Some adverbs tell us how an action is or should be performed.
Often these adverbs are formed by adding -ly to the end of an adjective.
Adjectives ending -l add -ly ; careful-carefully.
Adjectives ending -y change to -ily ; lucky-luckily
Adjectives ending -ble change to -bly ; responsible-responsibly
adjective | adverb |
|---|---|
anxious | anxiously |
bad | badly |
beautiful | beautifully |
capable | capably |
lucky | luckily |
quick | quickly |
weak | weakly |
For example:
The little girl ran quickly. In this sentence quickly modifies the verb ran (to run).
