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English Grammar - Adverbs
What is an adverb?
Most adverbs tell you how, where, or when something is done. In other words, they describe the manner, place, or time of an action.
Examples:
She speaks slowly.
It is raining heavily.
Many adverbs end with the suffix -LY. Most of these are created by adding -LY to the end of an adjective.
immediate
-> immediately
quick -> quickly
careful -> carefully
bad -> badly
There are some exceptions that the adjectives are the same as the adverbs such as:
fast
-> fast
late -> late
hard
-> hard
early -> early
Be careful when using "hardly" that doesn't have any meaning related to "hard".
There are also some adjectives also ending with -LY but they are not adverbs such as:
Friendly, lively, elderly, lonely, silly, lovely
You can find more resources on adverbs at the following links: