This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Adverbs > Adverb Functions – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Adverb Functions Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The winning car ..... by Sienna. A) Got driven. B) Was driven. C) Was driving. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was driven. 2. Which adverb best completes the sentence? (The adverb needs to tell how.)Sam ..... slipped on the ice patch. A) Always. B) Accidentally. C) Below. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Accidentally. 3. The girl went inside the house. A) House. B) Went. C) Inside. D) Girl. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Inside. 4. When do her parents clean the house? A) Yes, they do. B) Every weekend. C) Right Now. D) In this moment. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Every weekend. 5. The player politely asked the official a question. A) Asked. B) Politely. C) Player. D) Question. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Politely. 6. A type of adverb that describes how often the word it modifies are done. A) Adverb of Manner. B) Adverb of Place. C) Adverb of Frequency. D) Adverb of Time. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Adverb of Frequency. 7. Add the adverb "never" to this sentence:Mary gets up late. A) Mary gets up late never. B) Mary never gets up late. C) Mary gets up never late. D) Never Mary gets up late. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mary never gets up late. 8. Which adverb means:at great speed A) Rapidly. B) Currently. C) Reluctantly. D) Passionately. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rapidly. 9. My brother barely had enough sleep. A) Brother. B) Barely. C) Sleep. D) Had. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Barely. 10. This sentence is written in:The doorbell was rung by the neighbours. A) Present perfect passive. B) Past simple passive. C) Present simple. D) Future. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Past simple passive. 11. The girl clumsily walked to her seat. A) Walked. B) Seat. C) Clumsily. D) To. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Clumsily. 12. Make "good" an adverb A) Goodly. B) Well. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Well. 13. Can adverbs of possibility modify adjectives in a sentence? A) Rarely. B) No. C) Sometimes. D) Yes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Yes. 14. Make an active voiceThese bells were made by a French artist. A) A French artist made these bells. B) A French artist makes these bells. C) A French artist has made these bells. D) A French atist had made these bells. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A French artist made these bells. 15. Are adverbs used in every sentence? A) Yes!. B) No!. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No!. 16. Which adverb tells when? A) Early. B) Below. C) Accidentally. D) Inside. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Early. 17. Identify the adverbs in each sentence as well as the words they modify.Dan waved enthusiastically at Steve. A) WAVE is an adverb modifying the verb ENTHUSIASTICALLY. B) ENTHUSIASTICALLY is an adverb modifying the verb DAN. C) ENTHUSIASTICALLY is an adverb modifying the verb WAVED. D) AT is an adverb modifying the verb ENTHUSIASTICALLY. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) ENTHUSIASTICALLY is an adverb modifying the verb WAVED. 18. The cat runs quickly.What type of adverb is this sentence above A) Manner. B) Time. C) Place. D) Frequency. E) Quantity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Manner. 19. Your dress goes ..... with these shoes. A) Bluntly. B) Elegantly. C) Sharply. D) Peevishly. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Elegantly. 20. Adverbs modify verbs, adjectives or other adverbs. They often tell when, how, where, or to what degree. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 21. Students in Levels 3 through 5 ..... to take the TOEFL test. A) Are requiring. B) Require. C) Required. D) Are required. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Are required. 22. This senctence is written in:Frank has lived here for years. A) Present continuous. B) Present simple. C) Present Perfect simple. D) Past simple. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Present Perfect simple. 23. Identify the adverb(s) in the following sentence:Ricky quietly asked his brother to help him hide the mess he accidentally made. A) Asked & hide. B) Mess & made. C) Quietly & asked. D) Quietly & accidentally. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Quietly & accidentally. 24. Which adverb best completes the sentence? (The adverb needs to tell when.) ..... , I baked brownies. A) Yesterday. B) Wisely. C) Here. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yesterday. 25. Does Martina ..... go to the gym? A) Sometimes. B) Often. C) In this moment. D) Now. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Often. 26. I was expecting him to deny, but ..... he accepted. A) NEVER. B) ABSOLUTELY. C) CONTRADICTORILY. D) CERTAINLY. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) CONTRADICTORILY. 27. I secretly bought my friend a birthday gift. A) Secretly. B) Gift. C) Friend. D) A. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Secretly. 28. My husband is a good cook. A) Adverb. B) Adjective. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adjective. 29. Identify the adverb:We went to the pet store today. A) Went. B) Store. C) Today. D) We. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Today. 30. The crazy taxi goes very ..... and is dangerous. A) Hard. B) Hardly. C) Fastly. D) Fast. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fast. 31. When do adverbs end with-ily? A) When they end with a verb. B) When they end with a consonant. C) When they end with a noun. D) When they end with a vowel. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) When they end with a consonant. 