Question

Select the correct adverb.
Valery runs ___ of the three of us.
A) faster
B) most fast
C) fastest
D) none of the above

Answer 1

The correct adverb to be filled in the blank in the sentence is 'fastest'.

An adverb is a word that adds more information about time, place, manner, degree or cause to a verb, adjective, adverb or phrase. There are many types of adverbs such as frequency, manner, location, time, etc.

Adverb of frequency answers the question how often?

Words such as always, often, rarely, seldom, etc. fall under this category.

Example sentence: I eat eggs very rarely.

Adverbs of degree

Adverbs of degree are words that tell us about the intensity of something. Words such as extremely, quite, enough, very, too, etc. fall under this category.

Example sentence

The scenery of Switzerland was very beautiful.

Note: 'Fastest' has been used because the comparison is among three.

Answer 2

An Adverb is a word which modifies a verb or an adjective. It usually comes immediately before or after verbs or adjectives. Many adverbs are adjectives with "ly" at the end of the word. Just like adjectives,adverb can have comparative forms and superlative forms.

In the following sentence fastest is the adverb .

Valery runs fastest amongst all three of us.