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2. I usually take the bus to work.
I take the bus usually to work.

3. Never I have seen a whale.

I have never seen a whale.

4. The students listened attentively.
Attentively the students listened.

5. My mother is often bad-tempered.

My mother often is bad-tempered.

6. I usually get up late.
I get up late usually.

7. I love ice cream still.

I still love ice cream.
8. We would never buy this house.

Never we would buy this house.

Let’s Learn Formation of Adverbs

Adverbs are closely linked with adjectives as they usually stem from the same word.

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
Adverbs When an adjective ends in -able, -ible or -le, we replace the -e with -y. Adverb
luckily
lucky
hazily
hazy
Adverb
Adjective
Adjective
probable
noble
terrible probably incredible incredibly
nobly
terribly
possible possibly comfortable comfortably
gentle gently agreeable agreeably
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