Adverbs:
Adverbs modify verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs.
An adverb tells more about a verb in the sentence.
An adverb describes more about an adjective in the sentence.
An adverb modifies another adverb in the sentence. Most adverbs are formed by adjectives.
Adverbs: Changing adjectives to adverbs
Adjectives can be changed to adverbs by adding "-ly" to the end of the word. If the adjective ends in "-y", change the "y" to "i" and add "-ly".
- Slow: Slowly
- Quick: Quickly
- Loud: Loudly
- Clear - clearly
- Happy: Happily
- Easy: Easily
Adverbs: Changing adjectives to adverbs
If the adjective ends in "-le", "-able", or "-ible", replace the "e" with "y". If the adjective ends in "-ic", add "-ally" to the end of the word.
- Gentle: Gently
- Idle: Idly
- Reasonable: Reasonably
- Probable: Probably
- Possible: Possible
- Horrible: Horribly
- Enthusiastic: Enthusiastically
- Realistic: Realistically.