Adverb

Formation of adverbs

ê Add –ly to the adjectives, e.g.

Adjectives


Adverbs


Adjectives


Adverbs

calm


calmly


careful


carefully

generous


generously


kind


kindly

ê Change “y” to “i” & add –ly for adjectives ending with “y”, e.g.

Adjectives


Adverbs


Adjectives


Adverbs

merry


merrily


easy


easily

heavy


heavily


tidy


tidily

ê Drop the final “e” & add –y for adjectives ending with “ble”, e.g.

Adjectives


Adverbs


Adjectives


Adverbs

feeble


feebly


possible


possibly

agreeable


agreeably


stable


stably

ê Retain the final “e” & add –y for adjectives ending with “ive”, e.g.

Adjectives


Adverbs


Adjectives


Adverbs

attentive


attentively


attractive


attractively

decisive


decisively


defensive


defensively

ê Retain the final “e” & add –y for adjectives ending with “e”, e.g.

Adjectives


Adverbs


Adjectives


Adverbs

absolute


absolutely


fierce


fiercely

polite


politely


sole


solely

ê Drop the final “e” & add –y for adjectives ending with “e”, e.g.

Adjectives


Adverbs


Adjectives


Adverbs

true


truly


idle


idly

whole


wholly


subtle


subtly

ê Add –ally for adjectives ending with “ic”, e.g.

Adjectives


Adverbs


Adjectives


Adverbs

comic


comically


heroic


heroically

energetic


energetically


basic


basically

except: pubic Ò publicly

ê Some words ending with “ly” are not adverbs, but adjectives, e.g.

friendly, lively, lovely, lonely, costly, ugly, silly

ê Some words can be used both as adjectives and adverbs, e.g.

fast, hard, late, early, low, high, deep, near, wide

short, nearby, likely, early, daily, weekly, monthly, yearly

Please know the difference.

lately (adv) 近來,最近, hardly (adv) 幾乎不, barely (adv) 幾乎不能
late (adj) 遲, 已故的, late (adv) 很遲
hard (adj) 難, 硬, hard (adv) 辛苦地, 猛烈地
bare (adj) 赤裸的, 極少的
good (adj) 好的, well (adj) 健康的,良好的, well (adv) 很好地
home (adj) 家庭的, 本國的 home (adv) 回家, 在家
homely (adj) 家常的,平凡的,樸實

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副詞 (adverb)

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