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Look at the pictures and read the sentences.
The sun shines The boy runs The girl sings The dog barks
brightly. quickly. sweetly. loudly.
The words brightly, quickly, sweetly and loudly show how the actions are
done. They add some meaning to the verbs shines, runs, sings and barks.
They are called adverbs.
Most adverbs are formed by adding -ly to the adjectives.
Read these adverbs carefully.
Adjective Adverb Adjective Adverb
brave bravely quiet quietly
correct correctly sad sadly
neat neatly slow slowly
Practice Time
A. Fill in the blanks by adding -ly to the adjectives given in brackets.
1. Ria writes ________________ . (neat)
2. Ruchika speaks ________________ . (polite)
3. The baby slept ________________ . (sound) Adverbs
4. Rajat walks ________________ . (quick)
5. Sanchit shouted ________________ . (loud)
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