English Grammar 36: FORMATION OF ADVEBS

{ "questions": [ { "question": "Adverbs of manner are mostly formed by adding what suffix to an adjective?", "options": [ "-ness", "-ly", "-ment", "-ity" ], "answer": 1 }, { "question": "The suffix \"ly\" is actually a corruption (shortened form) of what word?", "options": [ "line", "love", "like", "lie" ], "answer": 2 }, { "question": "How do you form an adverb from the adjective \"heavy\"?", "options": [ "heavyly", "heavily", "heavly", "heavyle" ], "answer": 1 }, { "question": "What is the adverb form of the adjective \"single\"?", "options": [ "singlely", "singily", "singly", "single" ], "answer": 2 }, { "question": "The compound adverb \"meantime\" is made up of:", "options": [ "Noun + Qualifying Adjective", "Preposition + Noun", "Pronoun + Adverb", "Adjective + Adjective" ], "answer": 0 }, { "question": "In the word \"afoot\", the prefix \"a\" is a weakened form of which word?", "options": [ "at", "an", "on", "around" ], "answer": 2 }, { "question": "Which of the following adverbs means \"on foot\"?", "options": [ "Ahead", "Afoot", "Away", "Abroad" ], "answer": 1 }, { "question": "In the compound adverb \"besides,\" the word \"be\" is an old form of the preposition:", "options": [ "below", "by", "beneath", "before" ], "answer": 1 }, { "question": "The adverb \"without\" is formed by compounding:", "options": [ "Preposition + Adjective", "Preposition + Adverb", "Noun + Adverb", "Pronoun + Preposition" ], "answer": 1 }, { "question": "Which pronoun is the root for the adverbs \"there,\" \"thither,\" and \"then\"?", "options": [ "He", "Who", "The (meaning 'that')", "They" ], "answer": 2 }, { "question": "The adverb \"whence\" indicates:", "options": [ "Motion to", "Motion from", "Time from", "Place" ], "answer": 1 }, { "question": "Which of the following adverbs indicates \"Motion to\" derived from the pronoun \"He\"?", "options": [ "Here", "Hence", "Hither", "How" ], "answer": 2 }, { "question": "What does the paired adverb \"by and by\" mean?", "options": [ "Comprehensively", "Repeatedly", "Backwards and forwards", "Before long, presently" ], "answer": 3 }, { "question": "If someone works \"off and on,\" how are they working?", "options": [ "Thoroughly and completely", "Not regularly, intermittently", "Repeatedly", "Beyond comparison" ], "answer": 1 }, { "question": "Which paired adverb means \"thoroughly, completely\"?", "options": [ "Out and out", "Through and through", "Far and wide", "First and foremost" ], "answer": 1 }, { "question": "What is the meaning of \"to and fro\"?", "options": [ "In such and such a way", "First of all", "Backwards and forwards, up and down", "From time to time" ], "answer": 2 }, { "question": "Which adverb is compounded from the pronoun root \"where\" and a preposition?", "options": [ "Hitherto", "Therein", "Wherefore", "Thenceforth" ], "answer": 2 }, { "question": "Which of the following is a compound of a Preposition and an Adjective?", "options": [ "Ahead", "Aloud", "Within", "To-day" ], "answer": 1 }, { "question": "\"He reads all the novels of Scott ________.\" (Fill in the blank to mean 'many times, frequently')", "options": [ "out and away", "to and fro", "over and over", "far and near" ], "answer": 2 }, { "question": "Which of these is NOT an adverb formed by adding \"ly\" to an adjective?", "options": [ "Wisely", "Foolishly", "Herewith", "Readily" ], "answer": 2 } ] }