Test: Adverb Clauses - 2 - GMAT MCQ

The adverb, 'rarely' means 'not often' or 'seldom'. The opposite of the word should mean 'often'. The word, 'frequently' means 'often'. Option C is the correct answer.

The word 'casually' means 'in a relaxed and informal way'. The word, 'usually' means 'generally' or 'under normal circumstances'. The word, 'totally' means 'completely'. As the meanings of these three words are quite different from that of the underlined adverb, 'rarely', options A, B, and D are incorrect.

Adverbs describe (or modify) verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs, by telling us the manner, the way (how), the extent of a verb, adjective, or another adverb. For examples: I ran fast, (fast - adverb, shows the manner of running, modifies 'ran' - verb) She is a very good athlete, (very - adverb, modifies 'good - adjective) I ran very quickly, (very - adverb, shows the extent, modifies 'quickly' - adverb) The statement is thus, true. Hence option A is correct and B is incorrect.

The second half of the sentence presents an additional idea that is similar to the first half.

Option B: 'Neither does Tom' is an elliptical sentence of the form 'neither + auxiliary (does) + subject/pronoun (Tom)'. 'Neither' indicates an agreement with negative sentences.

It is used when a similar idea is shared in a previous sentence or the first half of a sentence. (An elliptical sentence is a sentence that has information missing. That information must be provided in a previous clause or sentence.)

This option completes the given sentence in meaning, hence B is correct.

Option A: 'So' in 'so doesn't Tom' expresses an agreement with positive statements. Since the given statement is negative, Option A is incorrect.

Option C: In 'neither is Tom', 'is' is not the right auxiliary to use. 'Is' indicates a state of being, whereas the action indicated before is 'to do'. (I never do eat potatoes). The latter half must agree in terms of action with the former.

Option D: 'Neither Tom does' is not of the correct form. As stated earlier, the auxiliary comes before the subject, and not after. Hence option D is incorrect.

In order to fill in the blank with the suitable degree of the adverb, let's understand what adverbs are. Adverbs are words that describe something about the verbs. For example, "I ran fast". Here, 'fast' describes the way T ran, so 'fast' is an adverb. Degrees of the adverbs explain to us the intensity of action, adjective, or another adverb. For example, "She ran too fast". Here, 'fast' is the adverb, and 'too' intensifies how fast she ran.

Option A - 'More gracefully' is an adverb, which can be used to intensify how gracefully the action is done. 'More' is used to compare an action with another. Here, as there is no comparison, we can't use 'more gracefully'. Hence, option A is incorrect.

Option B - 'Most gracefully' is an adverb, which is used to intensify the superlative degree of the adverb. As the sentence doesn't state the highest degree of the action, we can't use 'most' here. Hence, option B is incorrect.

Option D - 'Grace' is a noun, as we need an adverb, we can't use 'grace' here. Hence, option D is incorrect.

Option C - 'Gracefully' is an adverb which is the positive degree of the adverb. It describes the way 'Asma walks'. Thus option C is the correct answer.

'Asma walks very gracefully.'

The sentence is about a person "he" who speaks in a certain manner of his colleagues. This 'manner' is described by an adverb. Adverbs are words that modify adjectives, verbs, and other adverbs to describe its manner, or the extent of something. We know an adverb is required here because the word 'speaks' is a verb which can be only modified by an adverb. From the given options, 'ill' is the most suitable word, it means 'in an unfriendly manner'. Hence option C is correct. 'Illest' does not exist in Standard English, hence it isn't considered and option A is incorrect. 'Sick' and 'bad' are both adjectives, where 'sick' means 'afflicted with disease' and 'bad' means 'not good' or 'an evil character'. Adjectives don't modify verbs, nor are both these words relevant to the statement, unless they're in the adverb form 'sickly' or 'badly'. Hence options B and D are incorrect.

The correct answer is D) no change as the given sentence is correct.

Options A, B, and C are wrong as 'only that far' indicates he couldn't go to a particular place, 'only as far' can't be used as it should be succeeded by 'as' and then also gives a different meaning, and 'only far' cannot be used as relative pronoun is missed respectively. He could ride his bike only so far.

The given sentence is an example of the adverb of comparative degree. An adverb that compares two things becomes a comparative degree of an adverb. 'Slowly1 is an adverb of positive degree. 'More slowly' is a comparative form of degree. Options B and C are not using any comparative form of degree.

Thus, option D is the correct answer out of all the options.

An adverb of place always talks about the location where the action of the verb is being carried out. The given sentence indicates that the subject's homework is nowhere to be found.

