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Adverbs
Includes questions related to the comprehension, usage and identification of the parts of speech that modify a verb, adverb or adjective such as quickly or very.
6,107 Questions
No. Carried is a past tense verb (to carry) that can also be used as an adjective. There is no adverb form of the verb.
What did Robespierre mean when he warned put yourself on guard against your generals?
I don't know.... but I love myself
Yes, the word 'whenever' is an adverb and a conjunction, for example:
Adverb: Whenever did you have time to cook?
Conjunction: We can go whenever you are ready.
Is dead a noun adjective adverb verb pronoun?
The word dead is an adjective (dead, deader, deadest), a noun (an uncountable noun), and an adverb. Examples:
Adjective: The dead man was identified quickly.
Noun: They arrived in the dead of the night.
Adverb: He was stopped dead in his tracks.
No, the word "caught" is not an adverb.
The word "caught" is a verb.
The noun safety has the related adjective "safe." The adverb form is safely.
Yes, but the term every time is properly two words. It means always or invariably.
(oddly enough, one dictionary lists the term everytime in their thesaurus, but not the dictionary)
No. School is a noun, or colloquially a verb (to teach). It can be considered an adjunct or adjective, as in school days, school campus.
No. An adverb is a word that describes an action or condition. Candy is a noun.
The rarely used adverb form is frostily. It means in a frosty or cold manner.
Metaphorically, it can mean in a haughty or disdaining manner.
There is no adverb for amazement. The closest adverb would be "amazingly".
No, the word big is an adverb and an adjective.
The word 'big' as an adverb to modify a verb is a less common use, for example:
- You must think big to beat the competition.
- The underdog came from behind to win big!
The more common use for 'big' (bigger, biggest) is as an adjective to describe a noun, for example:
- Elaine said she wanted the big salad.
- My big brother gave me his bike.
- I made a big mistake not taking the offer when it was presented.
The noun forms of the verb to win are winner and the gerund, winning.
No, it is an adjective (superlative of kind).
The adverb form would be most kindly (superlative of kindly).
Sometimes, maybe. The word anything is a pronoun, sometimes a noun. But in some constructions designed for "nothing" (e.g. He isn't anything like his father), anything could arguably modify an adjective phrase, becoming an adverb.
No, it is a noun (distillation, concentrate) or a verb (to remove). There is no direct adverb form.
Only as part of an infinitive phrase. The term "to help" can form noun, adjective, or adverb phrases, e.g. "They had been toiling for years to help the displaced natives."
