Test: Adverb - 1 - Primary 2 MCQ

Adverb 'carefully' is qualifying the verb 'drives'. Adverbs of manner describe how something happens. Here, 'carefully' provides information about how cautiously he drives, i.e. up to what degree is he cautious while driving. So, it is an adverb of manner.

The underlined word 'Hardly' is an adverb which means 'scarcely'. For example, Hardly I had entered the room, the power went off.

• As we have to identify the part of the speech of the word, we need to know the significance of the parts of the speech.
• Parts of speech:
  • A category to which a word is assigned in accordance with its syntactic functions. 
  • In English, the main parts of speech are noun, pronoun, verb, adjective, adverb, preposition, conjunction and interjection.

• An adverb is a word or phrase that modifies or qualifies an adjective, verb, or other adverb or a word group, expressing a relation of place, time, circumstance, manner, etc.
• Adverbs usually come after the main verb 'be', except in emphatic clauses where it comes before the verb.
• An adverb is always placed adjacent to the word/clause it modifies.
• Example:
  • She’s always late for everything.
  • I never was a fan of hers. (emphatic)
• Since is used for a point of time (1982, last month, etc.) whereas for is used for any duration (4 days, 6 months, etc.).
• As per the points given above, the 2nd option is the correct choice.

The underlined part in the sentence "This bill was passed yesterday" is "yesterday". We need to determine the part of speech for this word.
The word "yesterday" is an adverb in this sentence. Here's why:
Adverb:
- An adverb is a word that modifies a verb, adjective, or another adverb.
- Adverbs often answer the questions "how," "when," "where," "why," or "to what extent."
- In this sentence, "yesterday" answers the question "when." It tells us when the bill was passed.
Therefore, the correct answer is D: Adverb.
To summarize:
- The underlined part "yesterday" in the sentence "This bill was passed yesterday" is an adverb.
- It answers the question "when" and modifies the verb "was passed."
- Adverbs modify verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs.

Adverb of Negation is a word which indicates a negative statement. In English, a sentence is commonly negated by inserting a single negative word (not, don't, didn't, won't , etc.) into the appropriate place in the sentence. Therefore, 'not' is an adverb of negation.

• An adverb is a word which qualifies the verb, adjective or another adverb in the sentence.
• Example: I have come to the office early.
• The underlined word 'dearly' is an adverb which qualifies the verb in the sentence.
• As we have to identify which part of speech the word belongs to, we need to know the significance of parts of speech.
• Parts of speech:
  • A category to which a word is assigned in accordance with its syntactic functions.
  • In English, the main parts of speech are noun, pronoun, verb, adjective, adverb, preposition, conjunction and interjection.

• Let us explore the given options:
  • 'Creatively' is an adverb that means in a way that produces or uses original and unusual ideas.
  • 'Rarely' is a frequency adverb, we can use them to refer to things that almost never happen, or do not happen very often. They have a negative meaning. We use them without not. Hardly ever, scarcely and seldom are other frequency adverbs.
  • 'Greedy' is an adjective which means excessively or inordinately desirous of wealth, profit, etc. The adverb of 'Greedy' is 'Greedily'.
  • 'Well' is an adverb of manner that tells us how something is done or happens. Most adverbs of manner end in –ly such as badly, happily, sadly, slowly, quickly, and others that include well, hard, and fast.
• Hence, the option 'Greedy' is not an adverb.

The underlined word 'probably' which is an adverb means 'almost certainly; as far as one knows or can tell'. For example- She would probably never see him again.

• Let us explore the given options:
  • 'Barely' means scarcely or hardly.
  • 'Certainly' means in a manner that is certain.
  • 'Quite' means to an extreme: Positively.
  • 'Rather' means more readily or willingly.
  • Out of all the given words, only the word 'barely' has a negative meaning.
• Hence, the option 'barely' is a negative adverb.