This set of English Grammar Exercises (MCQs) focuses on “Kinds of Adverbs – Set 2.
1. Which of the following sentences has an adverb of affirmation?
a) I am certain he went to his native
b) The little dog followed its owner
c) I broke my arm this morning
d) He was asked not to leave
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Explanation: In the sentence ‘I am certain he went to his native’, the adverb ‘certain’ is used in the affirmatory sense and is thus the required answer.
2. Find the type of adverb used in the below sentence.
The old man spoke politely.
a) Adverb of manner
b) Interrogative adverb
c) Adverb of degree or quantity
d) Adverb of frequency
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Explanation: The word ‘politely’ is the adverb here and it answers the question ‘How?’ in the sentence. Thus, it is an adverb of manner.
3. The word that has been modified by the adverb is a ______
He has enough experience for this job.
a) noun
b) adverb
c) adjective
d) verb
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Explanation: ‘Enough’ is the adverb of the given sentence and it is an adverb of degree. The word modified by it is ‘experience’ which is an adjective.
4. The adverbs which show ‘how much’ are categorized as Adverbs of manner.
a) True
b) False
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Explanation: Such adverbs are called Adverbs of degree or Adverbs of Quantity. For example, in the sentence ‘I am fully prepared for my exam’, the adverb ‘fully’ is an Adverb of degree.
5. Select the adverb of manner from the below sentence.
He played fiercely in the final yesterday.
a) played
b) fiercely
c) in the final
d) yesterday
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Explanation: The sentence has three adverbs. ‘Fiercely’ is the adverb of manner, ‘in the final’ is an adverb of place and ‘yesterday’ is an adverb of time.
6. Select the word which has been modified by the adverb in the below sentence.
Make sure you cut the paper widthwise.
a) sure
b) cut
c) paper
d) widthwise
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Explanation: The word ‘widthwise’ acts as the adverb in the sentence. But the question is to find out the word that has been modified by the adverb. Thus ‘cut’ is the right answer.
7. The adverbs ‘here, there, everywhere, nowhere’ belong to _________
a) Adverbs of time
b) Interrogative adverb
c) Adverbs of place
d) Adverb of manner
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Explanation: Such words are classified as Adverbs of places as they show ‘where’ the action took place. They are usually after the verb or object.
8. Identify the kind of adverb used in the below sentence.
He seldom cleans his room.
a) Adverb of place
b) Adverb of time
c) Relative adverb
d) Adverb of frequency
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Explanation: Words such as ‘seldom, rarely, often, never’ refers to frequency and are thus classified as Adverbs of frequency.
9. From the options, select the adverb of time in the sentence given.
Marshall formerly lived in this locality.
a) Marshall
b) lived
c) this
d) formerly
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Explanation: An adverb of time should answer the question ‘when’. Thus, in the given sentence ‘formerly’ is the adverb of time.
10. Identify the word that has been modified by the adverb.
We both have met once.
a) both
b) We
c) have met
d) once
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Explanation: The word modified by the adverb in the given sentence is ‘have met’. The adverb is ‘once’ and is an adverb of frequency.
11. The adverb in the below sentence belongs to which of the following types?
I reached my native yesterday.
a) Adverb of time
b) Interrogative adverb
c) Relative adverb
d) Adverb of manner
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Explanation: The word ‘yesterday’ qualifies as the adverb and since it answers the question ‘when?’ it comes under the category of Adverbs of time.
12. The below sentence has two adverbs.
He could not sleep; he was so sick.
a) True
b) False
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Explanation: ‘Not’ and ‘so’ are the two adverbs present in the sentence. Among them, ‘not’ is an adverb of negation and ‘so’ is an adverb of degree.
13. Select the sentence that has an adverb of negation.
a) I was told not to leave the premises
b) Where is Sneha?
c) How did you do it?
d) I was sure of the answer
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Explanation: ‘I was told not to leave the premises’ has the adverb of negation ‘not’. The sentence ‘I was sure of the answer’ has an adverb of affirmation. The other two sentences use Interrogative adverbs.
14. The adverb present in the below sentence belongs to which of the following types?
I have not seen Mr. Baskar since the last meeting.
a) Adverb of time
b) Adverb of manner
c) Adverb of frequency
d) Adverb of affirmation
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Explanation: ‘Since’ is an adverb of time and it answers the question of ‘when’ was the last time the Subject had seen Mr. Baskar.
15. From the options, choose the word that has been modified by the adverb.
I have seen this movie before.
a) have seen
b) movie
c) before
d) I
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Explanation: The sentence has an adverb of time which is ‘before’. It modifies the verb ‘have seen’ in the given sentence.
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