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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.
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What are the adjectives and adverbs in the sentence Bob put a big fly on a sharp hook?
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Yes, it is. It is the adverb form of the adjective weary, and means done in a tired or fatigued manner or fashion.
No, it is not. It is the past tense and past participle of the verb to inspect. It can be a verb form, a participial, or an adjective (e.g. inspected beef).
What is the verb and adverb of few?
The word "few" is an adjective, a non-specific antonym for "many" - both refer to a subset of a larger group, i.e. more than none, less than all. When used without a following noun, they are either nouns or pronouns. They are not verbs or adverbs.
The adverbs that can replace "a few times" or 'many times" are seldom and often.
No, it is not. It is a noun, meaning a street or path, sometimes metaphorically for a method or process.
No. but a related adjective form is the word affectionate, and the adverb affectionately.
There is no such word. The word secrete is a verb (to release fluid) and secret means hidden or private. The word secretly is an adverb (in a secret or covert manner).
No, "teacher" is not an adverb. It is a noun referring to a person who teaches. Adverbs typically describe how, when, or where an action is performed.
There are many words of that but a few examples are tomorrow, today, and now.
Yes, it is. It is the adverb form of the adjective visible and means in a visible or obvious way.
No, the word 'accidentally' is an adverb; a word that modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb.
Example: Our package was accidentally delivered to 15 Maple Street instead of 15 Maple Place.
The word 'accidentally' is the adverb form of the adjective 'accidental'.
The word 'accidental' is the adjective form of the noun accident.
No, it is not. It is a noun related to the verb repeat(occur again, do again). Adverb forms include repetitivelyor much less frequently repetitiously.
No, it is the present participle of the verb "to spin." It may be used as a verb form, a noun, or an adjective.
No, "lingered" is not an adverb. It is a verb that means to stay in a place longer than necessary. However, the adverb form of "lingered" would be "lingeringly," which describes the manner in which someone lingers.
Is over an adverb or preposition?
It can be either, depending on how it's being used. If it has a noun as its object, it is a preposition.
The horse fell over. (adverb)
The horse fell over the cliff. (preposition)
Is to the zoo an adverb clause?
No, it is not. An adverbial clause has a subject and predicate.
Although Mary ate lunch, she still craved an apple.
No, the word "is" cannot be an adverb. It is a form of the verb "to be."
Can 'is' be used as an adverb?
No. 'Is' is an conjunction. An adverb usually ends in 'ly'. (Loudly, proudly, ect. )
It can be, when it modifies an adjective as in "I didn't think the water was this deep" where it is a non-specific reference to another non-specific modifier.
The word is otherwise a pronoun ("This is Sparta!") or an adjective ("This town isn't big enough for both of us.")
Where is the adverb in The car needed a new battery and Jack was broke?
In the sentence "The car needed a new battery and Jack was broke", there is no adverb.
The sentence can be separated into two independent clauses. "The car needed a new battery" and "Jack was broke".
First independent clause:
The - article
car - noun
needed - verb
a - article
new - adjective
battery - noun
Second independent clause:
Jack - noun
was - linking verb
broke - predicate adjective
Yes. It is the adverb form of increasing (growing in number, value or size).
Is about an adjective or adverb?
The word about is often a preposition. It can be an adverb (to look about, about done) and much less clearly an adjective, in idiomatic forms meaning going or moving about (he was up and about, not many about at that hour).
Only in an archaic nautical sense. Large is otherwise an adjective, or more rarely a noun (size).
