The adverb really tells how quickly Grace ran.

Verbs like appear, feel, grow, look, prove, remain, sound, taste, and turn can be used both as linking verbs and as action verbs. As linking verbs, they indicate states of being by connecting subjects to adjectives. As action verbs, they describe physical actions and are modified by adverbs.

Claire is wearing a new perfume, and she smells good.

Here, smells is a linking verb. It indicates a state of being by connecting the pronoun she to the adjective good.

Claire can't smell well when she has a cold.

Here, smell is an action verb that describes the physical act of smelling something. It is modified by the adverb well.

solution

The missing word follows the verb smell. Here, smell is an action verb—it describes a physical action. Action verbs are modified by adverbs.

Well is an adverb.

Good is an adjective.

So, the adverb well is the best word to complete the sentence.

The canine police unit was forced to retire one of its contraband-sniffing dogs, Ace, when he suffered an injury to his nose and couldn't smell well anymore.

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