Which words in the sentence are adverbs?
"The overly hungry pelican greedily ate enough fish to satisfy its hunger."

A. overly;enough
B. hungry;greedily
C. hungry;enough
D. overly;greedily

Question

Which words in the sentence are adverbs?
"The overly hungry pelican greedily ate enough fish to satisfy its hunger."

A. overly;enough
B. hungry;greedily
C. hungry;enough
D. overly;greedily

3arl0fgr3y · Answer

Overly and greedily (D) would be correct because overly is describing an adjective and greedily is describing a verb. You can normally find these easily because they usually end in "ly." They can also be words that are normally adjectives if they're describing an adjective or another adverb.