Grammar | MCQs

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"Gently" describes how an action is performed, which makes it an adverb of manner.

Adverbs of manner explain the way in which something is done, like gently, quickly, or loudly.

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"Extremely" modifies the adjective "happy" to show the intensity or degree of happiness.

This makes it an adverb of degree, which expresses how much or to what extent something is true.

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"With tooth and nails" describes how the action "fight" will be done.

Since it modifies the verb, it functions as an adverbial phrase.

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In the sentence "What is she doing outside?", the word "outside" indicates where the action is taking place.

Therefore, it is an Adverb of Place.

The words like inside, outside, down, around are called: Adverb Of Place.

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An adverb of reason explains why something happens.

"Hence" means for this reason or as a result, making it an adverb of reason.

Examples:

He was unwell; hence, he didn't attend the meeting.

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In the sentence "I have met him before," the word "before" functions as an adverb.

It indicates the timing of the action "met" and suggests

that the meeting occurred at some point in the past relative to the present moment.

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"Cut" is an irregular verb because its past tense and past participle forms are the same: cut – cut – cut.

Laugh, shout, paint are regular verbs that follow the pattern of adding -ed in past tense.

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A transitive verb requires a direct object to complete its meaning — here, "closed" acts on "the door".

The verbs sat, smiled, arrived are intransitive, meaning they do not take a direct object.

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A transitive verb needs a direct object to complete its meaning.

In this sentence, "brought" is the transitive verb and "a gift" is its direct object.

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A transitive verb requires a direct object to complete its meaning.

“Took” is transitive and “the keys” is its direct object.