Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

English

Chapter

Grammar: Adverb

Question:

Choose the adverbs from the following:

(A) hard
(B) hardly
(C) beauty
(D) beautiful
(E) quickly

Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

Options:

(A) and (D) Only

(B) and (E) Only

(A), (C) and (D) Only

(A), (B), (C) and (D) Only

Correct Answer:

(B) and (E) Only

Explanation:


The correct answer is: (B) and (E) Only

Explanation:

  • (B) "hardly" is an adverb that means barely or scarcely. For example, "I could hardly believe my eyes."

  • (E) "quickly" is an adverb that describes how an action is performed. For example, "She completed the race quickly."

The other options (A), (C), and (D) are not adverbs. "Hard" is an adjective, "beauty" is a noun, and "beautiful" is also an adjective.