Adverbs and adjectives

Mandy is a careful girl. Mandy drives carefully.

Adjectives + ly: dangerous – dangerously

If the adjective ends in -y, change -y to -i, then add -ly: happy – happily (but: shy – shyly)

If the adjective ends in -le, the adverb ends in -ly: terrible – terribly

If the adjective ends in -e, then add -ly: safe – safely

If the adjective ends in -ic, then add -ally: electronic – electronically

The following adjectives and adverbs have the same form: close, daily, early, fair, far, fast, free,
hard, high, late, like, likely, live, long, low, right, wide, wrong

Not all words ending in -ly are adverbs:

 adjectives ending in -ly: friendly, silly, lonely, ugly

 nouns ending in -ly: Italy, melancholy

 verbs ending in -ly: apply, rely

Form adverbs to the given adjectives.

1. perfect →
2. quiet →
3. careful →
4. regular →
5. nice →
6. horrible →
7. heavy →
8. good →
9. hard →
10. fantastic →

Write down the correct form of the word in brackets (adjective or adverb).
 1. Tom is (slow) ____________ . He works (slow) ______________ .
2. Sue is a (careful) _____________ girl. She climbed up the ladder (careful) ____________ .
3. The dog is (angry) _______________ . It barks (angry) _________________ .
4. He acted (excellent) ______________ . He's an (excellent)_______________ actor.
5. They learn English (easy) __________ . They think English is an (easy) ___________ language.
6. Max is a (good) ____________ singer. He sings (good) ________________ .
7. It's (awful) ____________ cold today. The cold wind is (awful) ______________ .
8. Dogs rely on their noses as they can smell (extreme / good) _______________ . If that is true,
why does dog food smell so (terrible) ________________?
9. The little boy looked (sad) ___________ . I went over to comfort him and he looked at me
(sad) ____________ .
10. I tasted the soup (careful) _______________ but it tasted (wonderful) _______________ .

Fill in the words in brackets as adjective or adverb.

1. He _____________ reads a book. (quick)

2. Mandy is a _____________ girl. (pretty)
3. The class is ______________ loud today. (terrible)
4. Max is a ________________ singer. (good)
5. You can _______________ open this tin. (easy)
6. It's a _______________ day today. (terrible)
7. She sings the song _______________ . (good)
8. He is a _________________ driver. (careful)
9. He drives the car ______________ . (careful)
10. The dog barks ______________ . (loud)
11. The bus driver was _____________ injured. (serious)
12. Kevin is _____________ clever. (extreme)
13. This hamburger tastes ___________ . (awful)
14. Be ______________ with this glass of milk. It's hot. (careful)
15. Robin looks _____________ . What's the matter with him? (sad)
16. Jack is _______________ upset about losing his keys. (terrible)
17. This steak smells ______________ . (good)
18. Our basketball team played _____________ last Friday. (bad)
19. Don't speak so ______________ . I can't understand you. (fast)
20. Maria ______________ opened her present. (slow)