Adverb — GK Questions with Answers

1. In “She spoke softly”, “softly” is an adverb of —
   1. place
   2. manner
   3. degree
   4. time
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   Answer: (B) manner

   How she spoke → manner.

2. In “It is quite cold”, “quite” is an adverb of —
   1. frequency
   2. degree
   3. place
   4. reason
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   Answer: (B) degree

   “Quite” = how much → degree.

3. In “We will meet tomorrow”, “tomorrow” is an adverb of —
   1. degree
   2. time
   3. manner
   4. place
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   Answer: (B) time

   When → time.

4. Choose the correct sentence.
   1. She sings goodly.
   2. She sing well.
   3. She sings good.
   4. She sings well.
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   Answer: (D) She sings well.

   The adverb is “well”.

5. Choose the correct sentence.
   1. He drove fast.
   2. He drove fasting.
   3. He driven fast.
   4. He drove fastly.
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   Answer: (A) He drove fast.

   “Fast” is both adjective and adverb.

6. The adverb of “happy” is —
   1. happyly
   2. happily
   3. happly
   4. happier
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   Answer: (B) happily

   y → ily.

7. The adverb of “gentle” is —
   1. gentily
   2. gentlely
   3. gently
   4. gentle
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   Answer: (C) gently

   -le → -ly.

8. The adverb of “true” is —
   1. trueily
   2. trully
   3. truely
   4. truly
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   Answer: (D) truly

   The e is dropped.

9. “He works ___ to support his family.” (with great effort)
   1. hard
   2. hardy
   3. harder than
   4. hardly
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   Answer: (A) hard

   hard = with great effort.

10. “I could ___ believe my eyes.” (barely)
    1. hard
    2. hardly
    3. not hardly
    4. harder
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    Answer: (B) hardly

    hardly = barely.

11. “I haven’t seen him ___.” (recently)
    1. later
    2. late
    3. lately
    4. latest
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    Answer: (C) lately

    lately = recently.

12. “She came ___ for the meeting.” (after the time)
    1. latest
    2. lated
    3. lately
    4. late
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    Answer: (D) late

    late = after the time.

13. “It is ___ ten o’clock.” (almost)
    1. nearly
    2. nearer
    3. nearby
    4. near
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    Answer: (A) nearly

    nearly = almost.

14. The comparative of ‘well’ (adverb) is —
    1. weller
    2. better
    3. more well
    4. gooder
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    Answer: (B) better

    well – better – best.

15. The superlative of ‘badly’ is —
    1. worse
    2. most badly
    3. worst
    4. baddest
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    Answer: (C) worst

    badly – worse – worst.

16. Choose the correct sentence.
    1. She is cleverly enough.
    2. She enough is clever.
    3. She is enough clever.
    4. She is clever enough.
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    Answer: (D) She is clever enough.

    “Enough” comes after the adjective.

17. Choose the correct sentence.
    1. He is very weak to walk.
    2. He is so weak to walk.
    3. He is too weak for walk.
    4. He is too weak to walk.
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    Answer: (D) He is too weak to walk.

    too … to.

18. “It was ___ cold that we stayed inside.”
    1. too
    2. so
    3. very
    4. such
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    Answer: (B) so

    so + adjective + that.

19. “It was ___ a cold day that we stayed inside.”
    1. very
    2. so
    3. such
    4. too
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    Answer: (C) such

    such + a + noun + that.

20. “She has ___ finished her homework.” (before now)
    1. ago
    2. since
    3. yet
    4. already
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    Answer: (D) already

    “Already” in a positive sentence.

21. “Has the train arrived ___?”
    1. yet
    2. ago
    3. just
    4. already
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    Answer: (A) yet

    “Yet” in a question.

22. “He left two years ___.”
    1. before
    2. ago
    3. since
    4. from
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    Answer: (B) ago

    “Ago” = back from now.

23. “I have been waiting ___ morning.”
    1. ago
    2. for
    3. since
    4. from
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    Answer: (C) since

    A point in time → since.

24. “I have known him ___ ten years.”
    1. ago
    2. from
    3. since
    4. for
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    Answer: (D) for

    A period → for.

25. Choose the correct sentence.
    1. I can hardly walk.
    2. I can’t hardly not walk.
    3. I hardly can’t walk.
    4. I can’t hardly walk.
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    Answer: (A) I can hardly walk.

    No “not” with hardly.

26. “No sooner had he reached ___ it began to rain.”
    1. when
    2. than
    3. then
    4. that
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    Answer: (B) than

    No sooner … than.

27. “Hardly had she left ___ the phone rang.”
    1. that
    2. than
    3. when
    4. then
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    Answer: (C) when

    Hardly … when.

28. “Never ___ such a beautiful sight.”
    1. I saw
    2. saw I
    3. I have seen
    4. have I seen
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    Answer: (D) have I seen

    Starting with Never → inversion.

29. “Not only ___ sing, but she also dances.”
    1. does she
    2. she did
    3. did she does
    4. she does
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    Answer: (A) does she

    Starting with Not only → does she.

30. “I like tea.” — “___ I.”
    1. So like
    2. So do
    3. Neither do
    4. Either do
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    Answer: (B) So do

    Positive agreement: So do I.

31. “I don’t like tea.” — “___ I.”
    1. Either do
    2. So do
    3. Neither do
    4. Neither don’t
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    Answer: (C) Neither do

    Negative agreement: Neither do I.

32. Where does “always” go? “She ___ late.”
    1. comes always is
    2. is comes always
    3. comes always
    4. always comes
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    Answer: (D) always comes

    Before the main verb.

33. “He is ___ late.” (frequency)
    1. ever
    2. neither
    3. no
    4. never
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    Answer: (D) never

    “Never” goes after “be”.

34. Order of adverbs: “She sang ___.”
    1. yesterday in the hall beautifully
    2. beautifully in the hall yesterday
    3. in the hall beautifully yesterday
    4. yesterday beautifully in the hall
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    Answer: (B) beautifully in the hall yesterday

    Manner → place → time.

35. Choose the correct sentence.
    1. She speaks fluent English fluently.
    2. She speaks fluently English.
    3. She speaks English fluently.
    4. She fluently speaks English fluently.
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    Answer: (C) She speaks English fluently.

    Manner follows the object.

36. “___ are you late today?” — the word is an —
    1. degree adverb
    2. conjunction
    3. relative adverb
    4. interrogative adverb
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    Answer: (D) interrogative adverb

    It asks a question.

37. “This is the house ___ I was born.”
    1. what
    2. who
    3. which
    4. where
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    Answer: (D) where

    Relative adverb “where”.

38. “It was raining; ___, we went out.”
    1. however
    2. because
    3. so that
    4. if
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    Answer: (A) however

    A linking adverb showing contrast.

39. The adverb in “Come near” is formed —
    1. with -ally
    2. with -ly
    3. without -ly
    4. with -ily
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    Answer: (C) without -ly

    “Near” is an adverb without -ly.

40. “You can ___ rely on him.” (fully)
    1. fullest
    2. fuller
    3. full
    4. fully
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    Answer: (D) fully

    full → fully.

41. “The shop is ___ open.” (completely)
    1. widely
    2. wider
    3. wide-ly
    4. wide
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    Answer: (D) wide

    wide = completely.

42. Choose the correct sentence.
    1. He left two years before.
    2. He left two years ago.
    3. He had left two years ago when I came.
    4. He left since two years.
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    Answer: (B) He left two years ago.

    Simple past + ago.

43. “She is ___ beautiful.”
    1. more much
    2. very much
    3. very
    4. much
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    Answer: (C) very

    “Very” before an adjective.

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