What is the adverb in Pete sometimes pretends he is a strong, silent cowboy

Which word tells when, why, or how?

what is the anwser? I mean everyone wants to know because they just need the anwser.

The adverb in the sentence "Pete sometimes pretends he is a strong, silent cowboy" is "sometimes."

To identify the adverb in a sentence, you need to look for a word that modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb. In this case, "sometimes" modifies the verb "pretends" by indicating that Pete pretends on certain occasions but not all the time.