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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
Is palace an adverb or adjective?
Palace is a noun (a structure). However, it can be used as a noun adjunct (rather than an adjective) in compound nouns such as palace gate and palace guard.
Loudly and quietly are adverbs that can support 'speak'.
No, the word measured is not an adverb. It is an adjective and a verb.
The adverb form would be measuredly.
How do you use sleet as an adverb?
'Sleet' is a noun and its related adjective is 'sleety'. You could argue that there is therefore an adverb 'sleetily', but in what context would you need to use it, and what would it mean?
In a sentence you can have two adverbs in a row?
yes.
an adverb can describe an adjective,verb, or another adverb
Able is an adjective, the corresponding noun is ability and the corresponding adverb is ably.
There is a rare derivative adverb, appliably, as opposed to the well-known adverb applicably (related to the noun application). The participle adjectives applying and applied do not form adverbs.
yes, usually words ending with the suffix -ly are adverbs
Yes, it is almost always an adverb, but it can be an adjective (far side, far place).
Yes impatiently is an adverb. Adverbs add detail to verbs. An example for using impatiently in a sentence could be,"they waited impatiently for an answer.
What is the adverb in the sentence?
The word which tells something more about the verb, adverb (very,so), or adjective is called an ADVERB.
Yes, yes it is. An adverb is describes how when and where.
What is the adverb form of believe?
The word believe can have the past participle (believed) as an adjective, but it has no adverb form. The present participle has the rarely seen adverb form believingly. There is a related adjective believable which has the adverb form believably.
The adverb of proud is proudly.
An example sentence is: "he proudly showed off his missing tooth".
The noun wife has no related adverb, as the word wifelyis an adjective with no adverb form. The closest adverb seems to be an informal one, the rare negative derivative wifelessly.
No. Beside is a preposition more often than an adverb. It means "next to" or "along side."
The other form, besides, can be a linking adverb in some cases where it means "anyway" or "furthermore" -- We knew the road would be dangerous. Besides, it had washed out completely before.
Does an adverb follow a linking verb?
Yes, but both adjectives and adverbs can do that, and are called subject complements. Adjectives that follow a linking verb modify the subject, and are called predicate adjectives.
Adverb example:
"It is here." The adverb here tells where it is.
"It is very hard." The adverb, though following the verb, modifies the adjective, hard.
What type of adverb is barely?
Barely is an adverb of degree, moreso when it modifies an adjective (barely visible).
No, it is not. Valuable is an adjective meaning of worth. The adverb form is valuably.