Option C indicates in or to any place which is not known. Thus, according to the rules, the correct answer will be Option (c) The other remaining options are incorrect.

Option A holds no meaning as such.

Option B indicates in or to all places.

Option D indicates a place that is unspecified.

An adverb is a word or phrase that qualifies or changes an adjective, verb or other adverbs, to express a relation of situation, cause, etc.

The correct answer is A)slowly as it ends with 'ly' and is spelled correctly.

Options B, C, and D are wrong as they are misspelled.

The adverb, 'fairly' means 'to some extent but not very'. It means the same as 'reasonably'. Hence, option D is correct.

The adverb, 'beautifully' means 'in a beautiful way'. The adverb, 'usually' means 'in the way that most often happens'. The adverb, 'politely' means 'in a way that shows good manners and respect for the feelings of others'.

As the above three words do not mean the same as 'fairly, options A, B, and C are incorrect.

Adverb of manner is used to tell the way or how something is done. Adverbs of manner are usually placed after the main verb or after the object. 'Quick' is an adjective and adding 'ly' to it will modify it. Thus, option C is the correct answer.

The correct answer is Option (c)

Option A- 'Afoot' means 'on foot'. The family is on the ship, thus this is not the correct option.

Option B- 'Abed' means 'in bed' and

Option D - 'Ahead' means 'leading someone'. Both these options have no connection with a ship, hence these options are incorrect.

Option C -'Aboard' means 'on or into a ship'. The family is in the ship that sailed away the previous day.

Hence Option C is the correct option.

In option A, "good" is used as an adverb. It modifies how she "did" in the test. Therefore, A is incorrect. "Well" in option D is an exclamation and not an adjective while in B, it is an adverb that modifies the verb "speaks". Thus options B and D are incorrect.

Now, well is usually used as an adverb in most sentences. However, in certain cases, "well" can be used as an adjective to modify a noun. The adjective "well" is usually used to indicate good health, which is what it does in option (c) Moreover, linking verbs like feel, seem, etc. are always followed by adjectives. This is because a linking verb does not express an action, but connects the subject of the verb to additional information about the subject. In option C, "well" is an adjective that describes the subject's good health. Therefore, option C is correct.

Adverbs of frequency are usually placed before the main verb (or after the auxiliary verb). Option C is incorrect as "seldom" is placed at the end of the sentence, after the main verb. While seldom can be placed at the beginning of the sentence in option B, the tense of the verb "lost" makes the sentence grammatically incorrect. Moreover, such a sentence construction isn't usually used in spoken English.

In option A, "seldom" is placed in the correct position - before the main verb "lost". Therefore, option D is incorrect while option A is correct.

Adverbs of manner are used to describe how something happens. An adjective is used to modify a noun or noun clause whereas, an adverb is placed after a clause, as it modifies the whole action described by the clause.

Thus, according to the rules, the correct answer will be Option (b)

Option A and C are incorrect, as 'worse' is an example of a comparative adjective. It is used to compare the characteristics of two nouns present in the sentence.

Option D is incorrect. 'Worst' is a superlative adjective which is used when comparing three or more things.

The statement is false because adverbs such as "always" and "never" indicate when or how often an action takes place.

The given options are all adverbs of frequency. Frequency adverbs describe how often something occurs, or takes place. The words 'always', 'often' and 'regularly' are all positive adverbs. 'Always' means 'at all times', 'often' and 'regularly' mean 'many times'. These words cannot be used here, as each would contradict the second part of the sentence: "I prefer to google everything". The speaker means to say that he/she does not use the encyclopedia much, because he/she finds most answers on google. The adverb 'hardly' means 'only just' or 'not much'. It is the most suitable option for the given sentence. It completes the sentence in meaning. Hence C is the correct option and the rest are incorrect.

An adverb is a word or phrase that qualifies or changes an adjective, verb, or other adverbs, to express a relation of situation, cause, etc.

The correct answer is B)promptly as it ends with 'ly' and is spelled correctly.

Options A, C, and D are wrong as they are misspelled.

The given sentence is an example of adverb of place. Inside is used as an adverb of place. Before is used as an adverb of time. Without is used to show not having something. 'Beneath is used to show when something is covered by another thing.

Thus, option A is the correct option. The sentence would become - They were seated inside the house when it began to rain outside.

The given sentence is an example of the adverb of comparative degree. An adverb that compares two things becomes a comparative degree of an adverb. 'Ill' is an adverb of a positive degree. Worse' is an adverb of comparative degree. 'Worst' is an adverb of superlative degree. 'As' is used as an adverb for referring to what someone or something does or how they appear.

Thus, option D is the correct answer.