This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Adverbs > Position Of Adverbs – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Position Of Adverbs Quiz 2 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which sentence preserves the original meaning? Original: "He nearly slipped." A) Nearly he slipped. B) He slipped nearly. C) He nearly slipped. D) He slipped almost.TagsToughL5N3XIdentify correct positions of adverbs of manner time place frequency and degreeAcharyaQuick. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He nearly slipped. 2. Where is the adverb placed in the end position? A) Before the subject. B) After the verb. C) Before the verb. D) After the subject. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) After the verb. 3. I thought the workshop was at the weekend but ..... it's on a Thursday. A) Obviously. B) In fact. C) Hardly. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In fact. 4. Correct placement: A) She is very singing loudly. B) She is singing very loudly. C) She singing is very loudly. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She is singing very loudly. 5. He can run (fast) A) END POSITION. B) EVERY POSITION. C) FRONT POSITION. D) MID POSITION. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) END POSITION. 6. 13 My sister ..... white bread. A) Doesn't usually eat. B) Doesn't eat usually. C) Usually doesn't eat. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Doesn't usually eat. 7. 14 I worked ..... that I achieved far more than I'd planned to. A) Such hard. B) So hard. C) So hardly. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) So hard. 8. Would you mind ..... the windows? A) To close. B) If we. C) If. D) Closing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Closing. 9. I ..... at home by 06.00 p.m. A) Usullay am. B) Am usually. C) Have usually been. D) Usually have been. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Am usually. 10. What's the adverb for:FRIENDLY A) Friendly. B) Friendlyly. C) In a friendly way. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) In a friendly way. 11. You can go ..... you want but never forget to call me. A) Until. B) Before. C) After. D) Whenever. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Whenever. 12. Which is a wrong construction. A) I always tell myself to be brave. B) I never tell myself to be brave. C) Always I tell myself to be brave. D) I usually take the bus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Always I tell myself to be brave. 13. 12 He got on the bus and ..... a seat near the back. A) Was finding. B) Had found. C) Found. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Found. 14. ..... to their rooms if they misbehaved. A) Quickly they were sent usually. B) Usually they were quickly sent. C) They usually were quickly sent. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Usually they were quickly sent. 15. Do you cook at home? A) I sometimes talk to an Englishfriend on the phone. B) No, I watch television. C) Online or sometimes in thetown centre. D) Yes, but I sometimes orderpizza for dinner. E) I always walk becauseit's healthy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Yes, but I sometimes orderpizza for dinner. 16. My friend's taken ..... riding recently A) In. B) Into. C) Up. D) Out. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Up. 17. I haven't got enough room on my bookshelves, so I ..... my books on the floor. A) Put. B) Keep. C) Stack. D) Hang. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stack. 18. The MC called out the name loudly of the winner. A) RIGHT. B) WRONG. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) WRONG. 19. Which sentence has an adverb in the end position? A) I always do my homework. B) Always I do my homework. C) I do my homework carefully. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I do my homework carefully. 20. "Yesterday I saw a cat." $\rightarrow$ What is the adverb position? A) Mid-position. B) Front-position. C) End-position. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Front-position. 21. Which adverb cannot go in the end-position? A) We visited her last month. B) She will visit soon. C) I really like it also. D) I find it difficult too. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I really like it also. 22. 16 We didn't want to leave because the party ..... A) Hadn't been finishing. B) Didn't finish. C) Hadn't finished. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hadn't finished. 23. What is the usual position of an adverb of degree (like "very" )? A) At the end of sentence. B) Before the word it modifies. C) Before the subject. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Before the word it modifies. 24. He was excited to play videogames (very) A) FRONT AND END POSITIONS. B) MID POSITION. C) END POSITION. D) MID AND END POSITIONS. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) MID POSITION. 25. I ..... for a while before I go to sleep. A) Usually read. B) Read usually. C) Still read. D) Read still. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Usually read. 26. Put the verb in bracket at the correct position-My uncle is moving to Stockholm soon. (definitely) A) My uncle is definitely moving to Stockholm soon. B) My uncle is moving to Stockholm definitely soon. C) Both of these. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) My uncle is definitely moving to Stockholm soon. 27. ..... , the changes the adapter has made seem designed to make the story even more frightening A) Abrubt. B) Abrubtly. C) Interestingly. D) Interestedly. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Interestingly. 28. ..... I spent so much money this past weekend, I shouldn't go to the concert tonight. A) Once. B) Before. C) Until. D) Since. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Since. 29. Are you always on timefor lessons? A) Every week. I love films. B) No, I'm sometimes late. C) I sometimes go to themountains. D) No, I never eat tomatoes. E) About five times a day. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No, I'm sometimes late. 30. You ..... to library during break time. A) Can definitely go. B) Can go definitely. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Can definitely go. 31. Which sentence has the wrong adverb placement? A) He often visits his uncle. B) They will meet us outside. C) She loudly spoke in class. D) He usually wakes up at six.TagsToughL5N3XIdentify correct positions of adverbs of manner time place frequency and degreeStandardAcharya. