Adjectives and Adverbs
Adverbs
Adverbs modify verbs.
Adverbs of manner usually come after a verb or at the end of a sentence:
| Subject | Verb | Adverb |
|---|
| I | ran | quickly. |
| She | sang | beautifully. |
| He | drove | carefully. |
| Sentence | Adverb |
|---|
| I ran through the woods | quickly. |
| She spoke to the children | quietly. |
| He drove to work | carefully. |
We can form many adverbs by adding ly to an adjective:
| Adjective | Adverb |
|---|
| bad | badly |
| beautiful | beautifully |
| careful | carefully |
| dangerous | dangerously |
| fluent | fluently |
| happy | happily |
| loud | loudly |
| noisy | noisily |
| quick | quickly |
| quiet | quietly |
| safe | safely |
| slow | slowly |
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