Identify the part of speech of the word 'nicely' in the sentence: 'He dry-cleaned my coat nicely.'
- (a)Adjective
- (b)Adverb
- (c)Relative pronoun
- (d)Conjunction
Correct — B, Adverb. 'Nicely' tells us how the action 'dry-cleaned' was carried out, so it modifies the verb and is an adverb of manner — the kind that typically ends in -ly. It is not describing the noun 'coat' (that would be an adjective), and it neither links a clause to a noun (relative pronoun) nor joins clauses (conjunction).
- (a)Adjective — 'Nicely' does not describe the noun 'coat'; it tells how the coat was dry-cleaned, so it modifies the verb and is an adverb of manner, not an adjective (the adjective form would be 'nice').
- (c)Relative pronoun — It does not stand in for a noun or link a clause to an antecedent the way 'who', 'which' or 'that' do; it simply modifies the verb, so it is not a relative pronoun.
- (d)Conjunction — It joins no clauses or words; it modifies the verb 'dry-cleaned', so it is an adverb, not a conjunction.
A part-of-speech item on 'nicely' as an adverb of manner because it modifies the verb rather than a noun.
No directly related past PYQ was found.
- practice — not a real PYQ
Identify the part of speech of 'quickly' in 'She finished the work quickly.'
- (a)Adjective
- (b)Adverb
- (c)Noun
- (d)Preposition
Answer(b) Adverb — it tells how the work was finished.
- practice — not a real PYQ
In 'He spoke softly', the word 'softly' is a/an:
- (a)Adjective
- (b)Adverb
- (c)Verb
- (d)Noun
Answer(b) Adverb — it modifies the verb 'spoke'.