Adverbs

Adjective or adverb?

May 9, 2013

Adjectives are words used to modify nouns. They usually go before nouns. Adjectives may also go after be (is, am, are, was, were) and copular verbs like become, seem, look, feel etc. I feel happy. (NOT I feel happily.) She seemed excited. (NOT She seemed excitedly.) They were upset. Adverbs are words used to modify [...]

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Enough as an adjective and adverb

April 7, 2013

  Enough is one of those words that can be used as an adjective and an adverb. The adverb enough is used to modify an adjective. In this case, it goes after the adjective it modifies. She is old enough to earn a living. (NOT She is enough old to earn a living. Here the [...]

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Adverbs of degree exercise

October 5, 2012

Fill in the blanks with appropriate adverbs of degree. Each question is followed by three suggested answers. Choose the most appropriate one. Hints We cannot use very with comparatives. However, we can use other words like much, far, very much, a lot, lots etc. Superlatives can be modified by much, by far and by other [...]

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Adverbs exercise

July 23, 2012

Complete the following sentences using appropriate adverbs. Choose your answers from the options given in the brackets. 1. He was driving ………………………………… and crashed into the car in front. (carefully / carelessly) 2. ……………………………….. the tiger appeared from nowhere. (suddenly / slowly) 3. The rain poured …………………………………. And we took shelter under a tree. (heavily [...]

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