From revision part 2

Question 1

Both adjectives and adverbs can be gradable and non-gradable.

True or false?

Answer 1

True

Gradable adjectives: very beautiful
Non-gradable adjectives: married, unique, superior

Gradable adverbs: adverbs that can be modified (very well)
Non-gradable adverbs: are adverbs which cannot be modified by another adverb (almost, essentially, absolutely, totally, completely)

Question 2

Some adjectives and adverbs can be modified by intensifiers.

True or false?

Answer 2

Intensifiers: absolutely, completely, entirely, extremely, utterly. Examples:
She is extremely beautiful.
They work extremely hard.

Question 3

Common adverbs end in -ly.

True or false?

Answer 3

True

Question 4

No adjectives end in -ly.

True or false?

Answer 4

sly = deceiving people in a clever way in order to get what you want

Question 5

We usually put adverbs of manner before adverbs of place and adverbs of time.

True or false?

Answer 5

true

Question 6

What is the order of adverbs in a sentence?

Answer 6

manner, place, frequency, time, and purpose.

Question 7

Adverbs of direction usually come before adverbs of position.

True or False?

Answer 7

True

Question 8

Not all -ed participle of intransitive verb can be used predicatively.
True or false?

Answer 8

True

‘The prisoner is escaped’ = incorrect.

Question 9

‘They were relieved to find her’.

Relieved- participle or adjective?

Answer 9

adjective, you can intensify it - very relieved

Question 10

The adverbs cannot pre-modify indefinite pronouns.

True or false?

Answer 10

False:

Nearly everybody came to our party.
nearly = adverb
everybody = indefinite pronoun