Which of the following statements is false?

a. Adverbs modify verbs.

b. Adverbs modify adjectives.

c. Adverbs modify nouns.

d. Adverbs modify adverbs.

The correct answer is letter c. Adverbs modify nouns. Adverb is a part of speech that modifies a verb, an adjective and another adverb. It is a word or phrase that modifies or qualifies an adjective, verb, or other adverb or a word group, expressing a relation of place, time, circumstance, manner, cause, degree, etc. (e. g., gently, quite, then, there).