Identifying adverb and adjective

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1. ''I was in college with my best friends.''
with my best friends = adverb?

2. ''She has got what it takes to make a good doctor.''
to make a good doctor = adverb?

3. ''He is going to be in jail.''
be in jail = adverb?

4. ''Please come up with an idea to finish this drawing.''
to finish this drawing = adjective?
Could it be an adverb?

5. ''A meeting will be held with our clients.''
with our clients = adverb?

6. ''We need only a piece of paper for each group.''
a piece of paper = adjective
for each group = .adverb?

7 ''He blamed me for not being more successful.''
'' for not being more successful'' = adverb?

Anonymous · Accepted Answer

1. This is a bit complicated, but "with my best friends" is actually an adverbial phrase, which means that it is a phrase (more than one word) which acts as an adverb (describes the verb). You might or might not consider an adverbial phrase an adverb..

2. "To make a good doctor" is the infinitive form of a verb.

3. This is not an adverb: "be" is a verb.

4. "To finish this drawing" is the infinitive form of the verb, again. You can usually recognize these because they start with "to" and then a verb.

5. As in (1), "with our clients" is an adverbial phrase.

6. "A piece of paper" is a noun. "For each group" is an adverbial phrase again.

7. "For not being more successful" is not an adverb.

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