Adverbs
Lesson 1
Adverbs are words that describe how someone does an action.
He walks slowly.
She talks loudly.
I drive safely.
In general, to form an adverb, take an adjective and add 'ly'.
However, there are exceptions! To learn the exceptions, you must examine the last letter of the adjective.
He walks slowly.
She talks loudly.
I drive safely.
In general, to form an adverb, take an adjective and add 'ly'.
- slow--slowly
- quick--quickly
- safe--safely
However, there are exceptions! To learn the exceptions, you must examine the last letter of the adjective.
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Regular Adv slow-slowly |
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Last Letter 'y' easy--easily |
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Last letter 'l' beautiful--beautifully |
4
Last letters 'le' simple--simply |
5
Last letter 'c' poetic--poetically |
The hardest rule is #4. Just because the last letter is 'e', you shouldn't erase it. Only when the last 2 letters are 'le', should you erase the 'e' and change it to a 'y'.
Here are some words to practice at home. Change them from adjectives to adverbs.
1. loud
2. quick
3. noisy
4. terrible
5. casual
6. happy
7. dramatic
8. sweet
9. rich
10. careful
Here are some words to practice at home. Change them from adjectives to adverbs.
1. loud
2. quick
3. noisy
4. terrible
5. casual
6. happy
7. dramatic
8. sweet
9. rich
10. careful
Lesson 1.5
Here is more practice on how to spell adjectives. Look at the rules carefully. Pay attention to the last letters of the adjective to know which rule to follow.
Adverb Spelling Practice
Look at the last letter of the adjective and follow the example on top.
Regular _________y __________l _________le _____c
Slowly happy—happily formal—formally simple—simply poetic—poetically
1. Please drink _____________________________________________________. [responsible]
2. He acts __________________________________________________for his age. [mature]
3. He suddenly got rich, _______________________________________! [magic]
4. She _____________________________________________told the secret. [stupid]
5. He does his job ___________________________________________. [miserable]
6. He thought ________________________________________about his life. [intense]
7. Hold the baby _______________________________________________. [gentle]
8. Don’t talk so ______________________________________________! [dramatic]
9. Please fill out the form __________________________________________. [careful]
10. You can speak _______________________________________________. [free]
11. He ____________________________________________________lied. [essential]
12. He _______________________________________________comes home at 7. [normal]
13. I’ll get back to you ________________________________________. [short]
14. Great! You answered the question __________________________________________. [correct]
15. Will you come to my party? _______________________ I will. [definite]
16. He sings so _________________; he’ll never become a professional singer. [bad]
17. Italians dress so ________________________________. [fashionable]
18. I’m upset because he spoke to me so ______________________________. [rude]
19. He’s so rich. He can ___________________ buy a million dollar house. [easy]
20. If you want the toy, you have to ask me ________________________________. [nice]
Adverb Spelling Practice
Look at the last letter of the adjective and follow the example on top.
Regular _________y __________l _________le _____c
Slowly happy—happily formal—formally simple—simply poetic—poetically
1. Please drink _____________________________________________________. [responsible]
2. He acts __________________________________________________for his age. [mature]
3. He suddenly got rich, _______________________________________! [magic]
4. She _____________________________________________told the secret. [stupid]
5. He does his job ___________________________________________. [miserable]
6. He thought ________________________________________about his life. [intense]
7. Hold the baby _______________________________________________. [gentle]
8. Don’t talk so ______________________________________________! [dramatic]
9. Please fill out the form __________________________________________. [careful]
10. You can speak _______________________________________________. [free]
11. He ____________________________________________________lied. [essential]
12. He _______________________________________________comes home at 7. [normal]
13. I’ll get back to you ________________________________________. [short]
14. Great! You answered the question __________________________________________. [correct]
15. Will you come to my party? _______________________ I will. [definite]
16. He sings so _________________; he’ll never become a professional singer. [bad]
17. Italians dress so ________________________________. [fashionable]
18. I’m upset because he spoke to me so ______________________________. [rude]
19. He’s so rich. He can ___________________ buy a million dollar house. [easy]
20. If you want the toy, you have to ask me ________________________________. [nice]
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Lesson 2
Adjective: describes a person, place, thing, or idea
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Adverb: describes an action (verb)
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In order to remember these exceptions, it's important to be able to identify what is an adjective and what is an adverb.
An adjective describes a noun. A noun is a person, place, thing, or idea. Normally, an adjective comes before the noun.
An adverb describes an action or a verb. Usually, it ends with 'ly', but not in the exceptions above.
Look at the following sentences, and decide if the underlined word is an adjective or an adverb. Ask yourself which word in the sentence is it describing, giving more information about.
An adjective describes a noun. A noun is a person, place, thing, or idea. Normally, an adjective comes before the noun.
An adverb describes an action or a verb. Usually, it ends with 'ly', but not in the exceptions above.
Look at the following sentences, and decide if the underlined word is an adjective or an adverb. Ask yourself which word in the sentence is it describing, giving more information about.
- She has learned English fast.
- I had a hard day.
- I wasn't feeling well so I went to bed early.
- He hit me hard.