32. I went to the amusement park before. A) To. B) The. C) Before. D) Went. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Before. 33. Identify the adverb in the sentence.Suddenly, a tiger sprang from the bushes. A) Suddenly. B) Tiger. C) From. D) Sprang. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Suddenly. 34. I bought a new book recently. A) Recently. B) New. C) Bought. D) Book. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Recently. 35. Make a passive voiceThe doctor treaded the patient for pneumonia. (longontsteking) A) The patient was treated for pneumonia. B) The patient has been treated for pneumonia. C) The patient had been treated for pneumonia. D) The patient is treated for pneumonia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The patient was treated for pneumonia. 36. There are two types of adverbs, which one can you find in these answers? A) Formal. B) Preposition. C) Irregular. D) Multi-part verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Irregular. 37. Which is the opposite of "gently" ? A) Nicely. B) Quietly. C) Jokingly. D) Furiously. E) Seriously. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Furiously. 38. What is the appropriate adverb to put in the given sentence below? I ..... eat shrimp due to my allergy. A) Seldom. B) Sometimes. C) None of the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Seldom. 39. Over the course of my high school career, ankle socks and baseball caps were primary considered after-school attire. A) NO CHANGE. B) Were primarily. C) Primarily we're. D) Primary were. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were primarily. 40. Identify if the highlighted word is an adjective or adverb.Sam accidentally slipped on the extremely frigid ice. A) Accidentally. B) Ice. C) Frigid. D) Sam. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Frigid. 41. The team eagerly awaited their next opponent. A) Their. B) Awaited. C) Eagerly. D) Team. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Eagerly. 42. I barely finished my test on time. A) Test. B) Time. C) Barely. D) Finished. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Barely. 43. Some adverbs do not end with-ily or-ly, why? A) Because they are verbs. B) Because they are formal. C) Because they are adjectives. D) Because they are irregular. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Because they are irregular. 44. The burglars ..... as soon as they got into the car. A) Were arrested. B) Have arrested. C) Have been arrested. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were arrested. 45. The boy walked dangerously close to the edge. A) Walked. B) Boy. C) Close. D) Dangerously. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dangerously. 46. (a) modifies verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs. A) A) Adjectives. B) A. b) Adverbs. C) C) Prepositions. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A. b) Adverbs. 47. Which adverb tells how? A) Here. B) Soon. C) Later. D) Neatly. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Neatly. 48. Identify the adverb of manner:The baby carefully blinked his eyes in the bright light. A) Eyes. B) Baby. C) Carefully. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Carefully. 49. She carefully walked home from school. A) Carefully. B) Home. C) Walked. D) School. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Carefully. 50. Identify the adverb that is modifying a verb in the sentence.I completely agree with the op-ed piece I read. A) Completely. B) Piece. C) Read. D) Agree. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Completely. 51. What is the function of the adverb?We will go to the store soon. A) Where. B) How. C) When. D) How much. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) When. 52. Make an active voiceThe presents were delivered to our home by Santa and Rudolph. A) Santa and Rudolph deliver the presents to our home. B) Santa and Rudolph delivered the presents to our home. C) Santa and Rudolph have delivered the presents to our home. D) Santa and Rudolph had delivered the presents to our home. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Santa and Rudolph delivered the presents to our home. 53. What is the adverb modifying?That man is extremely tall! A) Adverb. B) Verb. C) Adjective. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Adjective. 54. In the sentencesThe school is quite far from here. What is the adverb of degree? A) Far. B) From. C) Quite. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Quite. 55. This senctence is written in:The house has been sold after three years. A) Present simple passive. B) Present simple. C) Present Perfect passive. D) Past simple passive. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Present Perfect passive. 56. Choose the correct adverb. A) Heavy. B) Heavily. C) Heave. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Heavily. 57. All this question are from adverbs that tell: A) How. B) Where. C) When. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) How. 58. What is the adverb in the sentence?The teacher said, "Write your name nicely." A) Name. B) Said. C) Nicely. D) Write. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nicely. 59. Identify the adverb and what it modifies:Yams are a very tasty treat. A) "very"modifies"tasty". B) "Yams"modifies"are". C) "treat"modifies"tasty". D) "very"modifies"treat". Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "very"modifies"tasty". 60. What is the function of the adverb?I ran upstairs to my room. A) How much. B) Where. C) When. D) How. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Where. Next →Related QuizzesParts Of Speech QuizzesGrammar QuizzesAdverb Functions Quiz 2Adverb Functions Quiz 3Adverbial Modifiers QuizAdverbs And Adverbial Phrases QuizAdverbs And Modals Of Certainty QuizAdverbs And Prepositions QuizAdverbs Modifying Adjectives And Verbs QuizAdverbs Of Certainty Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books