1. ADJECTIVES and ADVERBS

2. Look at the following sentences:
Turtle is a slow animal.
Turtles walk slowly.
She is a careful reader.
She reads carefully.

3. In the first sentence slow is an adjective. It modifies a noun (turtle)
In the second sentence slowly is an adverb. It modifies a verb (walk). Adverbs can also modify adjectives and other adverbs.
Here are some more examples:
This is an easy question.
You can answer this question easily.
It is an urgent call.
You should call her urgently.

4. How do we form adverbs?
Basically we form adverbs by adding –ly to an adjective.
dangeorus dangerously
quick quickly
definite definitely
But not all the adverbs are formed in this way

5. When an adjective ends in –c we form the adverb by adding -ally:
When an adjective ends in –y we form the adverb by adding –ily:
easy easily
lazy lazily
When an adjective ends in –c we form the adverb by adding -ally:
dramatic dramatically

6. There are also some irregular adverbs:
ADJECTIVE
ADVERB
good
fast
hard
early
late
well

7. Look at the following examples:
Ferrari is a fast car. (fast is an adjective )
My brother drives fast. (fast is an adverb)
Jimmy is a good tennis player.
He plays tennis well.

8. Exercises Choose the correct option: safe
This city isn’t (safe/safely) at nights.
dramatically
Peoples’ lives will change (dramatic/dramatically) in twenty years’ time.
loudly
A dog barked (loud/loudly) last night.
quietly
The teacher is talking (quiet/quietly) so I can’t hear her properly.
well
My father can cook very (good/well).
difficult
The exam questions were very (difficult/difficultly).
fast
The traffic doesn’t move (fast/fastly) at this time of the day.

9. B. Write the correct form of the word in brackets:
lazily
She spent all her day lying on the couch. (lazy)
terribly
I’m sorry for what I did. (teribble).
good
Do you think this is a (good) book?
well
I can’t play the violin (good).
correctly
Have I pronounced your name (correct)?
generous
6. Bob is a very (generous) man. He usually raises money for charities.
beautiful
The touristic places in İstanbul are (beautiful).

10. THANKS FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION!