This document discusses how to form adverbs from adjectives by adding suffixes like -ly. It provides examples of how to add -ly to adjectives ending in consonant+y, consonant+le, and -ic by changing the ending sounds according to rules before adding -ly to convey manner or quality.
2. Some adjectives can be turned into adverbs
by adding -ly to the end.
For example:
nice --- nicely
quiet --- quietly
beautiful --- beautifully
sole --- solely
3. If an adjective ends in a consonant + y,
change the y to an i before adding -ly.
For example:
easy --- easily
lazy --- lazily
4. If the adjective ends in a consonant + le, drop
the e and add -y.
For example:
simple --- simply
responsible --- responsibly
5. If the adjective ends in -ic, add -ally.
For example:
basic --- basically
economic --- economically
historic --- historically