Adverbial Quiz

What is the morphological definition of an adverbial?

• A word or string of words that functions like an adverb

• An adjective or adverb that functions like an adverb

• A verb dependent that functions like an adverb

• A word or string of words that modifies a verb

Which of the following can be considered as an adverbial?

• A noun phrase

• A prepositional phrase

• An adverbial clause

• All of the above

In the sentence 'He responded quickly', what is the adverbial?

• Quickly

• He

• Responded

• The entire sentence

In the sentence 'I feel a lot better today than I did yesterday', what is the adverbial?

• A lot

• Better

• Today

• Yesterday

In the sentence 'I hardly noticed him', what is the adverbial?

• Hardly

• Noticed

• Him

• The entire sentence

In the sentence 'I didn't notice him at all', what is the adverbial?

• At all

• Notice

• Him

• The entire sentence

In the sentence 'I hardly noticed them', what is the adverbial?

• Hardly

• Noticed

• Them

• The entire sentence

In the sentence 'I didn't know at first', what is the adverbial?

• At first

• Know

• Didn't

• The entire sentence

In the sentence 'He'll be fine once I get him a job', what is the adverbial?

• Once I get him a job

• Fine

• He'll be

• The entire sentence

In the sentence 'He alerted the police as soon as he realized what was happening', what is the adverbial?

• As soon as he realized what was happening

• Alerted

• Police

• The entire sentence