Primary Longman Elect 5A Chapter 1 Adverbs

The baby is crawling slowly. Adverbs We use adverbs to describe an action. We usually add ly to an adjective to form an adverb. The adverb comes after the verb in a sentence. The baby is crawling slowly. verb adverb

The girl is laughing happily. Adverbs When the adjective ends with –y, we change the y to i, then add ly. The girl is laughing happily.

Adverbs Sometimes the adjective and the adverb are the same. The boy is late.

Adverbs Adjectives Spelling rules Examples soft  softly quick  quickly rude  rudely Usually add ly noisy  noisily happy  happily Adjectives ending with -y change y to i, then add ly early  early fast  fast late  late Others no change OR good  well change the whole word

Practice patiently 1 patient  quickly 2 quick  noisily 3 noisy  loudly politely rudely quietly softly 1 patient  2 quick  3 noisy  4 loud  5 polite  6 rude  7 quiet  8 soft 

Practice happily 1 May is laughing _______ . (happy)

Practice fast 2 My sister can swim _______ . (fast)

Practice noisily 3 Ronnie is eating _______ . (noisy)

Practice softly 4 Dana is talking _______ on the phone. (soft)

Practice politely 5 Alice is speaking _______ . (polite) May I speak to Grandpa, please? politely 5 Alice is speaking _______ . (polite)

Practice well 6 Ben can play football _______ . (good)

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