Practice Question
The pumpkin crop was incredibly small this year because of excessive rain in the spring and heat in the summer. Which of the following parts of speech describes the word "incredibly" as used in the sentence above?
Answer Choices:
Correct Answer:
Adverb
Rationale:
🔷 The word "incredibly" is an adverb because it modifies the adjective "small", describing to what extent the pumpkin crop was small.
🔷 Adverbs often modify verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs, and they typically answer questions like how, when, where, or to what extent.
🔷 In this case, "incredibly" answers “how small?”, clarifying the degree of smallness in the crop size.
🔷 The use of the –ly suffix is also a common indicator that a word is functioning as an adverb.
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