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Adverbs

An adverb tells more about a verb in the sentence.

• The fire engine runs fast.
• Listen to his speech carefully.
• I browse the web frequently.
• It rained hard.

An adverb describes more about an adjective in the sentence.

• The news is very surprising!
• The coffee is extremely hot, so be careful.
• Nature is really amazing!

An adverb modifies another adverb in the sentence.

• It rains very hard.
• Computers run much faster these days.
• I clean my room less frequently because I am busy.

Commonly, adjectives can be changed to adverbs by adding 'ly'.

• slow – slowly
• quick – quickly
• comfortable – comfortably
• loud – loudly
• clear – clearly

To change adjectives ending in 'y' into adverbs, change the 'y' to 'i' and add 'ly'.

• happy – happily
• easy – easily

Q. Choose the correct word form in the following sentences.
(i) I spoke to you (careful, carefully) last time.

carefully

(ii) We talked about it (clear, clearly).

clearly

(iii) I sat on the (comfortable, comfortably) sofa.

comfortable

(iv) My dog runs very (fast, faster).

fast

(v) Let’s install the new program (quick, quickly).

quickly