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Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.
He asked his friend to speak _____ on the telephone.

comparison of adverbs adverb english

  1. clear

  2. more clearly

  3. very clear

  4. too clearly

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:
In the above statement, the subject is asking his friend to speak in a specific manner. Thus, the answer must an adverb that modifies the verb 'speak'.
Option A is incorrect. 'clear' is incorrect as the word is in its noun form whereas the answer is required to be an adverb.  
Option B is correct. 'more clearly' is in the adverb form. Further, it also indicates a specific manner in which the subject can ask his friend to speak. 
Option C is incorrect. 'very clear' is in its noun form whereas the required answer has to be in the adverb form
Option D is incorrect. 'too clearly' is in adverb form but, 'too' is used to indicate extreme condition. Asking someone to speak too clearly does not make sense. Thus, 'too' does not fit very well in the sentence.

State whether true or false:
Only adverbs of manner, degree and time have degrees of comparison.

comparison of adverbs adverb english

  1. True

  2. False

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The statement is true because not all adverbs can have degrees of comparison. Only adverbs of time, manner and degree such as early, swiftly, quickly etc can have degrees of comparison. Adverbs such as now, where and then do not have degrees of comparison.

Fill in the blank with the correct option.
The ______ degree of comparison is used when there is no comparison being made.

comparison of adverbs adverb english

  1. positive

  2. comparative

  3. superlative

  4. predicative

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Option A is the correct answer because the positive degree of comparison is used when no comparison is being made in a sentence. 
For example: He ran fast. (no comparison)
Option B and C are wrong because the comparative and superlativr degrees are used when two and more than two things respectively are being compared.
Option D is wrong because it is not a degree of comparison.

Fill in the blank with the correct option.
The superlative degree of the adverb "early" is ______.

comparison of adverbs adverb english

  1. most early

  2. most earliest

  3. earlier

  4. earliest

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Option D is the correct answer because the superlative degree is formed by adding "est" to the adverb "early."
Options A, B and C are incorrect because they are not the correct superlative degrees.

Choose the word or phrase that best completes the sentence.
I'm ________ a swimmer as my sister.

comparison of adverbs adverb english

  1. better

  2. good as

  3. not as good

  4. so good

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

C is the correct option as it is the only option which is describing my sister(reference used in the sentence ) as a better swimmer compared to "ME" i.e. the subject in sentence  .

  1.  Good as is more aptly bringing out MY (referring to subject in the sentence) character as a swimmer rather than as a comparative. 
  2. Better is a comparative form. 
  3. So good is not the correct option as it is equating comparative as it doesn't bring out the differences between the two nouns.
 

Fill in the blank with suitable degrees of the adverb from the given options.
We can do it _________ now because we have better resources.

comparison of adverbs adverb english

  1. Easier

  2. Easiest

  3. Easy

  4. More easily

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

In order to fill in the blank with the suitable degree of the adverb, let's understand what adverbs are. Adverbs are words that describe something about the verbs. For example, "I ran fast". Here, 'fast' describes the way 'I' ran, so 'fast' is an adverb. Degrees of the adverbs explain us the intensity of an action, adjective or another adverb. For example, "She ran too fast". Here, 'fast' is the adverb and 'too' intensifies how fast she ran.

Option A - 'Easier' is an adjective. It is the comparative form of an adjective. As we need an adverb, we can't use an adjective here. Hence, option A is incorrect.
Option B - 'Easiest' is an adjective. It is the superlative form of an adjective. Hence, option B is incorrect.
Option C - 'Easy' is often used as an adjective, as we need the degree of adverb, we can't use 'easy' here. Hence, option C is incorrect.
Option D - 'More' intensifies how easy it is, hence it is the best degree of the adverb 'easily'. The word 'now' explains that the subject must have done the action earlier as well, hence we need the intensifier 'more' to indicate the improvement 'now'. Thus option D is the correct answer.
'We can do it more easily now because we have better resources.'

Fill in the blank with the suitable degree of the adverb from the given options.
Among all her friends, Julia acts __________.

comparison of adverbs adverb english

  1. Wisely

  2. More wisely

  3. Wise

  4. Most wisely

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

In order to fill in the blank with the suitable degree of the adverb, let's understand what adverbs are. Adverbs are words that describe something about the verbs. For example, "I ran fast". Here, 'fast' describes the way 'I' ran, so 'fast' is an adverb. Degrees of the adverbs explain us the intensity of an action, adjective or another adverb. For example, "She ran too fast". Here, 'fast' is the adverb and 'too' intensifies how fast she ran.

NOTE: 'The word 'among' explains that the way 'Julia acts' is best/worst compared to all her friends. Hence, we need the superlative degree of an adverb.
Option A - 'Wisely' is the positive degree of the adverb. Hence, option A is incorrect.

