what is the adverb in this sentence: pete sometimes pretends he is a strong, silent cowboy.
Adverbs tell where, how, or WHEN a verb happens. What word in here is telling WHEN?
The adverb in the sentence "Pete sometimes pretends he is a strong, silent cowboy" is sometimes.
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, adjective, or another adverb. In this case, "sometimes" modifies the verb "pretends" by indicating the frequency or occurrence of Pete's pretending.