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Adjectives and adverbs

Adjectives modify nouns.

A beautiful day An interesting ideaAdverbs modify verbs by telling us how we do something.

She works quietly. They write clearly.Many adverbs are formed by adding ly to the adjective.

easy - easily careful ² carefully nice - nicely

A few words, like fast, hard, late and low, take the

same form as both adjectives and adverbs.

It was a late movie. I stayed out late.

She had a hard time. She studied hard.



Forming adverbs from adjectives

Many adverbs are formed by simply

adding ²ly to an adjective:

Adjective Adverbbeautiful beautifully

careless carelessly

cautious cautiouslycourteous courteously

joyous joyously

quick quickly




If an adjective ends in ²y if often

changed to i before the ²ly is added:

Adjective Adverbangry angrily

easy easily

guilty guiltilyhappy happily

hasty hastily

shabby shabbily




If an adjective ends in ²le, the ²le is

dropped before ²ly is added:Adjective Adverb

capable capably

comfortable comfortablymiserable miserably

simple simply



In general: adjective + -ly

adjective example

slow slowlyExceptions in spelling

exception example

Silent ¶e· is dropped in true, due, whole

true trulyy becomes i happy happily

le after a consonant is dropped sensible sensibly

After ll only add y full fully

Rules



Adjectives ending in ²ic: adjective + -ally

(exception: public- publicy)

adjective adverbfantastic fantastically

Adjectives ending in ²ly: use ¶in a « way / manner·

or another adverb with similar meaning

adjective adverbfriendly in a friendly way

in a friendly manner

likely probably

Rules



Exceptions

AdjectiveAdverb

(meaning)

Adverb

(meaning)good well

difficult with difficulty

public publicy

deep deep (place) deeply (feeling)

direct direct directly (=soon)

hard hard hardly (=seldom)

high high (place) highly (figurative)

late late lately (=recently)

most most mostly (=usually)near near nearly (=almost)

pretty pretty (=rather) prettily

short short shortly (=soon)

The following adjectives

are also used as adverbs(without moficication)

daily, enough, nearly, far, fast, hourly,

little, long, low, monthly, much, straight,weekly, yearly «



ACTIVITY I

Read the sentences carefully and apply the rules.

1. Paula is a patient teacher. She listens ____.

2. Santa Claus is merry. He laughs______.

3. Lucas is rapid. He answered the test _____.

4. Ben is organized and quick. He ____ finished the task.

5. Gladys has clear pronunciation. She talks _____.

6. The Senator is well- liked. People talk of him. ( high)

7. Barbara dances____. ( graceful).

8. My boss greeted the visitors _____. (polite)

9. This has to be done ___ ( regular).

10. She _______ showed us her trophy. ( happy).11. He is a good coordinator. He does it _______.

12. The child ____ took the toys. ( relentless)

13. The organization ___ prepared its activity. ( excited)

14. The members ____ welcomed the tourists. ( kindly)

15. The Boy Scouts ____ completed the kite.(enthusiastic).



ACTIVITY II

Write the correct form in the blank.

1. Jack plays the piano ________. (beautiful)

2. Mrs. Cordero speaks very ____. (soft)

3. Mara won the race _____. ( easy)

4. I see him at the Casino ____. (frequent)5. 5. She acted ____. ( greedy)

6. That cave is dangerous. Walk ____ (cautious).

7. He stole the cookies. He acted____

(guilty).8. She was late. She drove ____ ( hasty).

9. They were poor. They dressed ___ (shabby).

10. Someone ____ killed the dog. ( miserable)



Activity IV. Read the corresponding

words and change them to adverbs

taking the rules into consideration.1. brave

2. competent

3. good

4. bitter

5. angry

6. easy

7. happy

8. simple

9. capable

10. comfortable

11. hasty

12. nice

13. clean

14. dirty

15. rapid



CHALLENGE

I. Demonstrate that you can changethese adjectives to adverbs.

Remember the rules.1. angry

2. happy

3. heavy

4. noisy5. steady

6. clumsy

7. cheek



Part II. Let·s continue with the

challenge. Read and choose the

best alternative.

1. If you always drive ___ you are sure tohave an accident.

a. recklessly b. reckless

2. Pablo ate his dinner ___.a. quick b. quickly

3. He· s an awful driver. He never stops ______.

a. smoothly b. smooth

4. This case ¶s evidence has been___affected.

a. serious b. seriously

5. Mr. Mom and Mrs. Mom squealed at eachother ___.

a. furious b. furiously



Activity Activity 1

1. patiently

2. merrily

3. rapidly

4. quickly

5. clearly

6. highly

7. gracefully

8. politely

9. regularly

10. happily

Activity 1

11. well

12. relentlessly

13. exitedly

14. kindly

15. enthusiastically

Activity 2

1. beautifully

2. softly

3. easily

4. frequently

5. greedily

6. cautiously

7. guiltily

8. hastily

9. stabbily

10. misarebly



Activity

Activity 3

1. honestly

2. slowly

3. thoughtlessly

4. cautiously

5. foolishly

6. carelessly

7. generously

8. jealously

9. sincerely

10. playfully

Activity 4

1. bravely

2. competently

3. well

4. bitterly

5. angrily

6. easily

7. happily

8. simply

9. capably

10. comfortably



Challenge

Part I

1. angrily

2. happily

3. heavily

4. noisily

5. steadlily

6. clumsily

7. checkily

Part II

1. a

2. b

3. a

4. b

5. b

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