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Adverbs Questions For Class 6 English Grammar Set-1

Write the correct option which you find the most appropriate.

1. Robert goes to Church

(a) rarely.

(b) rare.

(c) rarefully.

(d) unrarely.

Answer:

(b)

‘Rarely’ tells us the frequency or number the action is being done. Here it is an adverb of frequency or number.

2. I would like to sit

(a) nearess the fire place.

(b) nearly the fire place.

(c) near the fire place.

(d) nearful the fire place.

Answer:

(c)

‘Near’ is the ‘Adverb of place’ which tells us the place where some action is being done.

3. The teacher could

(a) hardly read your handwriting.

(b) hard read your handwriting.

(c) harder read your handwriting.

(d) most hardly read your handwriting.

Answer:

(b)

‘Hardly’ is the ‘Adverb of degree’ that tells us to what extent an action is done.

4. I

(a) totally agree.

(b) total agree.

(c) agree total.

(d) totaily agree.

Answer:

(a)

Adverb of degree usually modifies verbs. They make the verb stronger.

5. There is not

(a) many water in the glass.

(b) more water in the glass.

(c) much water in the glass.

(d) few water in the glass.

Answer:

(c)

‘Much’ is the Adverb of degree or quantity which tells us how much or in what degree an action is done.

6. Mani runs

(a) faster than Gopal.

(b) fast than Gopal.

(c) fastly than Gopal.

(d) fastest than Gopal.

Answer:

(b)

‘Faster’ is the comparative degree of Manner which tells us the way in which the action is done.

7. Sunday morning I woke up

(a) later.

(b) lately.

(c) late.

(d) latest.

Answer:

(c)

‘Late’ is the Adverb of time which tells us the time of an action.

8. My telephone is

(a) temporarily out of order.

(b) temporary out of order.

(c) temporate out of order.

(d) temper out of order.

Answer:

(b)

‘Temporarily’ is the ‘Adverb of duration’ which tells us how long an action is being done.

9. Vimal drove

(a) to avoid being late quickest.

(b) quickly to avoid being late.

(c) quick to avoid being late.

(d) quicker to avoid being late.

Answer:

(b)

‘Quickly’ is the Adverb of degree which tells us of the way or manner an action is done.

10. The correct sentence is

(a) How old is your son now?

(b) What old is your son now?

(c) Which old is your son now?

(d) Where old is your son now?

Answer:

(d)

‘How’ is the interrogative Adverb which denotes ‘how many’ or ‘how much’.

11. He is

absolute wonderful.

absolutefully wonderful.

absolutingly wonderful.

absolutely wonderful.

Answer:

(d)

We use emphasizing adverbs to modify adjectives such as ‘wonderful’, ‘furious’ ‘astonishing’ which express extreme qualities.

12. Razia spoke to me

(a) angrily.

(b) angry.

(c) anger.

(d) angryfully.

Answer:

(b)

‘Angrily’ is the Adverb of Manner which tells in what manner or way an action is done.

13. He spoke well at

(a) the meeting night last.

(b) the meeting last night.

(c) the meeting night last.

(d) last the meeting night.

Answer:

(b)

If a sentence contains more than one adverb or adverbial phrases, these should be placed in the order- manner (well), place (meeting) and time (last night).

14. I like your handwriting. You write very

(a) neat.

(b) illegibly.

(c) neatly.

(d) neatful.

Answer:

(c)

‘Neatly’ is an ‘Adverb of Manner’ which tells us the manner or way in which the action is done.

Adverbs Questions For Class 6 English Grammar Set-2

15. The water in the pond is

(a) extreme dirty.

(b) extremely dirty.

(c) extremeful dirty.

(d) extremelessly dirty.

Answer:

(b)

‘Extremely’ is the ‘Adverb of degree’ that tells us to what extent an action is done.

16. Prem will not forget the gift given by me

(a) forever.

(b) foreverly.

(c) foreverily.

(d) foreverer.

Answer:

(b)

‘For ever’ is the ‘Adverb of duration’ which tells us how long an action is being done.

17. The comparative degree of the adverb ‘little’ is

(a) little.

(b) least.

(c) less.

(d) few.

