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Formation of Adverbs

 Some adverbs are formed by adding -ly to adjectives.

Adjective Adverb Adjective Adverb
bad badly cheap cheaply

quiet quietly quick quickly
careless carelessly slow slowly

careful carefully loud loudly

 When an adjective ends in -y, we replace -y with -i and add -ly.

Adjective Adverb Adjective Adverb
easy easily lazy lazily

angry angrily busy busily
happy happily dreamy dreamily

lucky luckily hazy hazily

 When an adjective ends in -able, -ible, or -le, we replace the -e with -y.

Adjective Adverb Adjective Adverb
probable probably incredible incredibly

terrible terribly noble nobly
possible possibly comfortable comfortably

gentle gently adorable adorably

 When an adjective ends in -ic, we add -ally.

Adjective Adverb Adjective Adverb
physic physically fantastic fantastically

tragic tragically scientific scientifically
basic basically ironic ironically

economic economically dramatic dramatically

Test Yourself

III. Underline the adjectives in the sentences given below and fill in the blanks with their adverb
form.
1. Sarah is happy. She smiles _______________.

2. The boy is loud. He shouts _______________.

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