The word acting is the present participle of to act, and can be a verb, noun or adjective. But it does not form an adverb. A related derivative adjective is active, with the adverb form actively.
No, it is acting as a noun.
No. It is an adverb. Hunger is a noun.
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Theodore cannot be an adverb because it is a noun (proper). Informally speaking, if Theodore is a person who has a very unique personality, then you could turn the word Theodore into an adverb (Theodorishly). Bob is acting very Theodorishly. (Bob is acting like Theodore.)
Except when used (technically incorrectly) in the term "acting stupid", stupid is an adjective. The adverb form is "stupidly."
Any word, phrase or clause that answers the question When is acting as an adverb.
No, "shyly" is not a verb. It is an adverb that describes how someone is behaving or acting.
The adjectives paid or paying do not have adverb forms. The verb pay is an action that does not lend itself to a way of acting as do expensively and extravagantly.
An adjective clause is the group of words that contain the subject and the verb acting as an adjective. An adverb clause answers questions like how, when and where.
The clause "until my room was cleaned" is an adverb clause, which begins with an adverb (until) acting as a conjunction.
No, it is an adverb, a form of the verb to hesitate. The noun is hesitation.
MET = verb who met? Ali, Grigorio = subject nouns to pick berries = prepositional phrase (acting as an adverb) in the nearby field = prepositional phrase (acting as an adverb)