Option B - 'More wisely' is the comparative form of the adverb, which is used for comparison of two things. Here, more than two things are being compared. Hence, option B is incorrect.
Option C - 'Wise' is an adjective and not an adverb. Hence, option C is incorrect.
Option D - 'Most wisely' is the superlative form of the adverb which indicates how Julia acts when compared to all her friends. Hence, option D is the correct answer.
'Among all her friends, Julia acts most wisely.'

Fill in the blank with suitable degree of the adverb from the given options.
Asma walks very __________.

comparison of adverbs adverb english

  1. More gracefully

  2. Most gracefully

  3. Gracefully

  4. Grace

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

In order to fill in the blank with the suitable degree of the adverb, let's understand what adverbs are. Adverbs are words that describe something about the verbs. For example, "I ran fast". Here, 'fast' describes the way 'I' ran, so 'fast' is an adverb. Degrees of the adverbs explain us the intensity of an action, adjective or another adverb. For example, "She ran too fast". Here, 'fast' is the adverb and 'too' intensifies how fast she ran.

Option A - 'More gracefully' is an adverb, which can be used to intensify how gracefully the action is done. 'More' is used to compare an action with another. Here, as there is no comparison, we can't use 'more gracefully'. Hence, option A is incorrect.
Option B - 'Most gracefully' is an adverb, which is used to intensify the superlative degree of the adverb. As the sentence doesn't state the highest degree of the action, we can't use 'most' here. Hence, option B is incorrect.
Option D - 'Grace' is a noun, as we need an adverb, we can't use 'grace' here. Hence, option D is incorrect.
Option C - 'Gracefully' is an adverb which is the positive degree of the adverb. It describes the way 'Asma walks'. Thus option C is the correct answer.
'Asma walks very gracefully.'

Fill in the blank with suitable degrees of the adverb from the given options.
Simran spends ___________ on her accessories, than on anything else.

comparison of adverbs adverb english

  1. Much

  2. Many

  3. More

  4. Most

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

In order to fill in the blank with the suitable degree of the adverb, let's understand what adverbs are. Adverbs are words that describe something about the verbs. For example, ''I ran fast''. Here, 'fast' describes the way 'I' ran, so 'fast' is an adverb. Degrees of the adverbs explain us the intensity of an action, adjective or another adverb. For example, ''She ran too fast''. Here, 'fast' is the adverb and 'too' intensifies how fast she ran.

NOTE: The word 'than' explains that we need the comparative degree of an adverb.
Option A - 'Much' is an adverb, which is used with uncountable subjects only. It means 'to a greater extent'. As 'much' doesn't compare the amount spent on accessories with other things, we can't use it here. Hence, option A is incorrect.

Option B - 'Many' is used as a determiner and an adverb. It is used with countable subjects only. It can't be used for comparison. Hence, option B is incorrect.
Option D - 'Most' is the superlative degree of the adverb, which means 'to the greatest extent' of an action, adjective or a noun. As we need the comparative degree and not the superlative degree, we can't use 'most' here. Hence, option D is incorrect.
Option C - 'More' is the comparative form of the adverb which intensifies act of spending of accessories. Hence, option C is the correct answer.
'Simran spends more on her accessories, than on anything else.'

Fill in the blank with suitable degree of the adverb from the given options.
A good teacher is _________ respected by all.

comparison of adverbs adverb english

  1. More highly

  2. Most highly

  3. Highly

  4. Higher

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

In order to fill in the blank with the suitable degree of the adverb, let's understand what adverbs are. Adverbs are words that describe something about the verbs. For example,'' I ran fast''. Here, 'fast' describes the way 'I' ran, so 'fast' is an adverb. Degrees of the adverbs explain us the intensity of an action, adjective or another adverb. For example, ''She ran too fast''. Here, 'fast' is the adverb and 'too' intensifies how fast she ran.

NOTE: As the sentence doesn't emphasise on intensifying the action, we will use the positive form of the adverb/normal adverb to describe the verb/adjective/noun.
Option A - 'More highly' has 'more', which is the comparative degree of the adverb. As we need the adverb in its positive degree, we can't use 'more highly' here. Hence, option A is incorrect.

Option B - 'Most highly' has 'most', which is the superlative degree of the adverb. As we need the adverb in its positive degree, we can't use 'more highly' here. Hence, option B is incorrect.
Option D - 'Higher' is the comparative degree of the adverb. Hence, option D is incorrect.
Option C - 'Highly' is the positive degree of the adverb which explains more about the adjective 'respected'. Hence, option C is the correct answer.
'A good teacher is highly respected by all.'