English Lessons: Adverbs Spelling "LY"

English Lessons: Adverbs Spelling "LY"

English Lessons: Adverbs Spelling "LY"

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• ##check## English Lessons: Adverbs Spelling "LY"
• Adjectives describe nouns (things).

• My cat is quick.

Quick is an adjective since it describes the subject (my cat).

• How is my cat? quick

Adverbs describe verbs (actions).

• My cat eats quickly.

Quickly is an adverb since it describes the way my cat eats.

• How does my cat eat? Quickly.

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• ##check## English Lessons: Adverbs -LY
• Add "LY" to the end of an adjective.

E.g. Slow - Slowly

If the adjectives that end  in "e" or "l", we add "ly"

special + ly =  specially
terminal + ly =  terminally
literal + ly =  literally
nice + ly         =  nicely
polite + ly = politely

There are of course some exceptions:

true = truly
whole = wholly
due = duly
full = fully

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• ##check## English Lessons: Adverbs ending in "Y"
• Adjectives that end in "y", we remove the "y" and simply add "ily":

crazy = crazily
happy = happily

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• ##check## English Lessons: Adverbs ending in "LE"
• Adjectives that end in a consonant le we remove the "e" and simply add "y":

terrible = terribly
horrible = horribly
noble = nobly
idle = idly

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• ##check## English Lessons: Adverbs ending in "IC"
• If the adjectives that end in "ic", we simply add "ally":

ironic = ironically
enthusiastic = enthusiastically
realistic = realistically

Except: public - publicly

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• ##check## English Lessons: Irregular Adverbs
• Some adverbs are irregular:

Adjective Adverb        Example
fast                  fast        The man drives very fast (quickly).
good               well        You speak English very well.