This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Adverbs > Adverbs – Quiz 16 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Adverbs Quiz 16 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Choose the best way to correct the dangling modifier:After learning to sit and roll over, Walter entered his puppy in a local dog show. A) After Walter learned to sit and roll over, the puppy entered him in a local dog show. B) After Walter's puppy learned to sit and roll over, Walter entered him in a local dog show. C) It's already correct. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) After Walter's puppy learned to sit and roll over, Walter entered him in a local dog show. 2. Adriana cautiously walked into the principal's office.What is the adverb in this sentence? A) Cautiously. B) Principal. C) Walked. D) Adriana. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cautiously. 3. Choose the sentence that avoids double negatives-meaning it is ALLL Good-written correctly:D A) Don't never use a dull knife; it is more dangerous than a sharp one. B) Don't ever use a dull knife:it is more dangerous than a sharp one. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Don't ever use a dull knife:it is more dangerous than a sharp one. 4. Choose the example of an adjective. A) Colorful. B) Mountains. C) River. D) He. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Colorful. 5. Adjective or Adverb? This school year went FAST. A) Adjective. B) Adverb. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adverb. 6. What type of adverb is in the sentence?My dog always barks. A) Place. B) Time. C) Manner. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Time. 7. Maria is a ..... English teacher. A) Good. B) Well. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Good. 8. Rafaela is "trapped" in her house by her husband. How does she dream she can escape? A) Turning her husband into the police. B) Drinking coconut and papaya juice. C) Tricking her husband and running out the door. D) Letting down her hair to climb down like Rapunzel. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Letting down her hair to climb down like Rapunzel. 9. What does hardly ever mean in Spanish? A) Casi nunca. B) De vez en cuando. C) Algunas veces. D) Raramente. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Casi nunca. 10. What is the adverb phrase in this sentence?Bridget will ride her bike across the wet parking lot. A) Will ride. B) Will ride her bike. C) The wet parking lot. D) Across the wet parking lot. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Across the wet parking lot. 11. Point out the adjective in the sentence:The fluffy, white clouds floated across the sky. A) Clouds. B) Fluffy. C) Sky. D) White. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fluffy. 12. Matthew threw the football perfectly to Noah. A) Perfectly. B) Football. C) Threw. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Perfectly. 13. Choose the correct word to complete the sentence:She hadn't (ever, never) heard jazz until she visited New Orleans. A) Ever. B) Never. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ever. 14. Next, Annie will be visiting the Eiffel Tower. A) Next. B) Annie. C) Eiffel Tower. D) Visiting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Next. 15. Find the preposition:Bald eagles live in the United States. A) In. B) United States. C) Live. D) Bald. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In. 16. Joey ..... jumped out of bed when he realized he slept through his alarm. A) Excitedly. B) Awkwardly. C) Happily. D) Anxiously. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Anxiously. 17. The new student brought her lunch yesterday.How many adverbs in this sentence? A) 0. B) 1. C) 2. D) 3. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1. 18. Mr. Mason built a large bookshelf for his classroom. What word is the adjective? A) Built. B) Classroom. C) Mr Mason. D) Large. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Large. 19. Identify the adverb:The flowers bloom beautifully in spring. A) Beautifully. B) Silently. C) Quickly. D) Happily. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Beautifully. 20. Adverbs only modify verbs A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 21. Pinpoint the adverb in this sentence:She softly whispered the secret to her friend. A) Quickly. B) Gently. C) Loudly. D) Softly. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Softly. 22. What do adverbs often end in? A) -ness. B) -tion. C) -ed. D) -ly. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) -ly. 23. Yesterday is an example of: A) Adverb of frequency. B) Adverb of manner. C) Adverb of time. D) Adverb of place. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Adverb of time. 24. Mark walked ..... than Steve. A) Most fast. B) More fast. C) Faster. D) The fastest. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Faster. 25. What type of adverb is this:certainly A) Possibility. B) Manner. C) Time. D) Place. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Possibility. 26. Kamilah went to the grocery store; I, meanwhile, started to cook dinner. A) Went. B) To. C) Meanwhile. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Meanwhile. 27. Fill in the blank with the correct adjective:His explanation was ..... than the teacher's. A) Clearer. B) Most clear. C) Clearest. D) More clear. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Clearer. 28. Which word is the adverb? A) Made. B) Math. C) Today. D) Parker. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Today. 29. Captain America is the ..... of all the Avengers, but Ironman is the ..... A) Better / worst. B) Best / worse. C) Better / worse. D) Best / worst. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Better / worse. 30. Find the adverb(s) in the following sentence. That cat is really old. A) Cat. B) Really. C) Old. