Adverbs and Adjectives
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Adverbs are often used to describe or provide more information about verbs, especially verbs that describe actions. Adverbs of manner commonly appear after action verbs to specify how something is done or happens. Some common rules for forming adverbs of manner from adjectives include adding "-ly", changing the ending of adjectives ending in "y" to "i" and adding "-ly", or adding "-ally" to adjectives ending in "c". However, some adverbs of manner are irregular and do not follow these patterns.
Adverbs and Adjectives
- 1. ADVERBS ARE OFTEN USED TO DESCRIBE OR GIVE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT VERBS. ADVERBS OF MANNER ARE COMMONLY USED AFTER ACTION VERBS. THEY DESCRIBE HOW THINGS ARE DONE OR HOW THINGS HAPPEN
- 2. RULES For most adjectives, add ly Patient - patiently For adjectives ending in y change the y to i and add ly easy - easily For adjectives ending in c, add ally automatic - automatically Some adverbs of manner are irregularas that is that they don{t end in ly good well Some irregular adverbs have the same form as the adjective fast - fast
- 3. ADJECTIVES Adjectives are used to describe or give more information about nouns or pronouns. They often become before nouns. They also come after the verbs BE, GET, FEEL, SEEM, SOUND to describe states, feelings and senses. I get impatient (not I get impatiently) However when fell means TO HAVE AN OPINION ABOUT it is followed by an adverb