Question

5. Pick out the adverbs in the following sentences.
a. The mangoes were ripe, but the seller had to struggle very hard to sell them.
b. The computer was not in a good condition and so he had to sell it quickly and get
another one.
c. Mr Sastri gave the child a good book to read and she thanked him heartily.
d. It has been raining heavily all night, and the fields full of water now.
e. The Sens are quite happy with their new colony

Answer 1

Answer:

a. hard

b. quickly

c. heartily

d. heavily

e. quite

Answer 2

Adverbs are words that describe the word in a sentence.

a. hard

Here the verb is sell and hard describe sell as hard to sell.

b. quickly

Here the verb is sell and quickly describe sell as sell it quickly.

c. heartily

Here the verb is thanked and heartily describe thanked as thanked him heartily.

d. heavily

Here the verb is raining and heavily describe raining as raining heavily.

e. quite happy

Here the verb is are and quite happy describe are as are quite happy.

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