No. Very is the adverb modifying the adjective smart.
The sentence "I wish you were as smart as they." is grammatically correct. It is shortened from "... as smart as they are."
An adverb can modify another adverb. Example: He works really hard. Really is the adverb modifying the adverb hard.Adverbs also modify verbs and adjectives.She smiled beautifully (adverb modifying a verb).You are quite smart (adverb modifying an adjective).
He used to be a smart child is the most obvious answer. He remained a smart child maybe.
1. Think about the meaning of the word. Adjectivesusually describe nouns or pronouns while adverbs usually describe verbs or adjectives.She is pretty. (an adjective)Sam is smart. (an adjective)Tom plays soccer well. (an adverb)2. Most adverbs end in -ly happily- sadly- equally- smartly...etc. Some adverbs don't end in -lyvery - fast. Friendly is an adjective and not an adverb.
He said that he would be arriving late to the meeting.
"Jacob was a very smart boy" is a complete sentence. It doesn't modify anything. Verbs are modified by adverbs, but that sentence doesn't contain an adverb modifying a verb. Adverbs also modify adjectives and other adverbs. That sentence does contain an adverb (very) that modifies an adjective (smart).
Yes. The adverb "very" modifies the adjective "smart".
smartly smartly, as in The young soldier saluted smartly.
The adverbial form for fashionable is fashionably.
Jacob E. Smart died on 2006-11-12.
Jacob E. Smart was born on 1909-05-31.
No, it's an adjective.An adverb form would be smartly.
Yes, but only as part of the adverb pair "as...as." For example: He is not as smart as you, where the truncated clause is "as you are smart." Otherwise, it is only part of a clause (e.g. I left as you arrived).
The sentence "I wish you were as smart as they." is grammatically correct. It is shortened from "... as smart as they are."
Jacob Lohner was one of the inventors of the hybrid smart car.
Smarter.First find the base of smartly: smart. Now imagine the word for 'more smart.' Smarter. If you wanted to continue that pattern, and find the superlative, you would imagine the word for 'most smart,' smartest.(If you want to make a comparative adverb, you simply say more adverb; for example, more smartly.)
He is a smart worker as he kept the clients happy. This is an example of smart in sentence.