Question

Identify the word which the adverb modifies:
She has almost finished her work.
A) Finished
B) Work
C) She
D) Her

Answer 1

Hint: An adverb is a word or it is an expression that modifies a verb, adjective, determiners, clause, prepositions. Examples of adverbs are: slowly or rapidly or carefully and etc.

Complete answer:
Option A) Finished – is the correct answer because ‘finished’ is the word which the adverb modifies i.e. the adverb ‘almost’ modifies the verb ‘finished’ and this is the correct answer.
Option B) Work – is an incorrect answer because ‘work’ is a noun and the meaning of work is ‘activity involving mental or physical effort done in order to achieve a purpose or result or effort or exertion’ and this is an incorrect answer because adverbs don’t modify nouns.
Option C) She – is an incorrect answer because ‘she’ is a pronoun. And adverbs do not modify pronouns. Pronoun is a word that takes the place of a noun. For example: It, he, she, it, they and etc. So, this is an incorrect answer.
Option D) Her – is an incorrect answer because ‘her’ is a possessive adjective and this cannot be modified by an adverb. Possessive adjectives indicate the possession of the noun. The possessive adjectives are my, our, her, their and etc. So, this is an incorrect answer.


Hence the correct answer is option ‘A’.

Note:Option A is the most appropriate answer as compared to any other option because adverbs do not modify pronouns, nouns and possessive adjectives but adverbs modify or describe verb, adjectives. Adverbs often end with ‘ly’.