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FORMING ADVERBS
Adverbs modify verbs, adjectives, and adverbs. They answer the questions When?
Where? How? Or How much? Adverbs describe an action or state of being in greater
detail and can provide a more vivid picture of what is happening.
Example:
1) First Case
Most adverbs can be formed from the adjectives by adding �ly� at the end.
Adjective
Adverb
Careful
Collective
Beautiful
Frequent
Normal
Important
Free
True
Fair
General
Sincere
Foolish
Quiet
Silent
Surprising
Carefully
Collectively
Beautifully
Frequently
Normally
Importantly
Freely
Truly
Fairly
Generally
Sincerely
Foolishly
Quietly
Silently
Surprisingly
NOTE 1: Some adverbs have two or more syllables and end in �consonant + y� we have
to change y to i before adding �ly�.
Adjective
Adverb
Easy
Necessary
Happy
Risky
Healthy
Wealthy
Easily
Necessarily
Happily
Riskily
Healthily
Wealthily
NOTE 2: Some adverbs have only one syllable and end in �consonant + y� we must just
add �ly� to the adjectives to form adverbs.
Adjective
Adverb
Shy
Sly
Shyly
Slyly
WARNING: Some words end in �ly� but they are not adverbs. The following words are
the adjectives but not adverbs.
Lovely, friendly�
2) Second Case
Some adverbs can be made from adjectives but we don�t add �ly.� For those adverbs
we have to change their form from the adjectives to adverbs. Notice that we use the
superlative degree of the adjective to form adverbs.
Adjective
Adverb
Late
Many
Good
Last
Most
Well
3) Third Case
For some adverbs can be made from the adjectives without changing any letter and we
just keep the same form from adjectives.
Adjective
Adverb
Cowardly
Hourly
Hard
Fast
Late
Well
Cowardly
Hourly
Hard
Fast
Late
Well
Adverb is a word which is used to modify verb, adjective or adverb. There are six
kinds of adverb in English. They are:
1) Adverb of Time
2) Adverb of Place
3) Adverb of Manner
4) Adverb of Frequency
5) Adverb of Probability
6) Adverb of Degree
1) Adverb of Time
Adverb of time is used to tell the time that an action happens or someone does
something. There are many adverbs of time as the following.
Formula1:
Example:
Formula2:
Example:
2) ADVERB OF PLACE
Adverb of place is used to tell the place where an action occurs or where someone
does something. There are many adverbs of place as the following.
Here, there, inside, outside� or we can use with the preposition of place like at
school, at the market�
Formula:
Example:
3) ADVERB OF MANNER
Badly, beautifully, carefully, quickly, softly, lately, hardly, late, hard, truly,
fast, easily, fully, automatically�
Formula:
Example:
- He runs quickly.
Example:
4) ADVERB OF FREQUENCY
100%
80%
60%
Always
everyday
usually
normally
generally
often
frequently
50-40%
20%
10%
0%
sometime
occasionally
seldom
rarely
hardly ever
never
Formula:
Example:
5) ADVERB OF PROBABILITY
Adverb of probability is used to show how sure when someone does something.
Formula1:
Example:
- Perhaps she comes today.
Formula2:
Example:
6) ADVERB OF DEGREE
Formula1:
Example:
Formula2:
Example:
Formula3:
Example: