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Yesterday Rachel worked slowly because she was so tired. Which words in the sentence function as adverbs?

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The sentence ‘Yesterday Rachel worked slowly because she was so tired.’ Is slowly. ‘Worked’ is a verb and ‘slowly’ functions as an adverb. The word ‘slowly’ modifies the verb ‘worked’ in the sentence. An adverb is a word that modifies a verb, adjective or another adverb.

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