Sentences With Adjectives And Adverbs. Adverbs answer how, when, where, why, or to what extent—how often or how much (e.g., daily, completely). Before we can compose sentences consisting of "a verb," "an adverb" and "an adjective," we have to understand the definition and function of each of these parts-of-speech.
Adjectives tell us something about a person or a thing. Adverbs and Adjectives with the same form. Adverbs are used to modify verbs, adjectives or other adverbs, e.g.
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Adjectives, Adverbs, short explanation and exercises.
The correct sentence should say, She ate her lunch quickly, because the adverb, quickly, modifies the verb, ate. For example An adverb is a word that modifies (describes) a verb (he sings loudly), an adjective (very tall), another adverb (ended too quickly), or even a whole sentence (Fortunately, I had brought an umbrella). One test is to replace the verb with the same form of 'be' and see if the sentence still makes sense.