Adverb

An adverb is a word that says something about another word.

  1. You have adverbs that say something about a verb.
  2. You have adverbs that say something about an adjective.
  3. You have adverbs that say something about another adverb.

Note the difference between an adverb and an adjective.
An adjective says something about a noun.

You make an adverb by putting 'ly' after the adjective.

Examples

After a consonant, the 'y' changes to 'i':

The silent 'e' (the 'e' that is not pronounced) is dropped:

Exceptions

  1. The adjective 'good' is accompanied by the adverb 'well'.
  2. There are also adverbs that do not end with '-ly':
  3. After 'to be, feel, look, taste, smell, sound, seem' you do not use an adverb.