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1.

Anastacia looked at
me with sad eyes.
2.John is a good
tennis player.
ADJECTIVE
modifies a noun
1.Anastacia looked at
me with sad eyes.
2.She wears an
expensive jewelry.
Have you seen
any good film?
James is a smart
man.
ADVERB
a word that modifies
verbs, adjectives
and other adverbs.
That idea is simply
ridiculous.
She sings nicely.
She did it really well.
CHANGING AN
ADJECTIVE
TO ADVERB
In
changing an
adjective to adverb, we
usually put –ly at the
end of the given
adjective.
Examples:
Slow – Slowly
Soft- Softly
Beautiful – Beautifully
TRUE – TRULY
HAPPY – HAPPILY
POSSIBLE –
POSSIBLY
FULL– FULLY
DYNAMIC -
DYNAMICALLY
However, this is not
the only way to form
an adverb. Many
adverbs do not end
in -ly.
Adjective Adverb
fast fast
hard hard
late late
early early
daily daily
Some adjectives change
their form when they
become adverbs:
adjective adverb
good well
REMEMBER:
To decide whether a
word is an adverb ask
questions with
how, where and when.
He speaks
Spanish fluently.
They play
soccer here.
She wrote the e-
mail
immediately.
EXERCISE:
Identify whether the
underlined word in each
sentence is an adjective
or an adverb.
1. The eagle was
flying high above
the mountains.
2. I like sitting
near the
fireplace.
3. She is a
great
musician.
4. I felt bad about
my final exams.
5. The head
master has a
loud voice.

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