Adjectives qualify nouns.
They are When we add the –ly suffix there are some spelling
used before them or after certain changes:
verbs like: be, become, feel, look, “-le” changes to “-ly” gentle gently
seem, get, taste, smell. “-y” changes to “-ily” easy easily
She bought a nice dress. “-ic” changes to “-ically” automatic
automatically
Her dress is nice.
“-ue” changes to “-uly” true truly
You look tired.
“-ll” changes to “-lly” full fully
Adverbs qualify the action expressed by the verb.
Some adverbs have the same form as the adjective:
They always walk quickly.
FAST- She is a fast driver – She drives fast
Adverbs are formed by adding the suffix –ly to the
HARD- It was a hard exam – She studied hard.
adjective. When the adjective ends in –ly, we use a
LATE- You are late- Peter arrived late.
prepositional phrase instead.
The adverb of the adjective “good” is “well”.
They spoke to me in a friendly way.
Underline the right alternative and match the sentences
to the pictures.
1.- She ran very ..... and won the race...... (fast-quick /
easy-easily)
2.- He told me to be ..... because the baby was sleeping.
(quiet-quietly).
3.- He’s a ..... tennis player but last Monday he played .....
and lost the match. (good-well/bad-badly)
4.- The woman fought ..... and managed to escape from her
attacker. (brave-bravely)
5.- Do you know the new boy at school?- No, I don’ but he
looks ...... (nice-nicely)
6.- He was fed up with his computer and hit it ..... with a
stick. (hard-hardly)
7.- He’s an old man and lifting the barbell was not ..... for
him. (easy-easily)
8.– Everybody noticed him because he was talking ...... (loud-
loudly)
9.– Lisa is doing her homework ..... in her room. (careful-
carefully)
10.- The coach was ..... and shouted at the players ......
(furious-furiously/ angry-angrily)
11.- She usually arrives ..... at the office but she works
very ...... (late-lately/ good-well)
12.- This soup tastes ...... Are you sure you cooked it .....?
(awful-awfully / correct-correctly)
13.– The librarian told the students to work ..... because
they were talking ...... (quiet-quietly/ noisy-noisily)
14.- Something smells bad in here. What is it? (bad-badly)
15.- He rides his motorbike ...... He’s a ..... motorcyclist.
(danger-dangerously/ careless-carelessly)
16.- He felt ..... after having a relaxing bath. (wonderful-
wonderfully)
17.- She ate her breakfast ..... as it was Sunday and she
didn’t have to go to work. (slow-slowly)
18.- Kevin looks ...... I guess he has passed his final exams.
(happy-happily)
Adjectives qualify nouns. They are When we add the –ly suffix there are some spelling
used before them or after certain changes:
verbs like be, become, feel, look, “-le” changes to “-ly” gentle gently
seem, get, taste, smell. “-y” changes to “-ily” easy easily
She bought a nice dress. “-ic” changes to “-ically” automatic
automatically
Her dress is nice.
“-ue” changes to “-uly” true truly
You look tired.
“-ll” changes to “-lly” full fully
Adverbs qualify the action expressed by the verb.
Some adverbs have the same from as the adjective:
They always walk quickly.
FAST- She is a fast driver – She drives fast
Adverbs are formed by adding the suffix –ly to the
HARD- It was a hard exam – She studied hard.
adjective. When the adjective ends in –ly, we use a
LATE- You are late- Peter arrived late.
prepositional phrase instead.
The adverb of the adjective “good” is “well”.
They spoke to me in a friendly way.
Underline the right alternative and match the sentences
to the pictures.
1.- She ran very ..... and won the race...... (fast-quick /
easy-easily)
2.- He told me to be ..... because the baby was sleeping.
(quiet-quietly).
