Question

pick out and write the adverbs in the following sentences:
a) He is often late in doing the work​

Answer 1

In the given sentence, often is an adverb and it is an adverb of time.

Explanation:

• An adverb is a word that modifies the verb or an adjective or another adverb.
• There are three types of adverbs and these are adverb of manner, adverb of place, and adverb of time.
• If a sentence follows the above sequence of adverbs then it is grammatically correct.
• Here the adverb is "often" which is an adverb of time.

Answer 2

There are two adverbs in the sentence: 'often' and 'late'.

Explanation:

• Adverbs are words that qualify a verb or an adjective or another adverb in a sentence.
• There are different types of adverbs. They are:
• Adverbs of time- (Eg): then, now, today, yesterday etc.,
• Adverbs of manner- (Eg):fast, slowly, properly, beautifully, etc.,
• Conjunctive adverbs- (Eg): however, nonetheless, whenever, etc.,
• Adverbs of degree- (Eg): extremely, truly, really, etc.,
• Adverbs of place- (Eg): there, here, nowhere, everywhere, etc.,
• Adverbs of frequency- (Eg): rarely, always, usually, etc.,
• In the sentence given, the verb is 'doing'.
• The word that qualifies 'doing' is 'late'. So 'late' is an adverb. It is an adverb of manner.
• The word that qualifies 'late' is 'often'. An adverb can qualify an another adverb. So in that way, 'often' is an adverb. It is an adverb of frequency.