Answer:

(c)

‘Less’ is the comparative degree of ‘little’.

18. The peacock dances

(a) gracely.

(b) gracefully.

(c) gracefull.

(d) graciously.

Answer:

(b)

‘Gracefully’ is the ‘Adverb of Manner’ which tells us the way in which the action is done.

19. The superlative degree of ‘loud’ is

(a) loud.

(b) louder.

(c) loudest.

(d) loudly.

Answer:

(c)

Adverbs of one syllable form their degrees by adding ‘er’ and ‘est’ respectively.

20. Rajesh was

(a) part responsible for the crime.

(b) partfully responsible for the crime.

(c) partly responsible for the crime.

(d) partingly responsible for the crime.

Answer:

(c)

‘Partly’ is the ‘Adverb of degree’ that tells us to what extent an action is done.

21. Raj drives

(a) in a careful manner.

(b) carefully.

(c) with caution.

(d) carefull.

Answer:

(b)

‘Carefully’ is the ‘Adverb of manner’ which tells us the way in which an action is being done.

22. The sentence with correct adverb in the following is

(a) I looked for the keys anywhere but didn’t find them.

(b) I looked for the keys many where but didn’t find them.

(c) I looked for the keys everywhere but didn’t find them.

(d) I looked for the keys somewhere but didn’t find them.

Answer:

(d)

‘Everywhere’ is the ‘Adverb of Place’ which tells where the action is done.

23. Mani clapped her hands

(a) excitedly.

(b) excited.

(c) excitely.

(d) excitefully.

Answer:

(a)

‘Excitedly’ is ‘Adverb of manner’ which tells us the way in which an action is being done.

24. Reena keeps her collection

(a) upstair.

(b) upstairly.

(c) upstaired.

(d) upstairs.

Answer:

(d)

‘Upstairs’ is the ‘Adverb of Place’ which tells where the action is done.

25. He was

(a) nearly killed in the accident.

(b) Killed nearly in the accident.

(c) killed in the accident nearly.

(d) killed in the nearly accident.

Answer:

(a)

Some adverbs like ‘almost’ ‘largely’ ‘nearly’ ‘really’, ‘quite’ are used in front of the verb.

26. I

(a) quickfully opened the gold envelope.

(b) quickly opened the gold envelope.

(c) quickful opened the gold envelope.

(d) quicker opened the gold envelope.

Answer:

(b)

‘Quickly’ is the Adverb of manner which tells us of the way or manner an action is done.

27. He is

(a) probable in the park.

(b) probability in the park.

(c) probably in the park.

(d) probablely in the park.

Answer:

(c)

‘Probably’ is an ‘Adverb of Certainty’ which expresses how certain or sure we are about an action.

28. The Adverb that tells us ‘to what extent’ is

(a) outside.

(b) terribly.

(c) extremely.

(d) eagerly.

Answer:

(b)

‘Extremely’ is the ‘Adverb of degree’ which tells us to what extent an action is done.

29. The comparative degree of ‘qualified’ is

(a) qualifier.

(b) more qualified.

(c) most qualified.

(d) qualified.

Answer:

(b)

Few adjectives and adverbs get their Comparative forms by simply getting “more” before them.

Adverbs Questions For Class 6 English Grammar Set-3

30. Ramya works diligently. Here ‘diligently’ means

(a) neatly.

(b) quickly.

(c) painstakingly.

(d) lazily.

Answer:

(c)

‘Diligently’ means ‘marked by painstaking effort’. It is an ‘Adverb of Manner’ which tells us in what manner an action is being done.

31. He knows me

(a) better than you.

(b) best than you.

(c) good than you.

(d) more better than you.

Answer:

(b)

‘Better’ is the comparative form of ‘good’.

32. She shops in several stores

(a) to get the most best products.

(b) to get the better products.

(c) to get the best products.

(d) to get more better products.

Answer:

(c)

‘To get the best products’ is an adverb of purpose which tells us about the purpose of the action being done.

33. My niece reads

(a) well for a five year old.

(b) good for a five year old.

(c) quietly well for a five year old.

(d) better for a five year old.

Answer:

(b)

‘Well’ is an adverb of manner which tells us in what manner an action is being done.

