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Test Smart Dresses Add Manner Adjective Adverbs Information

Question Peter always dresses _________.
A smarty
B smart
C smartly
D smartful
Answer c
Remark We use adverbs to add more information about a verb, an adjective, another adverb, a clause or a whole sentence. In the test sentence ‘Peter always dresses _________.’ we add more information about the verb ‘dress’.Adverbs have many different meanings and functions. They are especially important for indicating the time (when), manner (the way something happens or is done, how something happens), place (where), degree (how) and frequency (how often) of something. In the test we are given four variants: ‘smarty’, ‘smart’, ‘smartly’ and ‘smartful’ that have the same root morpheme ‘smart’ that has several meanings: (1) ‘stylish’; (2) ‘intelligent’; (3) ‘quick’; (4) ‘without respect’. As the test sentence is connected with clothes, we understand that we need to choose the first meaning of the adjective ‘smart’ for the test sentence: ‘Peter always dresses how? – in a stylish way’, therefore, we are to change the adjective ‘smart’ into the adverb of manner that is usually placed either after the main verb or after the object. Adverbs of manner are often formed from adjectives by adding -ly: bad – badly, brave bravely, sudden – suddenly. Thus, we need to add –ly to the adjective ‘smart’: ‘smart’ → ‘smartly’.The variants ‘smartful’ and ‘smarty’ are nonce-words.

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