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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
How do you use comparitively in a sentence?
It is comparatively easy to use "comparatively" in a sentence.
The word 'by' is a preposition when followed by a noun or pronoun. Example:
- We drove right by the entrance. We drove right by it.
The word 'by' is an adverb when not followed by a noun or pronoun. Example:
- We had nothing to do so we just stood by.
The phrase "every day" is an adverb phrase (daily). The one-word form "everyday" is an adjective meaning usual or common.
Is interesting an adverb or an adjective?
The word interesting is an adjective; the adverb form is interestingly.
Yes, heartily is an adverb. It means in a hearty, convivial, or earnest manner.
How do you use select as an adverb?
The related adverb form is selectively. It is based on the adjective selective.
What is the adverb in the sentence your parents built a playroom downstairs?
The adverb is "downstairs." It tells where the playroom was built.
How can you use an adverb and verb in a sentence?
The man ran quickly.
Ran being the verb
And quickly being the adverb
How would you use high as an adverb in a sentence?
She jumped high up into the air.
The word "high" is an adverb in the sentence above.
What is the adverb for irritation?
The adverb for irritate is irritably.
An example sentence is: "he irritably tapped on the table".
How can you distinguish a preposition from an adverb?
A preposition will use an object (noun, pronoun, or an equivalent phrase).
Example:
Getting dirty is part of being a cowboy.
(being a cowboy is a noun phrase, object of the preposition of)
Where an adverb might also be used as a preposition, look for an object: a noun or pronoun or the equivalent which normally follows the preposition. If there is none, the word in that usage is an adverb.
Example:
We walked on. (adverb)
We walked on the beach. (preposition)
What is the adverb form for laugh?
The noun or verb laugh has no direct adverb, but the present participle (laughing) has an adverb form laughingly.
What is the adverb of attract?
The adverb form of the word "attractive" is attractively.
An example sentence is: "she is attractively beautiful to him".
Is well an adverb in the sentence Emily sings well?
Yes, well is an adverb that modifies the verb (sings).
What do adjectives and adverbs do the same?
adjectives are describing words and adverbs are the word when,where and who.
There are two words: in this case, much is an adverb, and better may be an adverb.
Better is the comparative form of the adjectives good and well, and the adverb well. Much is an adverb of degree modifying better, whether an adjective or adverb.
Much by itself can be a noun, e.g. we have risked much.
If I were to make a parallel with my native tongue, then they should be: ONCE, TWICE, THRICE. However, a similar category does not seem to exist in English.
