Adjectives and Adverbs

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Adjectives and Adverbs

Adjectives and Adverbs

Introduction

Adjectives such as
beautiful,

nice, and

red describe nouns. Adverbs such as

quickly,
badly,
or warmly describe verbs. This
page will explain the differences between them, and show you how to make
adverbs from adjectives.
1. Using adjectives and adverbs

Adjective Adverb Example

beautiful		Ann is beautiful.
	beautifully	Ann sings beautifully.
warm		The room is warm.
	warmly	Joe smiles warmly.
slow		The car is slow.
	slowly	Ann drives slowly.

2. Making adverbs from adjectives

Adverbs are usually made from adjectives, by adding

-LY. However, there are some
exceptions. These are the rules:
Adjective ending in... How to make the adverb Examples

y	Change Y to I and add -LY	heavy - heavily happy - happily lazy - lazily
[anything else]	Just add -LY	warm - warmly nice - nicely loud - loudly

However, there are some important exceptions:
Adjective Adverb

good	well
late	late (“Lately” means recently. It is not the adverb from “late”.)
early	early
fast	fast
hard	hard (“Hardly” means not much. It is not the adverb from “hard”.)

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