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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. I am much obliged to you for this act of kindness.
- B. "I am very obliged to you for this act of kindness."
- C. I am too obliged to you for this act of kindness."
- D. "I am too much obliged to you for this act of kindness."
Explanation: This sentence is correct. The phrase "much obliged" is a polite and formal way to express gratitude.
Correct answer: I am much obliged to you for this act of kindness.- A. Much too hard work made him sick.
- B. "Too much hard work made him sick."
- C. Many hard work made him sick."
- D. Too hard, hard work made him sick."
Explanation: This sentence is correct. "Too much" effectively conveys that the amount of hard work was excessive and led to him becoming sick.
Correct answer: "Too much hard work made him sick."- A. The results was announced two days before.
- B. "The results was announced two days ago."
- C. "The results was announced two days early."
- D. "The results was announced two days earlier."
Explanation: This sentence is correct in terms of meaning but contains a grammatical error.
Correct answer: "The results was announced two days ago."- A. She feels very proud of being what she is.
- B. "She feels much proud of being what she is."
- C. "She feels too proud of being what she is."
- D. "She feels too much proud of being what she is.
Explanation: This sentence is correct. "Very proud" is an appropriate and natural way to describe the degree of pride she feels.
Correct answer: She feels very proud of being what she is.- A. Badly
- B. Worsley
- C. Bad
- D. Worse
Explanation: "Worse" is the correct choice because it is the comparative form of the adjective "bad", which is used to describe the intensity of the…
Correct answer: Worse- A. (A) I felt so lone.
- B. (B) I felt much lonely.
- C. (C) I feld so alone.
- D. I felt very lonely.
Explanation: Option (d) is the correct choice because it uses the adverb "very" to modify the adjective "lonely." "Very" intensifies the feeling of…
Correct answer: I felt very lonely.- A. (A) I am too happy today.
- B. (B) I am much too happy today.
- C. I am very happy today.
- D. (D) I am most happy today.
Explanation: Option (C) provides the most appropriate adverb to modify "happy." "Very" is commonly used to intensify the degree of happiness and is…
Correct answer: I am very happy today.- A. (A) It taste bitterly.
- B. (B) It tasted bitterly.
- C. It tastes bitter.
- D. (D) It taste bitterness.
Explanation: Option (c) provides the correct verb form ("tastes") to agree with the subject "it." Additionally, it uses the correct adjective form…
Correct answer: It tastes bitter.- A. (A) He said that it smelt badly.
- B. He said that it smelt bad.
- C. (C) He said that it smells bad.
- D. (D) He said that it smelt very badly.
Explanation: In this case, "badly" refers to how something is done, whereas "bad" describes the quality of something.
Correct answer: He said that it smelt bad.- A. A) the water is too hot to drink.
- B. (B) the water is very hot for drink.
- C. (C) the water is to hot for drinking.
- D. (D) the water is very hot to drinking.
Explanation: Option (A) correctly uses the adverb "too" to indicate that the water's temperature is excessively high for consumption.
Correct answer: A) the water is too hot to drink.- A. (A) She was enough wise in not going there.
- B. (B) She was wise enough not to go there.
- C. (C) She was wise enough not go there.
- D. D) She was wise crnough not going there.
Explanation: Option B correctly rearranges the adverb "enough" to follow the adjective "wise," which is the typical word order in English.
Correct answer: (B) She was wise enough not to go there.- A. You are taller than 1.
- B. (B) You are more taller than me.
- C. (C) You are the taller than me.
- D. (D) You are taller than mine, me.
Explanation: Option (a) is the most grammatically correct choice. It compares the height of the person to the number 1, indicating that the person is…
Correct answer: You are taller than 1.- A. (A) it is not very hot today.
- B. (B) it is not too hot today.
- C. (C), it is not very hotter today.
- D. it is not much more hot today.
Explanation: Option (A) provides a grammatically correct and natural way of expressing the idea that the weather is not excessively hot.
Correct answer: (A) it is not very hot today.- A. (A) it is not very hot today.
- B. (B) it is not too hot today.
- C. (C) it is not very hotter today.
- D. it is not much more hot today
Explanation: Option (B) provides the correct phrasing to convey that the weather is not excessively hot.
Correct answer: (B) it is not too hot today.- A. No
- B. Could
- C. Greatly
- D. Wrong
Explanation: The key to solving these questions is reading them in your head and deciphering which part sounds odd.
Correct answer: Greatly- A. This
- B. Long
- C. European
- D. Quite
Explanation: Over here quite is wrongly used as the other homophone (quiet) was the intended word.
Correct answer: Quite- A. Dangerously
- B. Hurriedly
- C. Suspiciously
- D. Nervously
Explanation: The correct answer is 'suspiciously' because a security guard's role involves being observant and cautious about potential threats or…
Correct answer: Suspiciously- A. Certainly she is the best person for the job.
- B. She is the best person for the job certainly.
- C. She is certainly the best person for the job.
- D. The best person certainly she is for the job.
Explanation: This sentence is grammatically correct and has a natural flow. "Certainly" is placed directly before "the best person", which makes it…
Correct answer: She is certainly the best person for the job.