34. He

(a) crashed almost into a car.

(b) crashed into a car almost

(c) almost he crashed into a car.

(d) almost crashed into a car.

Answer:

(d)

Some adverbs like ‘almost’ ‘largely’ ‘nearly’ ‘really’, ‘quite’ are used in front of the verb

35. The adverb of ‘elegant’ is

(a) elegantily.

(b) elegantful.

(c) elegantly.

(d) elegantable.

Answer:

(c)

‘Elegantly’ is an adverb of Manner which tells us in what manner an action is being done. Most of the adverbs of manner end with –ly.

36. The antonym of interestingly is

(a) disinterestingly.

(b) uninterestingly.

(c) amusingingly.

(d) entertaining.

Answer:

(b)

The antonym of interestingly becomes uninterestingly by adding the prefix –un.

37. The baby screamed

(a) more loud.

(b) louder.

(c) loudly.

(d) loudest.

Answer:

(c)

‘Loudly’ is the ‘Adverb of Manner’ which tells us in what manner an action is being done.

39. The comparative and superlative degrees of ‘hungrily’ is

(a) most hungrily, more hungrily.

(b) more hungrily, most hungrily.

(c) hungrifully, hungrifullest.

(d) more hungry, most hungry.

Answer:

(b)

The comparative and superlative degrees of ‘hungrily’ is more hungrily, most hungrily. Adverbs ending with ‘ly’ are compared with more/most.

40. I haven’t seen him

(a) lately.

(b) late.

(c) latest.

(d) later.

Answer:

(b)

‘Lately’ is an ‘Adverb of Time’ which tells us when the action has taken place.

41. The correct relative adverb is

(a) Do you know who the Shatabdi Express arrives?

(b) Do you know when the Shatabdi Express arrives?

(c) Do you know which the Shatabdi Express arrives?

(d) Do you whom the Shatabdi Express arrives?

Answer:

(b)

‘When’ is the correct Relative Adverb in the sentence.

42. It is very urgent. Please do it

(a) immediately.

(b) lately.

(c) fastly.

(d) shortly.

Answer:

(c)

‘Immediately’ is an ‘Adverb of Time’ which tells us when the action has taken place.

43. Its

(a) awfull cold today.

(b) awfully cold today.

(c) awfullest cold today.

(d) awfuller cold today.

Answer:

(b)

‘Awfully’ is the ‘Adverb of Manner’ which tells us in what manner an action is being done.

44. Mohit acted

(a) excellently.

(b) excellent.

(c) excellentfull

(d) excellentfully.

Answer:

(a)

‘Excellently’ is the ‘Adverb of Manner’ which tells us in what manner an action is being done.

45. The redwood tree was

(a) impressively tall.

(b) impressly tall.

(c) impressive tall.

(d) impressfully tall.

Answer:

(b)

‘Impressively’ is used to modify adjective.

46. We

(a) usual have breakfast at eight.

(b) used to have breakfast at eight.

(c) usually have breakfast at eight.

(d) usuality have breakfast at eight.

Answer:

(c)

‘Usually’ is an ‘Adverb of Frequency’ which answers the question ‘how often?’

47. These mangoes are

(a) most ripe.

(b) almost ripe.

(c) almostly ripe.

(d) almostfully ripe.

Answer:

(b)

‘Almost’ is the ‘Adverb of degree’ that tells us how much.

48. The antonym of the adverb ‘delightfully’ is

(a) agreeable.

(b) sorrowfully.

(c) pleasantly.

(d) enjoyably.

Answer:

(b)

Delightfully means happily. The opposite of delightfully is sorrowfully.

49. The correct interrogative adverb is

(a) When are you going to London?

(b) Where are you going to London?

(c) Which are you going to London?

(d) Who are you going to London?

Answer:

(b)

‘When’ is the correct interrogative ‘Adverb of Time’ in the sentence.

50. Jasmine plays the piano

(a) incredibly well for her age.

(b) well incredibly for her age.

(c) well for her age incredibly.

(d) incredible well for her age.

Answer:

(b)

An adverb is generally placed before an adjective or another adverb or after the intransitive verb.