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She loudly spoke in class. 32. Where do you usually goon holiday? A) Yes, but I sometimes orderpizza for dinner. B) I sometimes go to themountains. C) Every week. I love films. D) No, I'm sometimes late. E) No, I never eat tomatoes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I sometimes go to themountains. 33. Can you recommend a good book? I'm not reading anything ..... A) Actually. B) At the moment. C) Even. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) At the moment. 34. We were playing ..... A) Quietly in our room all night. B) In our room quietly all night. C) All night quietly in our room. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Quietly in our room all night. 35. I've been playing chess since I ..... four years old. A) Am. B) Was. C) Were. D) Have been. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was. 36. Where do adverbs of manner usually appear? A) Before the verb. B) After the verb or object. C) At the beginning. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) After the verb or object. 37. I should go home (perhaps) A) FRONT POSITION. B) MID POSITION. C) MID AND END POSITIONS. D) FRONT AND END POSITIONS. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) FRONT POSITION. 38. A:'Does she behave well?' B:' ..... '. A) Often she badly behaves honestly. B) Honestly, often she behaves badly. C) Honestly, she often behaves badly. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Honestly, she often behaves badly. 39. Adverbs of frequency (e.g., "always" , "never" ) are usually placed: A) At the end. B) Before the main verb. C) After the object. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Before the main verb. 40. I ..... (1) don't remember putting it down ..... (2). (simply) A) 1. B) 2. C) 1 and 2. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1. 41. 20 These are ..... beautiful flowers. What are they called? A) So. B) Such. C) So much. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Such. 42. She secretly gave him her address and phone number. A) RIGHT. B) WRONG. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) RIGHT. 43. 1 We ..... for two hours when they finally let us in. A) 've been queuing. B) Were queuing. C) 'd been queuing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 'd been queuing. 44. He respectfully treated her as his older relative. A) RIGHT. B) WRONG. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) RIGHT. 45. "She speaks English fluently." $\rightarrow$ What is the position of the adverb? A) Beginning. B) End. C) Before subject. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) End. 46. We ..... (1) look forward to hearing from you ..... (2). (soon) A) 1. B) 2. C) 1 and 2. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 2. 47. Their bikes are just ..... as our bikes. A) Better. B) Good. C) As better. D) As good. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) As good. 48. How do you get to school? A) Yes, but I sometimes orderpizza for dinner. B) I sometimes talk to an Englishfriend on the phone. C) I sometimes go to themountains. D) Online or sometimes in thetown centre. E) I always walk becauseit's healthy. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) I always walk becauseit's healthy. 49. I play chess with Lorenzo hardly ever / every week. A) Hardly ever. B) Every week. C) Both. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Every week. 50. She energetically danced to the upbeat music. A) RIGHT. B) WRONG. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) RIGHT. 51. In "She has always loved music, " the adverb "always" is placed: A) Between auxiliary and main verb. B) After the main verb. C) At the beginning. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Between auxiliary and main verb. 52. "They are rarely at home." $\rightarrow$ Where is the adverb? A) After verb "are". B) Before "they". C) After "are" but before complement. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) After "are" but before complement. 53. Where would "sometimes" go in this sentence: "I eat ice cream" ? A) I eat sometimes ice cream. B) I sometimes eat ice cream. C) Sometimes I eat ice cream. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I sometimes eat ice cream. 54. 26 I can't stand most TV programmes, ..... reality shows. A) Specially. B) Especially. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Especially. 55. What's the adverb for:LONG A) Longly. B) Long. C) In a long fashion. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Long. 56. Put the adverb in bracket at the correct position-We went to the cinema. (yesterday) A) We went to the cinema yesterday. B) We yesterday went to the cinema. C) Both of these. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) We went to the cinema yesterday. 57. Do you often practise Englishoutside the classroom? A) Online or sometimes in thetown centre. B) I sometimes talk to an Englishfriend on the phone. C) Yes, I am always on time. D) Yes, I always eat tomatoes, becauseit's healthy. E) Yes, but I sometimes orderpizza for dinner. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I sometimes talk to an Englishfriend on the phone. 58. Which sentence is the adverb correctly placed? A) The outside members of the team are drinking. B) The members of the team are drinking outside. C) Outside the members of the team are drinking. D) The members of the team are outside drinking. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The members of the team are drinking outside. 59. 8 Jeff ..... Linda for two years when they got engaged. A) Had known. B) Had been knowing. C) Has known. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had known. 60. Where does the adverb usually go in: "He ..... drives to school" ? A) Drives always. B) Always drives. C) Drives to always. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Always drives. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesParts Of Speech QuizzesGrammar QuizzesPosition Of Adverbs Quiz 1Position Of Adverbs Quiz 3Position Of Adverbs Quiz 4Adverb Functions QuizAdverbial Modifiers QuizAdverbs And Adverbial Phrases QuizAdverbs And Modals Of Certainty QuizAdverbs And Prepositions Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books