Question

Mark speaks German __________ . fluently fluentily The test sentence ‘Mark speaks German __________ .’ is about what way Mark speaks German. Adverbs tell us in what way someone does something. Adverbs describe how, where, or when an action took place. They may also express the viewpoint of the speaker about the action, or several other functions.In most cases, an adverb is formed by adding -ly to an adjective: cheap – cheaply, slow – slowly. ANSWER 2 –‘fluent’ is an adjective, that’s why we can’t choose it in this test example. To form an adverb from this adjective we add suffix ‘–ly’ to the root morpheme ‘fluent’: fluent + ly = fluently. Thus, we choose ANSWER 1 - the adverb ‘fluently’ that 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.Different types of adverbs go in different places: at the front, in the middle or at the end of a clause. In the test sentence we are given the gap to fill in at the end of the sentence.ANSWERS 3 and 4 are the variants of incorrect spelling. 1

Accepted Answer

1 fluent fluenty adverbs

Task	Mark speaks German __________ .
Answer	1
a	fluently
b	fluent
c	fluentily
d	fluenty
comment	The test sentence ‘Mark speaks German __________ .’ is about what way Mark speaks German. Adverbs tell us in what way someone does something. Adverbs describe how, where, or when an action took place. They may also express the viewpoint of the speaker about the action, or several other functions.In most cases, an adverb is formed by adding -ly to an adjective: cheap – cheaply, slow – slowly. ANSWER 2 –‘fluent’ is an adjective, that’s why we can’t choose it in this test example. To form an adverb from this adjective we add suffix ‘–ly’ to the root morpheme ‘fluent’: fluent + ly = fluently. Thus, we choose ANSWER 1 - the adverb ‘fluently’ that 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.Different types of adverbs go in different places: at the front, in the middle or at the end of a clause. In the test sentence we are given the gap to fill in at the end of the sentence.ANSWERS 3 and 4 are the variants of incorrect spelling.
topic	adverbs
level	1

Adverbs Speaks Test End Mark German Fluent Sentence