Discussion
Which part of speech is the underlined word in the following sentence ?
Did you ever try to find out ?
Answer: A
In 'Did you ever try to find out ?', ever is an adverb.
Adverbs modify verbs, adjectives or other adverbs, often telling us when, how or how often. 'Ever' means 'at any time' and modifies the verb 'try', telling us about the time of the action. It is an adverb of time or frequency, used mostly in questions and negatives.
It cannot be an adjective, since it does not describe a noun, or a pronoun, since it does not stand for a noun. It is not a verb either: the verb in the question is 'did try'.
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