In the sentence ‘The children played happily in the garden,’ which word is an adverb?
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The word 'happily' describes how the children played.
A word that modifies a verb in this way functions as an adverb.
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The word 'happily' describes how the children played.
A word that modifies a verb in this way functions as an adverb.
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'Before' introduces the dependent clause 'you leave.'
A word joining a subordinate clause to a main clause functions as a conjunction.
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In this sentence, 'light' names a thing that can be turned off.
Therefore, it functions as a noun rather than a verb or adjective.
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'Useful' describes the noun 'suggestion.'
Words that modify nouns are adjectives.
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A 90° clockwise turn advances two compass points.
North-west therefore becomes north-east.
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The equal east and west distances cancel.
The car remains 5 km south of the start.
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The north and south movements cancel, while eastward net movement is 4 - 2 = 2 km.
Thus, he is 2 km east of the start.
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At sunrise, the sun is in the east and shadows fall westward.
If the shadow is behind him, he is facing east.
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At sunset, the sun is west and the shadow points east.
If east is on the person's left, the person faces north.
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The library is north of a point already east of the park.
It is therefore north-east of the park.
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The pharmacy is south through the hospital and then west.
The combined direction from the bank is south-west.
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The movements form a right triangle with legs 7 and 24.
The hypotenuse is 25 m.