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Examples:
FORMING ADVERBS OF MANNER FROM ADJECTIVES
He drives safely. RULES
She walked slowly 1. In a large number of the cases, the adverb can be formed by
Her eyes sparkled merrily.. simply adding ‘-ly’ to the adjective. ( ADJECTIVE + -LY)
Cheap ……Cheaply
Quick…….. Quickly
Strong ………Strongly
2. If the adjective ends in with ‘y’, replace the ‘y’ with an ‘i’ and
add ‘-ly’. ( -Y -I + -LY)
Ready…………… Readily
Merry…………… Merrily
In the case of the Easy ……………Easily
adjective ‘GOOD’, 3.If the adjective ends with ‘-le’, replace the ‘e’ at the end with ‘y’.
( -LE ………….-LY)
the corresponding Possible………….. Possibly
adverb is ‘WELL’. Terrible………….. Terribly
4.Some adjectives do not change form at all.
Fast Fast
Hard Hard
Late Late !