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The Adverb: Form I.From Adjectives +

The document discusses the formation and use of adverbs in English. It outlines several rules for forming adverbs from adjectives, including adding "-ly" or changing word endings like "-ic" to "-ically". It also discusses the different types of adverbs based on their function, including manner, degree, frequency, time and place. Finally, it covers the order of adverbs in sentences and the comparative and superlative forms of some adverbs.

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The Adverb: Form I.From Adjectives +

The document discusses the formation and use of adverbs in English. It outlines several rules for forming adverbs from adjectives, including adding "-ly" or changing word endings like "-ic" to "-ically". It also discusses the different types of adverbs based on their function, including manner, degree, frequency, time and place. Finally, it covers the order of adverbs in sentences and the comparative and superlative forms of some adverbs.

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THE ADVERB

FORM

I.From Adjectives +……………….


Quick- Beautiful-
Dangerous- Slow -

II.Special cases
a) Adjectives ending in IC : add……………
Dramatic- Thematic-
Democratic- Tragic-

b) Adjectives ending in LE: add …………….


Horrible- Capable-
Terrible- Gentle-

c) Adjectives ending in CONS+Y: drop ….. and add ……….


(exception: shy-shyly) Easy-
Happy- Noisy-

d) Adjectives ending in LY: form adverbials with the expression IN A……….WAY


Friendly: Lovely:
Lonely: Fatherly:

e) Adjectives ending in E: add……………


(excep: whole-wholly, true-truly) Large-
Rare- Extreme-

f) GOOD - …………..

g) Adjectives with the same form as the adverb:

III. Pairs of adverbs with different meaning

DEEP
FREELY
HARD
HIGH
LATELY
LAST
NEARLY
PRETTY
SHORTLY
WIDE
USE

1.Adverbs can modify:

2.With LINKING VERBS we use ………………………………………..


List of linking verbs:

Pay attention to the fact that some linking verbs may be used as action verbs + ……………….
Eg…………………………………………………………………..
………………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………………

3. Types of adverbs

Manner Degree Frequency Time Place Sentence

4. ORDER of adverbs:
……………………………………………………………………………………………………

But with a verb of movement(………………..) the order changes to ……………………………

The Royal order of adverbs-flexible

5. POSITION in the sentence

Adv. of manner
Adv. of place
Adv. of time
Adv of degree
Adv. of frequency
Sentence adverbs:

DEGREES OF COMPARISON of the adverb

POSITIVE COMPARATIVE SUPERLATIVE


fast faster fastest
quickly quiklier quickliest
beautifully More beatifully Most beautifully
Less Least beautifully
hard
tragically
late Last/
well
badly
much
little
far
loud
clean
low
truly
joyfully
happily
soon

Only adverbs of time, degree and manner have three degrees of comparison.
Adverbs such as now, then, once, there, where, why, how, not, never, ever etc., cannot be compared and they do not have the
three degrees of comparison.

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