- A Porsche is a fast car.
- The mail is late today.
- She's disabled. She can't walk far.
- We're going to have an early election.
- Ben came home late last night.
- It is far from school to my home.
Lesson 3
- An adjective is a word that describes a person: an old man, a smart student, a good mother, a strict father, a hard worker.
- An adjective is a word that describes a place: a big park, a beautiful house, a new store, an old restaurant, a clean beach.
- An adjective is a word that describes a thing/object: a fast computer, a red car, a dirty table, an expensive car.
- An adjective is a word that describe an idea: a serious problem, a good solution, a terrible war, a difficult life.
An adverb describes an action: She eats slowly, he drives carefully, she cries frequently, they fight constantly.
Decide if you should use the adjective or adverb. (Remember, fast, hard, early, late, and far do not change no matter if they are used as an adjective or adverb.)
beautiful--beautifully
1. She's a ____________________ girl.
2. She dances ______________________.
polite--politely
3. She talked to me _____________________.
4. Maria's a __________________________ person.
loud--loudly
5. She is _____________________.
6. She sings _____________________.
easy--easily
7. I passed the class _____________________.
8. It was an __________________________ class.
hard--*hard
9. Construction is _____________________work.
10. Raul works ___________________________.
beautiful--beautifully
1. She's a ____________________ girl.
2. She dances ______________________.
polite--politely
3. She talked to me _____________________.
4. Maria's a __________________________ person.
loud--loudly
5. She is _____________________.
6. She sings _____________________.
easy--easily
7. I passed the class _____________________.
8. It was an __________________________ class.
hard--*hard
9. Construction is _____________________work.
10. Raul works ___________________________.
Lesson 4
Here is a basic explanation and some easy practice of comparative adverbs.
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Lesson 5
Remember the irregular adverbs? You know, the ones that don't end with 'ly'?
fast hard early late far well
Ok. Well, these are also irregular as comparative adverbs. (That makes sense, doesn't it? I mean, the regular form is more + _________ly, but these words don't end in 'ly', do they?
If you want to say, "I run 'more fast' than you," well, you can't! It's bad English.
These little, exceptional words don't use 'more'. What you can do is add 'er' to the end.
You can and should say, "I run faster than you." That's it.
You may be saying, "But teacher, it's getting so hard! How will I remember these exceptions?"
Well, the good news is that these exceptions are very commonly used. You'll hear Americans use them all the time. You'll probably use 'better,' 'worse,' 'earlier,' 'later,' 'harder,' and 'faster' every day.
TEACHER! I know I've heard people on the street say, "It's more better." Are you sure you're right?
Yes. There are people who don't use these exceptions correctly. They, unfortunately are poorly educated. I'd recommend learning the correct form, and if you decide you want to be a grammar rebel in the future, go ahead and break the rules.
Examples:
I do my work faster than you.
I always work harder than you.
I arrive to work earlier than you.
I leave work later than you.
I take the bus farther than you.
In the end, I do most everything better than you, and you do most everything worse than me. So why are you my boss?
(joke)
fast hard early late far well
Ok. Well, these are also irregular as comparative adverbs. (That makes sense, doesn't it? I mean, the regular form is more + _________ly, but these words don't end in 'ly', do they?
If you want to say, "I run 'more fast' than you," well, you can't! It's bad English.
These little, exceptional words don't use 'more'. What you can do is add 'er' to the end.
You can and should say, "I run faster than you." That's it.
- faster
- harder
- earlier
- later
- farther
- better
- worse (Hey, that's one more! Yes, that's because the adjective 'bad', changes to the adverb 'badly' which is normal. But we don't say 'more badly'. We say worse)
You may be saying, "But teacher, it's getting so hard! How will I remember these exceptions?"
Well, the good news is that these exceptions are very commonly used. You'll hear Americans use them all the time. You'll probably use 'better,' 'worse,' 'earlier,' 'later,' 'harder,' and 'faster' every day.
TEACHER! I know I've heard people on the street say, "It's more better." Are you sure you're right?
Yes. There are people who don't use these exceptions correctly. They, unfortunately are poorly educated. I'd recommend learning the correct form, and if you decide you want to be a grammar rebel in the future, go ahead and break the rules.
Examples:
I do my work faster than you.
I always work harder than you.
I arrive to work earlier than you.
I leave work later than you.
I take the bus farther than you.
In the end, I do most everything better than you, and you do most everything worse than me. So why are you my boss?
(joke)
Lesson 6
Let's do a review of the basic spelling rules for adverbs. It will help you remember better.
Here's the first practice of comparative adverbs with the irregulars.
Remember, most comparative adverbs use more + ___________ly.
But the exceptions don't: faster, harder, later, earlier, better, worse, farther.
Remember, most comparative adverbs use more + ___________ly.
But the exceptions don't: faster, harder, later, earlier, better, worse, farther.
Lesson 7
Here's some more practice for you. Now, look. There are 2 types of comparative adverbs regular and irregular.
REGULAR
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IRREGULAR
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In the exercise, below you MUST USE comparative adverbs. That means every answer must use more + ________ly UNLESS it's irregular.