Finding Adverbs

Which word in the following sentence is an adverb?

The rain fell heavily against the window pane.

• rain

• fell

• heavily

• against

Which word in the following sentence is an adverb?

‘I don’t think I will send it anywhere,’ he answered.

• don’t

• think

• send

• anywhere

Which word in the following sentence is an adverb?

He fairly choked with indignation.

• fairly

• choked

• with

• indignation

Which word in the following sentence is an adverb?

What he really said was: ‘Yes … yes … I’ll see.’

• What

• really

• said

• see

Which word in the following sentence is an adverb?

He set down the receiver and came toward us, glistening slightly, to take our stiff straw hats

• set

• receiver

• glistening

• slightly

Which word in the following sentence is an adverb?

The fiend pinning down the thief’s pack behind him.

• fiend

• pinning

• down

• pack

Which word in the following sentence is an adverb?

Tom and I looked at each other blankly.

• Tom

• looked

• other

• blankly

Which word in the following sentence is an adverb?

‘You would like a hero of the road then?’

• You

• like

• hero

• then

Which word in the following sentence is an adverb?

Dorian Gray passed his hand over his forehead.

• Dorian Gray

• passed

• over

• forehead

Which word in the following sentence is an adverb?

My eyes were now attracted to the semicircle of chairs.

• eyes

• now

• attracted

• semicircle