Question

Mark speaks ________ German. fluent fluenty When an adjective is used with a noun, the usual order in English is adjective + noun (attributive):a yellow balloon, a red car.Adjectives can go before the noun (attributive) or after linking verbs such as be, become, feel,seem (predicative): What a beautiful flower! (attributive); This bridge looks unsafe. (predicative); He is short.(predicative); She didn't seem happy. (predicative)In the test sentence the adjective ‘fluent’ describes the main characteristic of the noun ‘German’, that means that it is spoken by Mark easily and without many pauses.We can use the adverb ‘fluently’ in this sentence only if we put it after the noun ‘German’: Mark speaksGerman fluently. Different types of adverbs go in different places. ‘Fluently’ is an adverb of manner, and adverbs of manner usually go in end position: She ate quickly. They sometimes go in mid position if the adverb is not the most important part of the clause or if the object is very long: She quickly ate her dinner and ran out.In the test sentence we are given the exact gap to fill in: Mark speaks ________ German. Therefore, onlyANSWER 2 is correct.

Accepted Answer

fluently fluentily b

Question	Mark speaks ________ German.
A	fluently
B	fluent
C	fluentily
D	fluenty
Answer	b
Remark	When an adjective is used with a noun, the usual order in English is adjective + noun (attributive):a yellow balloon, a red car.Adjectives can go before the noun (attributive) or after linking verbs such as be, become, feel,seem (predicative): What a beautiful flower! (attributive); This bridge looks unsafe. (predicative); He is short.(predicative); She didn't seem happy. (predicative)In the test sentence the adjective ‘fluent’ describes the main characteristic of the noun ‘German’, that means that it is spoken by Mark easily and without many pauses.We can use the adverb ‘fluently’ in this sentence only if we put it after the noun ‘German’: Mark speaksGerman fluently. Different types of adverbs go in different places. ‘Fluently’ is an adverb of manner, and adverbs of manner usually go in end position: She ate quickly. They sometimes go in mid position if the adverb is not the most important part of the clause or if the object is very long: She quickly ate her dinner and ran out.In the test sentence we are given the exact gap to fill in: Mark speaks ________ German. Therefore, onlyANSWER 2 is correct.

Mark Noun Adjective Sentence Adverb Speaks German Test