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Really. 31. What does an adverb of time describe? A) A noun. B) A verb. C) An adjective. D) Another adverb. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A verb. 32. Identify the adverb in the sentence.The girl in the story truly fears nothing. A) Fears. B) Truly. C) Girl. D) Nothing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Truly. 33. Find the adverb:The cat sleeps quietly. A) Cat. B) Quietly. C) Finds. D) Sleeps. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Quietly. 34. Choose the correct word given in parentheses:Visitors (couldn't, could) hardly believe their eyes. A) Couldn't. B) Could. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Could. 35. Have you ..... been to London?-No, I've ..... been there. A) Never-ever. B) So far-never. C) Ever-never. D) Just-already. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ever-never. 36. Identify the adverb in the following sentence: "The largest of rattlers can grow to almost eight feet!" A) Grow. B) Almost. C) Largest. D) Rattler. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Almost. 37. I am a gooder student than you. A) CORRECT. B) INCORRECT. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) INCORRECT. 38. Comparison of Adjectives:Which is ..... (dangerous) animal in the world? A) Most dangerous. B) The most dangerous. C) More dangerous. D) Dangerousest. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The most dangerous. 39. Name the adverb first then the word it modifies second.Be sure to cook the pork thoroughly. A) Sure, cook. B) Cook, pork. C) Thoroughly, cook. D) Pork, thoroughly. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Thoroughly, cook. 40. What title uses proper capitalization? A) Harry potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. B) The Secret Life of Pets. C) Finding nemo. D) The lion King. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Secret Life of Pets. 41. The students took a challenging test. What word is the adjective? A) Challenging. B) Students. C) Took. D) Test. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Challenging. 42. Identify what type of adverb is used in the sentence:She left for word an hour ago. A) Frequency. B) Manner. C) Time. D) Place. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Time. 43. Find the adverb:During sleep the body remains fairly still. A) Fairly. B) Still. C) During. D) Remains. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fairly. 44. The green umbrella is above the black ones. A) Green. B) Is. C) Umbrella. D) Above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Above. 45. Identify the adverb (s) and the word or words they modify in the following sentences.All of her subjects eagerly followed her style. A) Subjects; her. B) Her; subjects. C) Eagerly; followed. D) Her; style. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Eagerly; followed. 46. Choose the compound adjective in the sentence.Owen and Max thought they had a foolproof plan for the project. A) Thought. B) Foolproof. C) Project. D) Owen and Max. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Foolproof. 47. Find the adverb:The dog barked happily. A) Joyfully. B) Quickly. C) Loudly. D) Happily. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Happily. 48. Which word from the sentence is an adverb?The boy slowly placed the blanket on the bed. A) Placed. B) Carefully. C) Boy. D) Bed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Carefully. 49. A turtle is a ..... animal. A) Slow. B) Slowly. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Slow. 50. Choose the pronoun used as an adjective in the sentence.To which park do the skateboarders go? A) To. B) Do. C) The. D) Which. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Which. 51. Tom is ..... than John. A) Shorter. B) More shorter. C) More short. D) Shortter. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Shorter. 52. Find the adverb in the following sentence:She quickly ran to the store. A) Quickly. B) Hastily. C) Rapidly. D) Swiftly. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Quickly. 53. Identify the adverb(s) in the following sentence:It was almost too quiet in the house. A) Too. B) Quiet, too. C) Almost. D) Almost, too. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Almost, too. 54. Select the correct form of the word to fill the blank and complete the sentence: "That's the ..... I've ever seen our cat run!" A) Faster. B) Fastest. C) Fasting. D) Fast. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fastest. 55. Jim and Pam ..... ran out of the rain.Complete the sentence with an adverb A) Inside. B) Yearly. C) Quickly. D) Tomorrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Quickly. 56. What is the adverb phrase in this sentence?Trevor has a soccer game on Wednesday. A) Has a soccer game. B) On Wednesday. C) A soccer game. D) Has a soccer game on Wednesday. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) On Wednesday. 57. The rain fell hard during the storm. A) Adverb of Manner. B) Adverb of Time. C) Adverb of Place. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Adverb of Manner. 58. A person, place, thing, or idea is a: A) Noun. B) Adverb. C) Adjective. D) Verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Noun. 59. What is the importance of Sire to Esperanza? A) He looked her way and paid her attention. B) He is a good role model. C) He takes care of Lois. D) He is a great young man. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He looked her way and paid her attention. 60. Choose an example of a verb. A) She. B) Jumps. C) Really. D) Far. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jumps. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesParts Of Speech QuizzesGrammar QuizzesAdverbs Quiz 1Adverbs Quiz 2Adverbs Quiz 3Adverbs Quiz 4Adverbs Quiz 5Adverbs Quiz 6Adverbs Quiz 7Adverbs Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books