This document discusses irregular adverbs in English. It provides a list of common adjectives whose adverb forms do not follow the typical pattern of adding "-ly", such as "good" becoming "well" and "fast" remaining "fast". The document also highlights example sentences that use these irregular adverbs correctly compared to incorrect usages where the adjectival form is used instead. Finally, it lists some other irregular adverbs that do not end in "-ly", such as "far", "fast", "hard", and "well".

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.)