Which word in the sentence does the adverb modify?

The young child tightly gripped the green blanket.

A.
gripped

B.
young

C.
green

D.
blanket

Question

Which word in the sentence does the adverb modify? 

The young child tightly gripped the green blanket.
 
 A.
gripped
 
 B.
young
 
 C.
green
 
 D.
blanket

anonymous · Answer

This is the definition of 'Adverb': member of a class of words that modify or describe something about verbs, adjectives, other adverbs, or clauses. Adverbs usually express some relation of place (here, there), time (now, then), manner (well, quickly), degree (very, extremely), means, cause, result, etc. In English many adverbs have the ending -ly.
Therefore, the adverb is 'tightly'. Which word do you think it's modifying?