Which word in the following sentence is an adverb?
Teresa smiled brightly as she and her younger brother looked for shiny shells on the sandy beach.
• smiled (this one)
• brightly
• shiny
• sandy
What kind of word does the adverb in the previous question modify?
• another adverb
• an adjective
• a noun
• a verb (this one)
Yes. brightly is an adverb.
OH MY GOODNESS is it Brightly??
1. No
2. Yes
http://www.chompchomp.com/terms/adverb.htm
Yes Brightly is the correct answer.
And also a Verb is the correct answer
yes
Adverbs answer how when where or why right? sandy??
was he right
To find the adverb in the sentence "Teresa smiled brightly as she and her younger brother looked for shiny shells on the sandy beach," you need to identify a word that describes how an action is done. In this case, the adverb is "brightly" because it describes how Teresa smiled.
Now, to determine what word the adverb modifies, you need to ask "what does the adverb describe?" In this sentence, the adverb "brightly" describes the verb "smiled." So the answer is that the adverb modifies a verb.