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Adverbs modify verbs, adjectives, other adverbs or whole clauses to express manner, time, place, frequency, degree and viewpoint. The topic covers position rules for different adverb types, especially mid-position frequency adverbs, and how placement can change emphasis or create an unclear meaning.
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- A. Please close the outer door, otherwise, the cold air comes in.
- B. Please close the outer door; otherwise, the cold air comes in.
- C. Please close the outer door otherwise the cold air comes in.
- D. Please close the outer door: otherwise, the cold air comes in.
Explanation: This option is correct. The semicolon appropriately separates the two independent clauses.
Correct answer: Please close the outer door; otherwise, the cold air comes in.- A. Children whom feel terribly about themselves are less likely to succeed in school.
- B. Children who feel terribly about themselves is less likely to succeed in school.
- C. Children who feel terribly about themselves are less likely to succeed in school.
- D. Children who feel terrible about themselves are less likely to succeed in school
Explanation: The correct option from the above is D which is quite right.
Correct answer: Children who feel terrible about themselves are less likely to succeed in school- A. Dad walks impatiently into town every afternoon before supper to get a newspaper.
- B. Dad walks into town impatiently every afternoon before supper to get a newspaper.
- C. Dad walks every afternoon impatiently into town before supper to get a newspaper.
- D. Dad impatiently walks into town every afternoon before supper to get a newspaper.
Explanation: This option means that Dad is impatient while walking into town every afternoon. "Impatiently" modifies "walks," indicating how he walks.
Correct answer: Dad walks impatiently into town every afternoon before supper to get a newspaper.- A. If you don't have money enough, I can lend you some.
- B. If you don't have enough money, I can lend you some.
- C. If you don't have enough money, I could lend you some.
- D. If you don't have enough money, I can borrow you some.
Explanation: This option is correct. It uses "enough money" correctly and expresses the offer to lend money if needed.
Correct answer: If you don't have enough money, I can lend you some.- A. I hardly spoke any Japanese when I first came here, and I've learned a lot since then.
- B. I hard spoke any Japanese when I first came here, but I've learned a lot since then.
- C. I hardly spoke any Japanese when I first came here, but I've learned a lot since then.
- D. I hardly spoke some Japanese when I first come here, but I've learned a lot since then.
Explanation: This option is correct. It correctly uses "hardly spoke any Japanese" to indicate the initial lack of proficiency and "but" to contrast it…
Correct answer: I hardly spoke any Japanese when I first came here, but I've learned a lot since then.- A. The hungry cat was staring at the mouse greedily.
- B. The hungry cat greedily stared at the mouse.
- C. The hungry cat was staring greedily at the mouse.
- D. The hungry cat stared at the greedy mouse.
Explanation: This option is also grammatically correct. It simplifies the sentence by removing the mouse as the object of the sentence, focusing…
Correct answer: The hungry cat was staring greedily at the mouse.- A. The camera that I bought lately is very well, but it uses more memory often compared to other cameras.
- B. The camera that I bought lately is very good, but it uses more memory compared to other cameras often.
- C. The camera that I bought lately is very good, and it uses more memory often compared to other cameras.
- D. The camera that I lately bought is very good, but it often uses more memory compared to other cameras.
Explanation: This option is correct. It effectively contrasts the positive quality of the camera ("very good") with the negative aspect of its higher…
Correct answer: The camera that I lately bought is very good, but it often uses more memory compared to other cameras.- A. Was
- B. A
- C. Leaning
- D. Longly
Explanation: "Longly" is an adverb that means "for a long time", but it's not a commonly used word in English and sounds somewhat awkward in this…
Correct answer: Longly- A. Have
- B. Pair
- C. Convicts
- D. Happily
Explanation: "Happily" is an adverb that means "in a happy way", but it's not the correct word to use in this context.
Correct answer: Happily- A. Can
- B. And
- C. Interface
- D. Friendly
Explanation: "Friendly" is an adjective that means "easy to use" or "pleasant", but it's not the correct word to use in this context.
Correct answer: Friendly- A. Believe
- B. Good
- C. Their
- D. Great
Explanation: "Great" is an adjective that means "large" or "important", but it's not the correct word to use in this context.
