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The Tongue Untied

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Interactive Adverb Quiz #1

July 15, 2012 by TheTongueUntied Leave a Comment

Choose what part of speech the identified adverb modifies.

1) This computer works extremely slowly.

 
 
 

2) Your nephew is quitesmart, isn’t he?

 
 
 

3) They rarely listened to the messages on voicemail.

 
 
 

4) That car is nearly in the river.

 
 
 

5) My grandfather cooks better than anyone else in the family.

 
 
 

6) The tamarisk trees, which are not native to Arizona, suck too much water.

 
 
 

7) I never buy fruit at the grocery store.

 
 
 

8) My parents usually host dinner on Sunday nights.

 
 
 

9) The car seen in video of the abduction was later found parked outside the home of one of the suspects.

 
 
 

10) Slightly fewer than half of the 22,000 nuclear centrifuges Iran now has in place are operating.

 
 
 

11) This proposal moves significantly in the direction that the United States and the five other nations have been urging.

 
 
 

12) The honeybee is a remarkably resilient species that has thrived for 40 million years.

 
 
 

13) The intruder tripped the first alarm quite quickly, effectively eliminating any chance of a power struggle.

 
 
 

14) In the end, the government was too weak to enforce its laws.

 
 
 

15) At times the issue became so divisive that there were fears that groups might break away.

 
 
 

16) The director would not directly confirm that her organization knew of the plan to occupy the governor’s office.

 
 
 

17) The lack of diverse nectar and pollen sources can be attributed, in part, to highly effective weed killers.

 
 
 

18) The White House refused on Monday to comment specifically on the bill.

 
 
 

19) Facing the issue may be better than grappling with the potentially devastating toll.

 
 
 

20) We have consistently said we wouldn’t negotiate in public, and we’re not going to start doing so now.

 
 
 

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