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The words luckily, weakly, happily and faithfully are examples of adverbs of manner.

Adverbs of manner are formed by adding -ly to the end of adjec� ves.

polite – politely sad – sadly

rude – rudely quick – quickly

If an adjec� ve ends in -y, change -y to -i before adding -ly.

lazy – lazily happy – happily

hungry – hungrily merry – merrily

Some adjec� ves do not change their spelling when they are changed to adverb.

fast – fast hard – hard

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The adverbs of manner fast and hard do not end in –ly.

The rabbit ran fast. The boy worked hard.
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Practice Time 1

A. Underline the adverbs of manner used in these sentences and write them in the space
provided.
1. The tortoise moved slowly. ______________

2. He can easily solve any problem. ______________

3. I do my homework happily. ______________

4. The water was fl owing rapidly. ______________
5. Rohit quickly answered the ques� on. ______________

B. Form adverbs from the following adjec� ves.

1. clever ________________ 2. foolish ________________
3. heavy ________________ 4. quick

5. warm ________________ 6. beau� ful ________________

7. lazy ________________ 8. angry ________________

Adverbs of Time

An adverb of � me tells when an ac� on takes place.
________________ Adverbs

Read the following sentences.

The girl saw him yesterday. His uncle is coming today.
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