Parts of speech: adverbs 1

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

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Example

Question 1 of 10

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

Question 2 of 10

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

Question 3 of 10

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

Question 4 of 10

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

Question 5 of 10

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

Question 6 of 10

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

Question 7 of 10

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

Question 8 of 10

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

Question 9 of 10

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

Question 10 of 10

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