Which of the words in the following sentence is an adverb? He quickly gobbled his lunch.
2006-10-12 10:25:51 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
saffron19... how did you guess lol
2006-10-12 11:50:22 · update #1
Quickly- because adverbs modify verbs. In the sentence 'He quickly gobbled his lunch." He is a pronoun (the subject), gobble is the verb because that is what he is doing. the -ed at the end makes it past tense. Quickly is the adverb because it modifies gobble. How did he gobble his lunch? He quickly gobbled his lunch.
That is a good way to find adverbs, find the verb and ask yourself "How did they (verb)?". For example "I hastily rushed to class" Find the verb- rush. ask yourself "How did I rush to class? I hastily rushed to class" So hastily will be the adverb, it modifies the verb. People say to remember that a lot of adverbs end in -ly but dont go by that, the way I told you works much more effectively (that is an adverb) and works for every single adverb and sentence ("How did it work? It worked EFFECTIVELY.")
2006-10-12 11:30:42 · answer #1 · answered by vladkeren44 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Quickly. an adverb is a word that descibes the verb (e.g. a doing word) in this case the verb is gobbled, so quickly is describing how he gobbled it.
2006-10-12 10:29:26 · answer #2 · answered by Sazi 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
an adverb tells you more about the verb ie how it is done. a verb is a doing word. So the verb is 'gobbled' because that's what he's doing and he gobbled it quickly so the adverb is 'quickly'
2006-10-12 10:32:56 · answer #3 · answered by madgalatno4 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
quickly. Adverbs usually in end ly, and describe what the verb is doing. He gobbles his lunch or he 'quickly' gobbled his lunch.
2006-10-12 10:28:13 · answer #4 · answered by chrismyarse 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
anything ending in ly is an adverb, generally speaking. quickly is the adverb. It describes the verb (gobbled).
2006-10-12 10:33:19 · answer #5 · answered by cyanne2ak 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Quickly
2006-10-12 10:39:25 · answer #6 · answered by Bruce P 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
quickly. Adverbs describe verbs; the verb in this sentence is 'gobbled' therefore, quickly is describing how he gobbled!
2006-10-12 10:32:37 · answer #7 · answered by Jude 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
quickly: it modifies the verb gobbled
2006-10-12 10:43:51 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Do you have any idea what the word "gobble" does to a man?!!!
2006-10-12 10:57:32 · answer #9 · answered by alfie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, he is a pronoun, gobbled is a verb, his is a possesive pronoun and lunch is a noun, so have a guess.
2006-10-12 10:31:25 · answer #10 · answered by migdalski 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