Formación de Adverbios en Inglés con -ly

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We use adverbs to describe verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs. They often have the form of an adjective + -ly. There are many types of adverbs, and the ones ending in -ly are usually adverbs of degree (e.g., totally, completely) and adverbs of manner (e.g., quickly, slowly).

In this class you will learn the grammatical rules to form adverbs by adding -ly to adjectives:

• General rule: add -ly after the adjective

Adjective	Adverb
honest	honestly
fair	fairly
slow	slowly
calm	calmly

Examples:

1. Sarah left the party quickly.
2. He was behaving calmly yesterday.

• If the adjective ends in consonant + y, change the y to an i and add -ly

Adjective	Adverb
happy	happily
lucky	luckily
angry	angrily
easy	easily

Examples:

1. Let's go home. The ice cream is melting quickly.
2. It was the first time I saw Bob react so angrily.

• If the adjective ends in ic, add -ally

Adjective	Adverb
automatic	automatically
dramatic	dramatically
basic	basically
magic	magically

Examples:

1. These three colors are basically the same.
2. Lately, the weather has changed dramatically.

• If the adjective ends in le, change the le to -ly

Adjective	Adverb
possible	possibly
incredible	incredibly
terrible	terribly
horrible	horribly

Examples:

1. Skipping class makes me feel terribly guilty.
2. Jacky felt incredibly sad after the final exams.

• If the adjective ends in l, double the l and add -ly

Adjective	Adverb
beautiful	beautifully
careful	carefully
hopeful	hopefully
historical	historically

Examples:

1. Sam sings beautifully.
2. Hopefully, she won’t see us.

• Some adverbs have the same form as adjectives. You don’t need to add -ly. Let’s see a list of the most common ones:

1. fast
2. left
3. hard
4. right
5. outside
6. straight
7. late
8. well
9. little
10. early

Examples:

1. They can swim really fast.
2. The students are working hard to learn this topic.