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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
What are the three dependent clauses?
The three types of dependent clauses are adjective, adverb, and noun
No, princess is a noun, or a proper noun (title) when used with a name.
What is the adverb in this sentence they left early in the morning?
Early. --> It describes how they left.
No, the word 'freedom' is a noun; a word for personal liberty; a word for a thing.
Is a transitional adverb a type of adverb?
Yes. These adverbs connect statements to previous or subsequent statements. They include numerical adverbs (first, secondly), explanatory adverbials (that is, in other words), and additive adverbs (however, moreover, furthermore, besides).
What is the adverb for the word panic?
Technically, there isn't an adverb form of "panic". You could use "panically", but it's nonstandard.
Yes, backwards (or backward) is an adverb. Example: He walks backwards. It can also be used as an adjective. Example: That's a backwards way of doing things.
It is an adverb, but it's not spelled correctly. The correct spelling is "sadly".
Yes. It tells how you do something. Example: I normally go to the store on Sundays.
What is the adverb in You must leave your friends behind?
Behind. Ask yourself how you must leave your friends. You will be asking yourself the way in which the action of leaving is performed, an therefore which word is ADding to the VERB. :)
Not by itself.
Fourteen (14) is a number (noun) or a numeral (determiner or adjective used with nouns).
In the construction "he jumped fourteen times" the term "fourteen times" becomes an adverbial, in the same sense as the adverbs twice or thrice.
No. Rescue can be a verb, or a noun, also used as an adjunct (rescue swimmer, rescue boat).
Is REALLY an adverb of manner?
Yes, it is, when it means actually, in truth. The colloquial use of "really" to mean "very" would be an adverb of degree.
No, it is not. It is an adjective. Compound words formed with -like are practically always adjectives.
No. Woman is a noun (a female adult human).
The word "womanly" is usually an adjective, but can be an adverb.
No, the word 'almost' is an adverb, modifying either verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs. Examples:
- He almost fell off his bicycle. (modifies the verb 'fell')
- The bag of cookies was almost empty, only two were left. (modifies the adjective 'almost')
- She almost always fills the gas tank. (modifies the adverb 'always')
A pronoun is a word that takes the place of a noun in a sentence. Example:
- When John hit the pothole he almost fell off his bicycle. (the pronoun 'he' takes the place of the noun 'John' in the second part of the sentence)
