Adjetives and

adverbs
 What’s the difference between an
adjective and an adverb?
They’re both words that describe other words. The difference between adjectives
and adverbs is which types of words they describe.

Adjectives Adverbs

Good Well
Clear Clearly
Most Mostly
Real Really
Late Lately
 Adjectives
Adjectives describe only , including
nouns . So if you have a noun like dog, you
pronouns

can give more details about it by adding adjectives.

The wet and brown

dog
-Sometimes multiple words work together to describe a noun. This is called
an , and you can treat these groups of words the same as individual
adjective phrase

adjectives.

Quantum physics is too complicated to

understand.
 Adverbs

Adverbs commonly describe . They add details to show how an action is

verbs

done, as with the adverbs quickly or slowly, or the frequency of the action,
as with the adverbs often or sometimes.

She worked quietly all afternoon.

He always showers after the gym.
-Additionally, special adverbs like really or very can also describe other adverbs. When
adverbs are used like this, they usually describe the degree of intensity or frequency.

She worked very quietly all afternoon.

He almost always showers after the
gym.
-Likewise, adverbs can also describe adjectives, again typically specifying the
degree of intensity or frequency.

The often rude manager eats lunch alone.

The very large man sat in a really small chair.
 How to turn adjectives into adverbs

For many adjectives, all you have to do is add -ly to the end to make an adverb.

Adjective Adverb

loud loudly

perfect perfectly

hopeful hopefully
 How to turn adjectives into adverbs

If the adjective ends in a –y, drop the –y and add –ily to make an adverb.

Adjective Adverb

easy easily

happy happily

lucky luckily
 How to turn adjectives into adverbs

If the adjective ends in -tle or -ble, replace the –e with a –y to make an adverb.

Adjective Adverb
gentle gently
comfortable comfortably
terrible terribly
How to turn adjectives into adverbs

If the adjective ends in –ic, add -ally to make an adverb.

Adjective Adverb
specific specifically
tragic tragically
energetic energetically
 Identical adjective and adverb

Some words stay the same whether they’re used as an adjective or an adverb.

hard lively
fast left, right
rough inside, outside
straight early, late
wrong daily, weekly, monthly, yearly
far first, second, third, etc.