1. Primary Longman Elect
5A Chapter 1
Adverbs

2. 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

3. 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.

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

5. 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

6. 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 

7. Practice
happily
1 May is laughing _______ . (happy)

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

9. Practice
noisily
3 Ronnie is eating _______ . (noisy)

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

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

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

13. The End