Who is this person? His parents are dead. He is not a real person His parents are dead. He doesn‘t like his uncle, aunt and cousin, but he has to live with them. His best friends are called Hermione and Ron. He has magic skills. He goes to a school name Hogwarts. The name of the principal is Dumbledore.

Harry Potter is intelligent. Adjective Harry Potter acts intelligently. Adverb

Adverb = Adjective + ly => Adverbs describe a Verb

Exceptions I. : Harry Potter is a fantastic magician. Adjective Harry Potter performs magic fantastically. Adverb

Adjectives ending with -ic (bspw. fantastic) => -ally (bspw Adjectives ending with -ic (bspw. fantastic) => -ally (bspw. fantastically)

Harry Potter is a friendly boy. Adjective Harry Potter talks to people in a friendly way. Adverb

Adjectives ending with –ly (bspw. friendly) => in a …. (bspw Adjectives ending with –ly (bspw. friendly) => in a ….(bspw. friendly) way

Harry Potter‘s friend Hermine looks beautifully. Adverb Harry Potter‘s friend Hermine is a beautiful girl. Adjective Harry Potter‘s friend Hermine looks beautifully. Adverb

Adjectives ending with –l (bspw. beautiful) => -lly (bspw Adjectives ending with –l (bspw. beautiful) => -lly (bspw. beautifully)

Lord Voldemort is a terrible magician. Lord Voldemort acts terribly. Adjective Lord Voldemort acts terribly. Adverb

Adjective ending with –le (bspw. terrible) => - ly (bspw. terribly)

The janitor of Hogwarts ia an angry man. Adjective The janitor of Hogwarts acts angrily. Adverb

Adjective ending with –y (bspw. angry) => - ily (eg. angrily)

Harry Potter is a good boy. Adjective Harry Potter behaves well. Adverb

Adjective good = Adverb well

Harry Potter‘s broom is very fast. Adjective Harry Potter‘s broom drives very fast. Adverb

Adjectives with the same form as Adverbs: daily, early, fast, hard, late, long, right, wrong, deep, far, free, high, left, near, straight

Exceptions II.: If you add –ly => the following ones have a different meaning: - deeply (sehr, zutiefst)=> Harry Potter is deeply sad about the death of his friend. - highly (sehr, höchst) => Harry Potter is highly satisfied because he won against his enemy. - lately (in letzter Zeit) => Harry Potter is lately very sad. - hardly (kaum)=> Harry Potter is hardly recognisable. - nearly (fast, beinahe)=> Harry Potter is nearly 18 years old.