{"id":73667,"date":"2020-04-02T13:24:50","date_gmt":"2020-04-02T13:24:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/?p=73667"},"modified":"2024-03-05T08:35:47","modified_gmt":"2024-03-05T08:35:47","slug":"adjective-vs-adverb-confusing-cases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/adjective-vs-adverb-confusing-cases\/","title":{"rendered":"Adjective vs. Adverb | Confusing Cases"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Most words ending in <strong>-ly<\/strong> are adverbs. Examples are: <em>kindly, cleverly, eagerly, stupidly, foolishly, pleasantly<\/em> etc. There are also some adjectives ending in <strong>-ly<\/strong>. Examples of such adjectives are: c<em>ostly, deadly, cowardly, friendly, lonely, silly, ugly etc. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>My neighbours are <em>friendly.<\/em><\/li><li>No child is <em>ugly.<\/em><\/li><li>It was a <em>lovely<\/em> morning.<\/li><li>The watch was <em>costly.<\/em><\/li><li>Don&#8217;t ask such <em>silly <\/em>questions. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Some adjectives and adverbs have the same form. Examples are: <em>fast, hard, high, late,\u00a0near, straight, wrong, daily, early, leisurely etc.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>She is a fast learner. (Here the adjective fast modifies the noun learner.)<\/li><li>Why are you driving so fast? (Here the adverb fast modifies the verb driving.)<\/li><li>Hard work does not always lead to success. (Here the adjective hard modifies the noun work.)<\/li><li>Work hard. (Here the adverb hard modifies the verb work.)<\/li><li>The early bird catches the worm. (Here the adjective early modifies the noun bird.)<\/li><li>We started early. (Here the adverb early modifies the verb started.)<\/li><li>His late father was an attorney. (Here the adjective late modifies the noun father.)<\/li><li>He arrived late. (Here the adverb late modifies the verb arrived.)<\/li><li>They might find a cure for cancer in the near future. (Here the adjective near modifies the noun future.)<\/li><li>I went near the park. (Here the adverb near modifies the verb went.)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Adjective or Adverb worksheet<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Fill in the blanks with an adjective or adverb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>His injuries are &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230; (fatal \/ fatally)<\/li><li>He walked &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.. (slow \/ slowly)<\/li><li>She gave a &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.. description of the event. (vivid \/ vividly)<\/li><li>I still &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.. remember that experience. (vivid \/ vividly)<\/li><li>I &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;. assumed that he was an impostor. (right \/ rightly)<\/li><li>You spelled my name &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.. (wrong \/ wrongly)<\/li><li>She said &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230; anything. (hard \/ hardly)<\/li><li>She was &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230; injured in the accident. (bad \/ badly)<\/li><li>I felt &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.. for the refugees. (bad \/ badly)<\/li><li>They came &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.. to hitting each other. (close \/ closely)<\/li><li>We are &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230; monitoring the situation. (close \/ closely)<\/li><li>He was so weak that he could not walk &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230; (straight \/straightly) <\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Answers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>fatal (Here the adjective fatal modifies the number injuries.)<\/li><li>slowly (Here the adverb slowly modifies the verb walked.)<\/li><li>vivid (Here the adjective vivid modifies the noun description.)<\/li><li>vividly (Here the adverb vividly modifies the verb remember.)<\/li><li>rightly<\/li><li>wrong \/ wrongly (Wrongly is the correct answer; wrong is possible in an informal style.)<\/li><li>hardly<\/li><li>badly (badly means severely)<\/li><li>bad (Feel is a copular verb. We use adjectives, not adverbs, to modify copular verbs.)<\/li><li>close (Come is a copular verb; we use adjectives to modify copular verbs.)<\/li><li>closely<\/li><li>straight (Straight can be an adjective or adverb.)<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">See Also:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/grammar\/identifying-adverbs.htm\">How to identify an adverb?<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/grammar\/adverbs-position.htm\">Position of adverbs<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Most words ending in -ly are adverbs. Examples are: kindly, cleverly, eagerly, stupidly, foolishly, pleasantly etc. There are also some adjectives ending in -ly. 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