Adverbs Test 9

In the above mentioned sentence, the most appropriate word to be filled in the blank is Option A, “Lately.”

The sentence describes a habit that has been perceived in the recent past, which forms the earlier part of the sentence, and the literal meaning of the word ‘lately’ matches with the same. Though it includes the word late, the word lately means something regarding the recent past, that has been started not much earlier than the present situation.

The other options, “late” and “later”, mean different points of time which do not match with the blank, while “latter” would mean the next one. It will not apply in the sentence as only one party is involved, hence Option A is the right answer.

An adverb is a word or phrase that qualifies or changes an adjective, verb or another adverb, to express a relation of a situation, cause etc.

The correct answer is  C) softly as it ends with 'ly' and is spelled correctly.

Options A, B, and D are wrong as 'softer' is a comparative adjective, 'softest' is a superlative adjective, and 'soften' is a verb respectively.

The adverb in the given sentence is ‘Yesterday’. It is an adverb of time because it tells when the action happened, i.e. the time. Therefore option B is correct. Whereas an adverb of place will tell you where the action happens or where someone is going, for example ‘outside’ or ‘upstairs’. An adverb of frequency tells us how often the action takes place, like ‘regularly’ or ‘twice’. While an adverb of manner explains the way people do things, like ‘skilfully’ or ‘correctly’. Since the given adverb denotes when the speaker watches the movie, options A, C and D are incorrect. 

The adverb in the given sentence is ‘twice’. It is an adverb of frequency that tells us how often the action takes place, i.e. the rate of occurrence. Therefore option C is correct. Whereas an adverb of place will tell you where the action happens or where someone is going, for example ‘outside’ or ‘upstairs’. An adverb of time tells when the action happened, like ‘tomorrow’ or ‘next year’. While an adverb of manner explains the way people do things, like ‘skilfully’ or ‘correctly’. Since the given adverb denotes how many times the person has visited Agra, options A, B and D are incorrect. 

The adverb in the given sentence is ‘very’. It is an adverb of degree that explains the intensity of the action. Therefore option B is correct. Whereas an adverb of time will tell you when something happened, like ‘tomorrow’ or ‘next year’. An adverb of frequency tells us how often the action takes, like ‘regularly’ or ‘twice’. While an adverb of manner explains the way people do things, like ‘skilfully’ or ‘correctly’. Since the given adverb denotes the intensity of how happy the person is, options A, C and D are incorrect.