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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
Yes. The word best is the superlative (the best) for both the adjective "good" and the adverb "well" -- e.g. "He played best when he was under pressure" or
"He was best known for his inventions."
Differences between verbs and adverbs?
Verbs are doing words.
E.g. He was running (running would be the verb)
Adverbs describe a verb, so it describes how someone is doing something
E.g. He was running quickly (quickly would be the adverb)
smartly
smartly, as in The young soldier saluted smartly.
No, "brought" is the simple past or past participle form of the verb "bring".
No, it is not an adverb. Score is a noun, or verb. It is also an archaic term for "twenty."
The verb gather means to congregate, or to collect, bring together. there are adjectives formed from the participles (gathering, gathered) and a derivative gatherable, but no adverb forms.
The word very is an adverb, along with words such as greatly, extremely, abundantly, and highly. Among these adverbs, very (like too) can only be used to modify adjectives or adverbs.
What is an adverb for the word skill?
The adverb of the word skill is skilfully.
An example sentence is: "he skilfully repaired the car".
No, it is an adjective, or a noun when used as a name for the color (e.g. I like pink).
No, it is not an adverb. Been is the past participle of the verb "to be."
I have been to the top of the mountain.
Yes, lengthwise is an adverb. It is used with verbs indicating positioning, measuring, or cutting.
Better can be an adjective or adverb. It is the comparative form of "good" or "well."
Adverbs describe a verb, so if you're using it in a 'did something better' sense, then it's an adverb. It would be an adjective if describing a noun, someone or something better than someone else or better than previously. It can also be used in a variety of idioms.
The word "past" can indeed be used as an adverb. For example, in the sentence "the troops marched past", the word past is an adverb - it describes in what way the verb is completed.
However, it may also be a preposition when used with an object, e.g "the troops marched past the building." In other usages, it is can be an adjective or a noun.
Yes, the word accurately is an adverb.
Most of the adverbs in the English language have -ly as a suffix. Though not all of them do.
What is the adverb phrase inthis sentence Take what she says with a grain of salt?
What she says with a grain of salt
Yes, it is. Underneath, like beneath, can also be a preposition (underneath something) but can be used without an object. (e.g. He lifted the rock and looked underneath.)
No. The word tragedy is a noun. The related adverb is "tragically."
like a revolutionary
What is the opposite of the adverb somewhere?
The opposite of somewhere (unspecified location) could be nowhere, or it could be here (opposite of (somewhere else or there), or even there. (a specified location).
No, "focused" is a verb in the simple past (past tense form), and depending on the sentence it might also be a past participle (a verb ending in -ed that acts as an adjective or adverb). An adverb is a word ending in -ly that describes the verb being used (i.e. The teacher asked her students to get up and place their books in their backpacks quietly).
