IRREGULAR ADVERBS

1. UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DEL ECUADOR
FACULTAD DE FILOSOFÍA, LETRAS Y CIENCIAS DE LA EDUCACIÓN
CARRERA: PLURILINGÜE
ASIGNATURA: INGLÉS
IRREGULAR ADVERBS
BYRON VILLAMARÍN

2. In most cases, to create an adverb we simply
add -ly to the adjective.
Examples:
quick becomes quickly
slow becomes slowly, etc.

3. Some adverbs, however, are irregular. Here’s a
list of comon irregular adverbs in English:
adjective adverb
good well
fast fast
hard hard
late late
early early
daily daily
wrong wrong
straight straight

4. Here are some example sentences:
• He drives too fast. He drives too fastly.
• He speaks good English. / He speaks English
well. He speaks English good.
• My mother always worked hard. My
mother always worked hardly.
• They arrived late for the party. They arrived
lately for the party.

5. Not all adverbs end in “-ly.”
Here are some Irregular Adverbs that
don’t end in –ly:
• far (I can run very far.)
• fast (I can run very fast.)
• hard (John hit me very hard.)
• high (The plane is flying very high.)
• late (I finished late.)
• long (I slept very long last night.)
• low (The plane is flying very low.)
• well (She can sing very well.)