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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, it is an adverb. It means done in a secret or private way.
Is flew a noun adjective or adverb?
"Flew" is a past-tense of the verb "to fly," and is not a noun, adjective or adverb.
"Flue", part of a chimney, is a noun.
"Flu", the disease influenza, is a noun.
Yes. It means in a heavy, weighty, or extensive manner.
"He fell heavily to the floor."
"The device was heavily modified to withstand underwater pressure."
No, it is not. Peered is the past tense and past participle of the verb (to peer) and its use as an adjective is extremely limited.
No. And if stepping is used with a noun, it is not actually an adjective either, but a noun adjunct (e.g. stepping stone).
Yes, it is, but many -LY words are NOT adverbs, or not always adverbs. If -LY is added to an existing word that is an adjective, it is almost always an adverb. Here, the adjective is half-hearted (without complete effort or involvement).
What is the adjective and Adverb in the following sentence I went to the new mall yesterday?
adverb - yesterday
adjective - new
Helpfully is the adverb of help.
An example sentence is: "he helpfully washes the dishes".
It can be, when it takes the place of "to home" or "close to home."
e.g. The message hit home or I'm going home for the holidays.
Ordinarily it is a noun (residence) or verb (to aim or guide toward a location or target) and more rarely an adjective (closer to a noun adjunct: home furnishing, home game).
What is Adverb for commitment?
There is no adverb form for the verb commit. An adverb is a word that modifies a verb.
No, the word met is not an adverb.
The word met is a verb for the past tense of "meet",
A word used to modify the sense of a verb, participle, adjective, or other adverb, and usually placed near it; as, he writes well; paper extremely white.
Is 'polite' an adverb a verb or an adjective?
Polite is an adjective. Politely is the adverb form. The closest one can get to a verb is to be polite.
Merry can be converted into an adverb by taking off the final y and adding ily. This adverb of manner can be used to describe how someone does something (e.g., She danced merrily = in a merry way). Adverbs of manner go after the verb or at the end of the clause except in passive constructions (e.g., She was merrily dancing when the music stopped). In passive constructions adverbs of manner should go after the form of the verb "to be" and before the past participle.
How can you change merry into an adverb?
Adding "ly" is the most common way to change an adjective like "merry" into an adverb.
So, that would give "merryly". However, in this case we change the "y" into "i"
as well. So, that gives "merrily" as the adverb.
What is the adjective form of the adverb probably?
The adjective form is probable. Example sentence:
It is probable I will see him tomorrow.
The probable outcome will benefit our bottom line.