3.- He’s a ..... tennis player but last Monday he played .....
and lost the match. (good-well/bad-badly)
4.- The woman fought ..... and managed to escape from her
attacker. (brave-bravely)
5.- Do you know the new boy at school?- No, I don’ but he
looks ...... (nice-nicely)
6.- He was fed up with his computer and hit it ..... with a
stick. (hard-hardly)
7.- He’s an old man and lifting the barbell was not ..... for
him. (easy-easily)
8.– Everybody noticed him because he was talking ...... (loud-
loudly)
9.– Lisa is doing her homework ..... in her room. (careful-
carefully)
10.- The coach was ..... and shouted at the players ......
(furious-furiously/ angry-angrily)
11.- She usually arrives ..... at the office but she works
very ...... (late-lately/ good-well)
12.- This soup tastes ...... Are you sure you cooked it .....?
(awful-awfully / correct-correctly)
13.– The librarian told the students to work ..... because
they were talking ...... (quiet-quietly/ noisy-noisily)
14.- Something smells bad in here. What is it? (bad-badly)
15.- He rides his motorbike ...... He’s a ..... motorcyclist.
(danger-dangerously/ careless-carelessly)
16.- He felt ..... after having a relaxing bath. (wonderful-
wonderfully)
17.- She ate her breakfast ..... as it was Sunday and she
didn’t have to go to work. (slow-slowly)
18.- Kevin looks ...... I guess he has passed his final exams.
(happy-happily)
Adjectives qualify nouns. They are When we add the –ly suffix there are some spelling
used before them or after certain changes:
verbs like be, become, feel, look, “-le” changes to “-ly” gentle gently
seem, get, taste, smell. “-y” changes to “-ily” easy easily
She bought a nice dress. “-ic” changes to “-ically” automatic
automatically
Her dress is nice.
“-ue” changes to “-uly” true truly
You look tired.
“-ll” changes to “-lly” full fully
Adverbs qualify the action expressed by the verb.
Some adverbs have the same from as the adjective:
They always walk quickly.
FAST- She is a fast driver – She drives fast
Adverbs are formed by adding the suffix –ly to the
HARD- It was a hard exam – She studied hard.
adjective. When the adjective ends in –ly, we use a
LATE- You are late- Peter arrived late.
prepositional phrase instead.
The adverb of the adjective “good” is “well”.
They spoke to me in a friendly way.
Underline the right alternative and match the sentences
to the pictures.
1.- She ran very ..... and won the race...... (fast-quick /
easy-easily)
2.- He told me to be ..... because the baby was sleeping.
(quiet-quietly).
3.- He’s a ..... tennis player but last Monday he played .....
and lost the match. (good-well/bad-badly)
4.- The woman fought ..... and managed to escape from her
attacker. (brave-bravely)
5.- Do you know the new boy at school?- No, I don’ but he
looks ...... (nice-nicely)
6.- He was fed up with his computer and hit it ..... with a
stick. (hard-hardly)
7.- He’s an old man and lifting the barbell was not ..... for
him. (easy-easily)
8.– Everybody noticed him because he was talking ...... (loud-
loudly)
9.– Lisa is doing her homework ..... in her room. (careful-
carefully)
10.- The coach was ..... and shouted at the players ......
(furious-furiously/ angry-angrily)
11.- She usually arrives ..... at the office but she works
very ...... (late-lately/ good-well)
12.- This soup tastes ...... Are you sure you cooked it .....?
(awful-awfully / correct-correctly)
13.– The librarian told the students to work ..... because
they were talking ...... (quiet-quietly/ noisy-noisily)
14.- Something smells ..... in here. What is it? (bad-badly)
15.- He rides his motorbike ...... He’s a ..... motorcyclist.
(danger-dangerously/ careless-carelessly)
16.- He felt ..... after having a relaxing bath. (wonderful-
wonderfully)
17.- She ate her breakfast ..... as it was Sunday and she
didn’t have to go to work. (slow-slowly)
18.- Kevin looks ...... I guess he has passed his final exams.
(happy-happily)
