 changing adjectives to adverbs in English. This video is sponsored by the following English learning sites. In this video, we will show how to change adjectives into adverbs in English. First, the basics. There's more to it, but we'll start here. Adjectives are used to describe nouns. Sean is a slow runner. Adverbs are used to describe verbs or actions. Sean runs slowly. In general, we just add L-Y to adjectives to make them into adverbs. But it is not always that simple. There are several principles that apply. We will discuss each one individually. One, simple L-Y endings. Two, spelling changes. Three, word changes. Four, non-changes. Number one, adding L-Y. The vast majority of adjectives work like this. See the examples below. Adjective adverb. Sad, sadly. Adjective adverb. Slow, slowly. Quick, quickly. Nice, nicely. Cheap, cheaply. Smart, smartly. For example, he smiled broadly. He spoke softly. He nodded slightly. He thought suspiciously. Then, he laughed silently. Two, spelling changes. Because L-Y is a suffix, it can sometimes affect the spelling of the word it is added to. With adverbs, this can take many forms. A, L-E endings. Terrible, terribly. B, Y endings. Happy, happily. C, A-L-L-Y endings. Basic, basically. D, other endings. Full, fully. We'll look at each of these individually. A, adjectives ending in L-E. When an adjective ends in L-E, we usually drop the E and add a Y. Simple, simply. Terrible, terribly. Capable, capably. Flexible, flexibly. She was incredible. She was adorable. But when she opened her mouth, she sang horribly. B, adjectives ending in Y. For most adjectives ending in Y, we change the Y to I and add L-Y. Happy, happily. Easy, easily. Hasty, hastily. Ordinary, ordinarily. Crafty, craftily. Groggy, groggily. For example, Harry approached the stage warily. Acting did not come easily to him. He busily started his routine. Soon he was happily singing away. The crowd crazily applauded. C, A-L-L-Y endings. Be careful with this one. Some adjectives take on this ending. Some don't. The A-L is not usually pronounced. For example, basic, basically. Specific, specifically. Public, publicly. Notice with this one, there's no A-L in the middle. It's just L-Y at the end. Frantic, frantically. Or frantically. The pronunciation is the same, but the most common spelling for this is A-L-L-Y. Other words with similar endings. The actual adjective actually ends in A-L. Notice the differences in pronunciation. Accidental, accidentally. The UL is not pronounced. Exceptional, exceptionally. The UL is pronounced. Incidental, incidentally. Not pronounced. Traditional, traditionally. UL is pronounced. For example, incidentally, how did you meet your wife? Well, actually, we met at the theater. It was her first time to perform publicly. I was in the orchestra. Specifically, I was the bassoon player. I was frantically trying to find my seat and bumped into her coming on stage. Ironically, she was so startled that she overcame her stage fright and performed terrifically. So, basically, that's our story. D. Other L-Y endings. Most of the other endings differ individually, so we'll deal with each one of them separately. True, truly. You drop the E and add L-Y. Whole, wholly. The same principle applies here. Drop the E and add L-Y. That results in a double L. The old-fashioned spelling for this is wholly. Full, fully. Because there's already an extra L on full, you don't have to add a new one. Just add Y. With cool, there's only one L. So, when you add the L-Y, it becomes two. The same holds true for cruel, cruelly. One L in the adjective, two Ls in the adverb. And words like careful, carefully. Two Ls in the adverb form. An interesting one is eerie. With this one, you drop the E and add L-Y. Eerie, eerily. With the word shy, there are two different spellings. Shyly. And shyly, where you change the Y to I before adding L-Y. The most common is S-H-Y-L-Y. Three, word changes. Sometimes, instead of merely adding an L-Y ending, we change the word completely. The best example of this is good, adjective, and well, adverb. She is a good swimmer. She swims well. Four, non-changes. Some adjectives don't change at all. He's a fast runner. He runs fast. Not fastly. It was an early meeting. They arrived early. We use the same word for the adjective and the adverb. A word of caution. You need to be careful with some adjectives. It was hard work. I worked hard. Not hardly. I hardly worked has a totally different meaning. Means I didn't work very much. Similarly, the word lately means recently. Not at a late time. He arrived lately for the meeting. No, this is incorrect. He arrived late for the meeting. Hope that was helpful. To learn more about adjectives and adverbs, click on the links in the description below. Thanks for watching. Remember to subscribe to our channel and give this video a thumbs up if you like it. 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