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[Adjective or adverb? #2]
FOCUS: The use of adjectives vs. adverbs
Use the corpus to solve the following exercises.
(Sort concordances by keyword if not stated otherwise.)

1) Search for "listened attentiv*"; which of the following alternatives does the corpus return?
listened attentively
listened attentive
both
neither

2) The search string "was attentive*" returns which of the following?
8 hits of "was" followed by the adjective "attentive"
2 hits of "was" followed by the adjective "attentive"
2 hits of "was" followed by the adverb "attentively"

3) Search for "very hard". Compare the hits in lines 3 and 10 and decide which of the two occurrences of "hard" is closest in meaning to "difficult"?
Hit No. 3
Hit No. 10
None of them
Both of them

4) Look at the corpus results of "very hard" again. In the first 10 lines, how many times has "hard" been used as an adverb?
0
2
8

5) Search for "second" and "secondly" (sort concordances by LEFT word). In which of the following line numbers do "second" and "secondly" have a similar function?
1 ("second") and 1 ("secondly")
15 ("second") and 1 ("secondly")
16 ("second") and 10 ("secondly")

6) When "second" is preceded by the definite article (search string "the second") it has an adjectival function and typically modifies which of the following?
an adjective
a noun
a verb

7) Search for the word "cleanly". In which line has it been used as an adjective (sort concordance by keyword)?
1
2
3
In none of the mentioned lines

8) In the corpus when "cleanly" is used as an adverb it is closest in meaning to which of the following?
speedily
smoothly
undirtily


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