{"id":73655,"date":"2020-04-02T11:28:44","date_gmt":"2020-04-02T11:28:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/?p=73655"},"modified":"2024-07-20T05:00:12","modified_gmt":"2024-07-20T05:00:12","slug":"formation-of-adverbs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/formation-of-adverbs\/","title":{"rendered":"Formation Of Adverbs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Adverbs of manner are usually formed by adding <strong>-ly<\/strong> to the adjective. Examples are given below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Kind (adjective) &#8211; kindly (adverb)<\/li><li>Pleasant &#8211; pleasantly<\/li><li>Foolish &#8211; foolishly<\/li><li>Clever &#8211; cleverly<\/li><li>Wise &#8211; wisely<\/li><li>Quick &#8211; quickly<\/li><li>Right &#8211; rightly<\/li><li>Eager &#8211; eagerly<\/li><li>Anxious &#8211; anxiously<\/li><li>Careless &#8211; carelessly<\/li><li>Ignorant &#8211; ignorantly<\/li><li>Beautiful &#8211; beautifully<\/li><li>Genuine &#8211; genuinely<\/li><li>Bold &#8211; boldly<\/li><li>Courageous &#8211; courageously<\/li><li>Clear &#8211; clearly<\/li><li>Stupid &#8211; stupidly<\/li><li>Innocent &#8211; innocently<\/li><li>Efficient &#8211; efficiently<\/li><li>When an adjective ends in &#8216;le&#8217; change &#8216;e&#8217; into &#8216;y&#8217;.<\/li><li>Double &#8211; doubly<\/li><li>Heavy &#8211; heavily<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>When adjectives ending in <strong>-y<\/strong> are preceded by a consonant, change the <strong>-y <\/strong>into <strong>-i<\/strong> and add <strong>-ly<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Ready &#8211; readily<\/li><li>Heavy &#8211; heavily<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Some adverbs are made up of a noun and a qualifying adjective.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Examples are: <em>meantime, meanwhile, otherwise, elsewhere, sometimes, yesterday<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some adverbs are compounds of a preposition and an adjective. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Worksheet<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fill in the blanks with an adverb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>He was &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.. injured in the accident. (fatal)<\/li><li>I do not &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;. entertain such requests. (normal)<\/li><li>He drives too &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230; (fast)<\/li><li>She was &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.. quiet. (unusual)<\/li><li>She &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;. finished her meal. (quick)<\/li><li>It is raining &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.. (hard)<\/li><li>It &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.. rained last month. (hard)<\/li><li>The wind was blowing &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;. (fierce)<\/li><li>I &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.. trusted him. (stupid)<\/li><li>We &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;. see wild animals in urban areas. (rare)<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Answers<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>fatally, 2. normally, 3. fast (fast can be an adjective or adverb), 4. unusually, 5. quickly, 6. hard, 7. hardly, 8. fiercely, 9. stupidly, 10. rarely<\/li><\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Adverbs of manner are usually formed by adding -ly to the adjective. Examples are given below. 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