Adverbs

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What are the main functions of adverbs?

• Modifier

• Conditioner

• Adverbial

• Identifier

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In the sentence "The ballerina dances beautifully",

the adverb "beautifully" answers the question...

• when?

• how?

• where?

• how long?

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What do adverbs modify?

• Other adverbs

• Verbs

• Adjectives

• Entire sentences

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When an adverb serves as modifier:

• It modifies an adjective or another adverb

• It modifies a verb or a whole clause

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When an adverb serves as adverbial:

• It modifies an adjective or another adverb

• It modifies a verb or a whole clause

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There are adverbs that can have both functions (modifier and adverbial)

• True

• False

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Adverbials can have these forms:

• adverb phrase and prepositional phrase

• adverb phrase, verb phrase and adjectival phrase

• adverb phrase, noun phrase and prepositional phrase

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Adverbs only end with the suffix -ly

• True

• False

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There are ___ major categories for the form of adverbs

• Two

• Three

• Four

• Five

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Adverbs and adjectives can have the same form

• True

• False

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About fixed phrases:

• They are not derived from another word

• They are formed by combining two or more elements into a single word

• They are formed by adding suffixes

• They never vary in form and their component words have lost their independent meaning

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About compound adverbs:

• They are not derived from another word

• They are formed by combining two or more elements into a single word

• They are formed by adding suffixes

• They never vary in form and their component words have lost their independent meaning

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About simple adverbs:

• They are not derived from another word

• They are formed by combining two or more elements into a single word

• They are formed by adding suffixes

• They never vary in form and their component words have lost their independent meaning

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About adverbs derived by suffixation:

• They are not derived from another word

• They are formed by combining two or more elements into a single word

• They are formed by adding suffixes

• They never vary in form and their component words have lost their independent meaning

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Examples of simple adverbs are:

• Well

• Anyway

• Quite

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"Heretofore" is a:

• Fixed phrase

• Compound adverb

• Adverb derived by suffixation

• Simple adverb

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"At last" is a:

• Fixed phrase

• Compound adverb

• Adverb derived by suffixation

• Simple adverb

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"Clearly" is an:

• Fixed phrase

• Compound adverb

• Adverb derived by suffixation

• Simple adverb

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"Onward" is an:

• Fixed phrase

• Compound adverb

• Adverb derived by suffixation

• Simple adverb

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"Rather" is a:

• Fixed phrase

• Compound adverb

• Adverb derived by suffixation

• Simple adverb

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Examples of adverb phrases:

• Right there

• Pretty soon

• Beautifully clear

• Much better

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The adverbs "enough" and "soon" are placed ___ the adjectives they modify

• before

• after

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The adverbs "enough" and "soon" are placed ___ the adjectives they modify

• before

• after

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Other elements that adverbs can modify are:

• pronouns

• noun phrases

• numerals

• predeterminers

• prepositional phrases

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Main types of adverbials:

• Circumstance adverbials

• Conjunctional adverbials

• Stance adverbials

• Linking adverbials

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When an adverb serves as a complement of a preposition, it denotes:

• Time and degree

• Place and circumstance

• Time and place

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About adverbs of place:

• They can refer to directions, distances, or relative positions between objects.

• They can be used as prepositions.

• They are usually placed at the end of the sentence.

• They are generally placed after the main verb or the clause they modify.

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She stayed at her grandmother’s house all day.

• Place adverb

• Time adverb

• Manner adverb

• Degree adverb

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When an adverb of time is placed at the beginning of the sentence:

• It provides formality

• It serves to emphasize the time element

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Following the order of time adverbs, choose the correct sentence:

• She volunteered at the hospital last year for three days every month.

• She volunteered at the hospital for three days every month last year.

• She volunteered at the hospital every month for three days last year.

• She volunteered at the hospital every month last year for three days.

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Manner adverbs should not be placed between the verb and the direct object, but before the verb or at the end of the proposition.

• True

• False

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When the adverb of manner is placed before or after the main verb, it modifies:

• The entire action described by a proposition

• Only that verb

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I'm fairly certain I locked the door

• Degree adverb

• Place adverb

• Manner adverb

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Have you done your homework ___?

• still

• now

• yet

• then

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Do you ___ work at the bank?

• never

• happily

• still

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Taylor speaks ___ with her girlfriend during the basketball game.

• softly

• angrily

• Both a and b are possible answers

• Neither a nor b is a possible answer

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Which adverb relates to RESTRICTIVE situations?

• Only

• Quite

• Usually

• None of the options

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Which adverb relates to ADDITIVE situations?

• Only

• Quite

• Usually

• None of the options

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Please speak ___. I'm studying for an important exam.

• quiet

• more quiet

• more quietly

• most quietly

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I played ___ yesterday, but I need to improve.

• bad

• better

• more good

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Our team lost the game because we played very ___.

• bad

• the worst

• worse

• badly

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Our teacher explains the lessons ___ than your teacher. Mine is very patient.

• clearly

• clearer

• more clearly

• the most clearly

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Billie speaks ___ than Karla does. It's hard to undertand what she says.

• quicklier

• quick

• the most quickly

• more quickly

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Of all the students I know, he studies ___. I think his score is 19!

• the hardest

• the most hardly

• harder

• more harder

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The teacher spoke ___ to help us understand.

• slower

• more slowly

• slowlyer

• more slower

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