Tag: adverb

Questions Related to adverb

Form the adverb of the following word:

beautiful

how adverbs are formed adverb english

  1. beautifuly

  2. beautifully

  3. beautifuler

  4. beautifulest

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

An adverb is a word or phrase that qualifies or changes an adjective, verb or other adverb, to express a relation of situation, cause etc.

The correct answer is  B) beautifully as it ends with 'ly' and is spelled correctly.

Options A,B, and D are wrong  as they are misspelled.


Fill in the blank with the most suitable option:

She is lying _____ as it is a holiday.

how adverbs are formed adverb english

  1. abed

  2. ahead

  3. aboard

  4. away

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The correct answer is Option A.

We are to identify the adverb of place - the place where 'she is lying'.
Option B- 'Ahead' means 'further in space' i.e. in the lead of someone else. However in the sentence 'she' is alone - there is no one else. So ahead is not the suitable adverb.
Option C- 'Aboard' means on or into the ship. Here 'she; is lying- Hence even this option is ruled out.
Option D- 'Away' means a different position, but in the given sentence 'she' is at the same place.
Option A-'Abed' means in bed. This perfectly describes the place where the action of lying takes place.
Hence option A is the correct answer.

Fill in the blank with the most suitable option:


They found a suitcase full of documents and _____ lay the proof of his crime.

how adverbs are formed adverb english

  1. therefrom

  2. therein

  3. thereof

  4. thereon

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

An adverb is a word or phrase that qualifies or changes an adjective, verb or another adverb, to express a relation of a situation, cause etc.

The correct answer is B) as it indicates something contained in the place mentioned.

Options A, C and D cannot be used here as 'therefrom' indicates something a place as a source ,'thereof' indicates something concerning or from something,  and 'thereon' indicates something on the thing that has been mentioned respectively.

They found a suitcase full of documents and therein lay the proof of his crime.

Fill in the blank with the most suitable option:


_____, they will never try trekking in the rain again.

how adverbs are formed adverb english

  1. Herewith

  2. Hereafter

  3. Hereby

  4. Herein

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Option B is the correct answer.

We are to choose the adverb which indicates the suitable time period beginning from which they will never try trekking in the rain again.
'Herewith' means along with.
'Hereby' means as a result of.
'Herein' means inside.
None of the options A, B or D indicate a time period.
Option B 'Hereafter' means 'in future time or after this time period' .
Hence Option B is the suitable option.

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.
He asked his friend to speak _____ on the telephone.

comparison of adverbs adverb english

  1. clear

  2. more clearly

  3. very clear

  4. too clearly

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:
In the above statement, the subject is asking his friend to speak in a specific manner. Thus, the answer must an adverb that modifies the verb 'speak'.
Option A is incorrect. 'clear' is incorrect as the word is in its noun form whereas the answer is required to be an adverb.  
Option B is correct. 'more clearly' is in the adverb form. Further, it also indicates a specific manner in which the subject can ask his friend to speak. 
Option C is incorrect. 'very clear' is in its noun form whereas the required answer has to be in the adverb form
Option D is incorrect. 'too clearly' is in adverb form but, 'too' is used to indicate extreme condition. Asking someone to speak too clearly does not make sense. Thus, 'too' does not fit very well in the sentence.

State whether true or false:
Only adverbs of manner, degree and time have degrees of comparison.

comparison of adverbs adverb english

  1. True

  2. False

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The statement is true because not all adverbs can have degrees of comparison. Only adverbs of time, manner and degree such as early, swiftly, quickly etc can have degrees of comparison. Adverbs such as now, where and then do not have degrees of comparison.

Fill in the blank with the correct option.
The ______ degree of comparison is used when there is no comparison being made.

comparison of adverbs adverb english

  1. positive

  2. comparative

  3. superlative

  4. predicative

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Option A is the correct answer because the positive degree of comparison is used when no comparison is being made in a sentence. 
For example: He ran fast. (no comparison)
Option B and C are wrong because the comparative and superlativr degrees are used when two and more than two things respectively are being compared.
Option D is wrong because it is not a degree of comparison.

Fill in the blank with the correct option.
The superlative degree of the adverb "early" is ______.

comparison of adverbs adverb english

  1. most early

  2. most earliest

  3. earlier

  4. earliest

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Option D is the correct answer because the superlative degree is formed by adding "est" to the adverb "early."
Options A, B and C are incorrect because they are not the correct superlative degrees.

Choose the word or phrase that best completes the sentence.
I'm ________ a swimmer as my sister.

comparison of adverbs adverb english

  1. better

  2. good as

  3. not as good

  4. so good

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

C is the correct option as it is the only option which is describing my sister(reference used in the sentence ) as a better swimmer compared to "ME" i.e. the subject in sentence  .

  1.  Good as is more aptly bringing out MY (referring to subject in the sentence) character as a swimmer rather than as a comparative. 
  2. Better is a comparative form. 
  3. So good is not the correct option as it is equating comparative as it doesn't bring out the differences between the two nouns.
 

Fill in the blank with suitable degrees of the adverb from the given options.
We can do it _________ now because we have better resources.

comparison of adverbs adverb english

  1. Easier

  2. Easiest

  3. Easy

  4. More easily

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

In order to fill in the blank with the suitable degree of the adverb, let's understand what adverbs are. Adverbs are words that describe something about the verbs. For example, "I ran fast". Here, 'fast' describes the way 'I' ran, so 'fast' is an adverb. Degrees of the adverbs explain us the intensity of an action, adjective or another adverb. For example, "She ran too fast". Here, 'fast' is the adverb and 'too' intensifies how fast she ran.

Option A - 'Easier' is an adjective. It is the comparative form of an adjective. As we need an adverb, we can't use an adjective here. Hence, option A is incorrect.
Option B - 'Easiest' is an adjective. It is the superlative form of an adjective. Hence, option B is incorrect.
Option C - 'Easy' is often used as an adjective, as we need the degree of adverb, we can't use 'easy' here. Hence, option C is incorrect.
Option D - 'More' intensifies how easy it is, hence it is the best degree of the adverb 'easily'. The word 'now' explains that the subject must have done the action earlier as well, hence we need the intensifier 'more' to indicate the improvement 'now'. Thus option D is the correct answer.
'We can do it more easily now because we have better resources.'