Parts of speech: adverbs 1

For each sentence, indicate which of the three underlined words is an adverb.

For help with this exercise, see Adverbs.

Example

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undefined. Clean water is very scarce in some parts of the world.
◯ Clean
◯ very
◯ scarce
Parts of speech: adverbs 1 – 1

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undefined. Swimming with dolphins is an experience I will never forget.
◯ Swimming
◯ experience
◯ never
Parts of speech: adverbs 1 – 2

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undefined. On a clear day, Mount Rainier can be easily seen from Seattle.
◯ clear
◯ can
◯ easily
Parts of speech: adverbs 1 – 3

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undefined. The exchange student could not understand my mother’s heavily accented English.
◯ exchange
◯ could
◯ heavily
Parts of speech: adverbs 1 – 4

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undefined. The hopeful applicants studied intensely for the citizenship test.
◯ hopeful
◯ intensely
◯ citizenship
Parts of speech: adverbs 1 – 5

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undefined. Most babies get their lower front teeth first.
◯ Most
◯ their
◯ first
Parts of speech: adverbs 1 – 6

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undefined. Despite the threatening clouds, we were not allowed to bring our umbrellas into the stadium.
◯ threatening
◯ not
◯ into
Parts of speech: adverbs 1 – 7

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undefined. Writers of historical fiction often bend the truth to tell a good story.
◯ historical
◯ often
◯ good
Parts of speech: adverbs 1 – 8

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undefined. Ordinary census records sometimes provide an astonishing level of detail about the past.
◯ Ordinary
◯ sometimes
◯ astonishing
Parts of speech: adverbs 1 – 9

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undefined. At our first lesson, we only talked about surfing; we didn’t even get our feet wet.
◯ first
◯ only
◯ surfing
Parts of speech: adverbs 1 – 10