Which of the following sentences use the adverb correctly?
(A) The kite flew high above the rooftops of the old city.
(B) Priya speaks English more fluent than her elder brother.
(C) Our cook has worked hardly all his life to educate his sons.
(D) Anjali sings more sweetly than her two sisters.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → (A) and (D) only
An adverb is a word that tells how, when, where or how much something happens. It can also describe an adjective or another adverb, for example she sings sweetly, very hot.
(A) The kite flew high above the rooftops of the old city. — Correct.
- As an adverb, “high” means at or to a great height. It tells where the kite flew.
(B) Priya speaks English more fluent than her elder brother. — Incorrect.
- “Fluent” is an adjective. The verb “speaks” needs the adverb, and its comparative is “more fluently”.
- Correct form: Priya speaks English more fluently than her elder brother.
(C) Our cook has worked hardly all his life to educate his sons. — Incorrect.
- “Hardly” means almost not. The sentence needs “hard”, which means with great effort.
- Correct form: Our cook has worked hard all his life to educate his sons.
(D) Anjali sings more sweetly than her two sisters. — Correct.
- An adverb ending in -ly forms its comparative with “more”: “more sweetly” + than.