The red ball quickly fell onto the floor, which was already wet, and rolled away. When asked to underline the adverbs in the given sentence, Class V student Kiran underlined the word 'quickly' and 'away'. Which of the below MISCONCEPTIONS does Kiran likely have?

The red ball quickly fell onto the floor, which was already wet, and rolled away. When asked to underline the adverbs in the given sentence, Class V student Kiran underlined the word 'quickly' and 'away'. Which of the below MISCONCEPTIONS does Kiran likely have? Correct Answer Adverbs modify only verbs and not adjectives.

Adverbs are the words that are used to modify verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs. these are used to tell put control, give direction to a sentence and provide more clarity to the information being passed on. For Example, "A car is speeding" is a generic statement that may or may not bother the recipient of the information. "A car is speeding towards you" is a piece of more concerning information for the recipient.

Key Points

•  In the Given sentence "The red ball quickly fell onto the floor, which was already wet, and rolled away.", a total of three adverbs have been used, "quickly", "already" and "away".
• Quickly describes the rate at which the ball fell on the floor. Already describes the floor condition which was wet as observed by the observer and remained wet while the ball fell and away describes the direction where the ball went in reference to the observer.
• Hence the student has missed out on the "already" adverb used before the adjective "wet" because of the misconception that adverbs modify only verbs and not adjectives.

​Thus, it is concluded that Adverbs modify only verbs and not adjectives is the MISCONCEPTION Kiran likely has.