Correct answer: Great- A. If fertility declines fast enough the line will level off sometime after the middle of the twenty-first century.
- B. If fertility declines enough fast the line will level off sometime after the middle of the twenty-first century.
- C. If fertility declines fast enough the line will level off sometimes after the middle of the twenty-first century.
- D. If fertility decline fast enough the line will level off sometime after the middle of the twenty-first century.
Explanation: The correct answer is A. If fertility declines fast enough the line will level off sometime after the middle of the twenty-first century.-…
Correct answer: If fertility declines fast enough the line will level off sometime after the middle of the twenty-first century.- A. Dad walks into town impatiently every afternoon before supper to get a newspaper.
- B. Dad walks impatient into town every afternoon before supper to get a newspaper.
- C. Dad walks impatiently into town before supper every afternoon to get a newspaper.
- D. Dad walks impatiently into town every afternoon before supper to get a newspaper.
Explanation: The correct answer is D. Dad walks impatiently into town every afternoon before supper to get a newspaper.The adverb "impatiently"…
Correct answer: Dad walks impatiently into town every afternoon before supper to get a newspaper.- A. So there he lived, at Mrs. Wickett's, with his quiet enjoyments of reading and talking and remembering; an old man, white-haired and only a little bald, still rather active for his years.
- B. So there he lived, at Mrs. Wickett's, with his quiet enjoyments of reading and talking and remembering; an old man, white-hair and only a little bald, still fairly active for his years.
- C. So there he lived, at Mrs. Wickett's, with his quite enjoyments of reading and talking and remembering; an old man, white-haired and only a little bald, still fairly active for his years.
- D. So there he lived, at Mrs. Wickett's, with his quiet enjoyments of reading and talking and remembering; an old man, white-haired and only little bald, still fairly active for his years.
Explanation: Option A is the correct choice. This option correctly uses "quiet enjoyments" to describe the activities of the old man.
Correct answer: So there he lived, at Mrs. Wickett's, with his quiet enjoyments of reading and talking and remembering; an old man, white-haired and only a little bald, still rather active for his years.- A. On rather rare occasions she urged severity where Chips was inclined to be forgive.
- B. On fairly rare occasions she urged severity where Chips was inclined to be forgiving.
- C. On rather rare occasions she urged severity where Chips was inclined to be forgiving.
- D. On rather rare occasions she urged severity where Chips is inclined to be forgiving.
Explanation: The sentence is grammatically correct, and "rather rare" is a more suitable phrase than "fairly rare".
Correct answer: On rather rare occasions she urged severity where Chips was inclined to be forgiving.- A. And on windy days with gown and white hair and School-list fluttering in uproarious confusion, the wholly thing became a comic turn sandwiched between afternoon games and the return to classes.
- B. And on windy days with gown and white hair and School-list fluttering in uproarious confusion, the whole thing became a comic turn sandwiched between afternoon games or the return to classes.
- C. And on windy days with gown and white hairs and School-list fluttering in uproarious confusion, the whole thing became a comic turn sandwiched between afternoon games and the return to classes.
- D. And on windy days with gown and white hair and School-list fluttering in uproarious confusion, the whole thing became a comic turn sandwiched between afternoon games and the return to classes.
Explanation: The sentence is grammatically correct, with no errors in wording or punctuation.
Correct answer: And on windy days with gown and white hair and School-list fluttering in uproarious confusion, the whole thing became a comic turn sandwiched between afternoon games and the return to classes.- A. On
- B. Was
- C. Mice
- D. To
Explanation: The error is in the sentence structure and word order. "Was" is the incorrect verb position, it should be "was placed" to indicate the…
Correct answer: Was- A. Followed
- B. That
- C. Long
- D. Hardly
Explanation: The error is in the word order and adverb placement. "Hardly" is incorrectly placed, it should be used to modify the verb "believe"…
Correct answer: Hardly- A. I had
- B. Writing
- C. Announced
- D. The
Explanation: The error is in the word order. The correct construction is "Scarcely had I" instead of "Scarcely I had".
Correct answer: I had- A. Remembered
- B. Often
- C. Write
- D. Make
Explanation: The error is in the word placement. "Often" should be placed after "would" to indicate the frequency of writing, not after "felt".
Correct answer: Often