Adverbs with ly

Adverbs with -ly

by Hector Luna

Multiple Select

What's an adverb

• modify a noun

• modify a subject

• modify a verb

• modify an adjective

​Adverbs

​Adverbs are used to modify a verb, an adjective, or another adverb:  

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​[1] Mary sings beautifully

   [2] David is extremely clever 

  [3] This car goes incredibly fast

​Regular

​From our examples above, you can see that many adverbs end in -ly. More precisely, they are formed by adding -ly to an adjective:  

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Adjective	slow	quick	soft	sudden	gradual
Adverb	slowly	quickly	softly	suddenly	gradually

  

Open Ended

When do we use an adverb?