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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
End a sentence with an adverb?
He always cooks so terribly.
The situation was resolved quickly.
Once she saw the pile of paperwork she sighed frustratedly.
What is the type of adverb in the following sentence They waited for a while for the phone to ring?
This is a Phrasal adverb.
Since it is the description of an action word, yes.
Such as:
She ran quickly.
"ran" - is an action word (verb) and "quickly" describes it.
What is the adverb form of exact?
The adjective exact (precise) has the adverb form exactly(precisely, absolutely).
The verb (to exact) has a rarely-used adverb form "exactingly" (with care to detail or precision).
Is popular an adjective or adverb?
Popular is an adjective. It is used to describe something that is well-liked or widely favored by many people.
What is the most common question answered by an adverb?
There are slightly more adverbs of manner (answers the question "how") because so many are made from adjectives by adding -LY.
The other questions are when, where, and to what extent.
There are fewer verbs of degree (extent) than the others.
Aboard can be a preposition or an adverb, depending on whether it has an object or whether the object is understood.
"We were invited aboard the yacht."
"We decided to sleep aboard rather than go ashore."
Yes, the word clearly is an adverb.
An example sentence is: "he could see clearly now that he discovered how to turn on the windscreen wipers".
Badly is an adverb. Bruised is the past tense and past participle of the verb (to bruise) and can be used as an adjective.
No, it isn't. The word doesn't is a contraction of the verb form "does not" where does is a helper verb and not is an adverb of negation.
No, the word "sleep" is either a noun or a verb depending upon how it is used in a sentence. For example:
My sleep was interrupted last night by a loud crack of thunder. (noun form)
I'm so tired I will sleep well tonight. (verb form)
The adverb form of "sleep" would be "sleepily". Example: The child sleepily wiped her eyes and yawned loudly.
What are adverbs ending in -ly?
- badly
- clearly
- friendly
- happily
- intelligently
- loudly
- merrily
- quickly
- slowly
- softly
- vividly
Favorite is an adjective, not an adverb. It describes nouns. Chocolate is my favorite flavor.
What is the adverb for respond?
There is no direct adverb for the verb respond or the noun response.
However, the related noun responsiveness has an adjective form "responsive" and the adverb is "responsively."
Yes, it does. The adjective adorable has the adveb form "adorably" (in a very cute way).
Yes, always is an adverb, a word that describes a verb or an adjective.
No. Involved is the past tense and past participle of the verb "to involve." It can be used an an adjective (long, complex, intricate) but not an adverb.
Yes, because it tells "when" an action occurred.
*The hyphenated form of then is the adverb attached to an adjective, to form a past tense adjective, as in "the then-governor of California."
No, it is not an adverb. Napping is a verb form, and gerund (noun). There is no related adverb form.
How do you use above in a sentence as an adverb?
(Above is a preposition, but is considered an adverb when it acts alone.)
As he climbed into the attic, he could hear something moving above.
The pedestrians took cover as the pigeons passed above.
