{"id":656,"date":"2016-02-26T04:32:56","date_gmt":"2016-02-26T09:32:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.teachenglishworld.com\/?page_id=656"},"modified":"2016-02-26T04:49:25","modified_gmt":"2016-02-26T09:49:25","slug":"forming-adverbs-from-adjectives","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.teachenglishworld.com\/?page_id=656","title":{"rendered":"FORMING ADVERBS FROM ADJECTIVES"},"content":{"rendered":"

English Grammar<\/a>\u00a0>\u00a0Adverbs<\/a><\/p>\n

In most cases, an adverb is formed by adding –ly<\/em> to an adjective<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Adjective<\/th>\nAdverb<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
\u00a0cheap<\/td>\n\u00a0cheaply<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0quick<\/td>\n\u00a0quickly<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0slow<\/td>\n\u00a0slowly<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

If the adjective ends in –y<\/em>, replace the y<\/em> with i<\/em> and add –ly<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Adjective<\/th>\nAdverb<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
\u00a0easy<\/td>\n\u00a0easily<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0angry<\/td>\n\u00a0angrily<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0happy<\/td>\n\u00a0happily<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0lucky<\/td>\n\u00a0luckily<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

If the adjective ends in –able<\/em>, –ible<\/em>, or –le<\/em>, replace the –e<\/em> with –y<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Adjective<\/th>\nAdverb<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
\u00a0probable<\/td>\n\u00a0probably<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0terrible<\/td>\n\u00a0terribly<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0gentle<\/td>\n\u00a0gently<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

If the adjective ends in –ic<\/em>, add –ally.<\/em>\u00a0Exception<\/strong>: public -> publicly<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Adjective<\/th>\nAdverb<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
\u00a0basic<\/td>\n\u00a0basically<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0tragic<\/td>\n\u00a0tragically<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0economic<\/td>\n\u00a0economically<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Some adverbs have the same form as the adjective: early, fast, hard, high, late, near, straight, <\/em>and wrong<\/em><\/p>\n

EXAMPLES<\/p>\n

    \n
  • It is a fast<\/strong> car.<\/li>\n
  • He drives very fast<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
  • This is a hard<\/strong> exercise.<\/li>\n
  • He works hard<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
  • We saw many high<\/strong> buildings.<\/li>\n
  • The bird flew high<\/strong> in the sky.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Well<\/em> is the adverb that corresponds to the adjective good<\/em><\/p>\n

    EXAMPLES<\/p>\n

      \n
    • He is a good<\/strong> student.<\/li>\n
    • He studies well<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
    • She is a good<\/strong> pianist.<\/li>\n
    • She plays the piano well<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
    • They are good<\/strong> swimmers.<\/li>\n
    • They swim well<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      English Grammar\u00a0>\u00a0Adverbs In most cases, an adverb is formed by adding –ly to an adjective Adjective Adverb \u00a0cheap \u00a0cheaply \u00a0quick \u00a0quickly \u00a0slow \u00a0slowly If the adjective ends in –y, replace the y with i...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-656","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.teachenglishworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/656","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.teachenglishworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.teachenglishworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.teachenglishworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.teachenglishworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=656"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/www.teachenglishworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/656\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":663,"href":"http:\/\/www.teachenglishworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/656\/revisions\/663"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.teachenglishworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=656"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}