MCQ: Adverbs - 1 - SSC CGL MCQ

In this sentence, we need an adverb to describe how the team played. The correct adverb form to modify the verb 'played' is 'aggressively,' making Option A the correct choice.

Additional Fact: Adverbs modify verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs in a sentence to provide information on how, when, where, or to what extent an action is performed. In this context, "aggressively" describes the manner in which the team played.

The correct adverb to modify the verb 'answered' is 'carefully' (Option A), indicating how she answered the questions.

Adverb: A word that modifies a verb, adjective, or another adverb.
In the sentence "They spoke too loudly in the library":

• "Spoke" is the verb.
• "Loudly" tells us how they spoke — it modifies the verb "spoke", so it's an adverb.
• "Too" is also an adverb, but here it modifies "loudly", not the verb directly. So it's an adverb modifying another adverb, but the main adverb describing the action (spoke) is "loudly".

The correct adverb form to modify the verb 'performed' is 'fantastically' (Option B), describing how the team performed during the championship.

The sentence requires an adverb to modify the verb 'speaks.' The correct adverb form is 'clearly' (Option C) to denote the manner of speaking.

The correct adverb form to modify the verb 'performed' is 'well' (Option B), indicating how she performed in the music competition.

In this sentence, the adverb 'quickly' is required to describe the manner in which the car moved down the highway.

Identify the adverb in the sentence: "Nidhi ran to her mother quickly."

The adverb in the given sentence is quickly. It describes how Nidhi ran, indicating the manner of her action.

Here’s a breakdown of the sentence:

• Nidhi - the subject of the sentence.
• ran - the verb, indicating the action.
• quickly - the adverb, modifying the verb to explain how the action was performed.
• to her mother - a prepositional phrase indicating the direction of the action.

In this context, quickly is the correct answer as it functions as an adverb.