Adjectives and adverbs - 2

What are adverbs?
Adverbs tell us in what way someone does something.
Adverbs can modify verbs (here: drive), adjectives or other adverbs.

adjective

adverb

Mandy is a careful girl

Mandy drives carefully

She is very careful

She drives carefully


Explanation:
Mandy is a careful driver.
This sentence is about Mandy, the driver, so use the adjective.

Mandy drives carefully.
This sentence is about her way of driving, so use the adverb

Form of the adverb: adjective + -ly

adjective

adverb

dangerous

dangerously

careful

carefully

nice

nicely

horrible

horribly

easy

easily

electronic

electronically


Adverbs formed from adjectives ending -y, pronounced like Dutch 'ie'
If the adjective ends in -y, change the final -y to -i. Then add -ly:
happy - happily
but:
shy – shyly (the 'y' in 'shy' does not sound like Dutch 'ie'.)