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 :
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → (A), (B) and (E) 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.
Adverb:
- An adverb tells us how, when, where or how much an action is done. It modifies a verb, an adjective or another adverb.
- Many adverbs end in -ly, but some words such as hard, fast, late are both adjectives and adverbs.
Example: The old man walked slowly to the gate.
(A) hard — Adverb (also an adjective).
- "He works hard" tells how he works.
- In "a hard stone" it is an adjective.
(B) hardly — Adverb.
- It means almost not: "I could hardly hear him."
(C) beauty — Noun.
- It names a quality: "the beauty of the hills", not an adverb.
(D) beautiful — Adjective.
- It describes a noun: "a beautiful garden", not an adverb.
(E) quickly — Adverb.
- It tells how an action is done: "She ran quickly."