The document discusses the order and formation of adverbs in English. It provides the "Royal Order of Adverbs" which lists the typical order as Verb Manner Place Frequency Time Purpose. It then discusses how adverbs are typically formed by adding -ly to adjectives. Some exceptions are noted for adjectives ending in -ic, -le preceded by a vowel, one syllable adjectives, and those ending in -ll. The position of different types of adverbs is also outlined.

1. Adverbs

3. There is a basic order in which adverbs will appear when there is more than
one. It is similar to The Royal Order of Adjectives, but it is even more flexible.
THE ROYAL ORDER OF ADVERBS
Verb Manner Place Frequency Time Purpose
Beth swims enthusiastically in the pool every morning before dawn to keep in shape.
Dad walks impatiently into town every afternoon before supper to get a newspaper.
My grandma
naps
in her
room
every morning before lunch.
In actual practice, of course, it would be highly unusual to have a string of adverbial modifiers beyond two or three (at the
most). Because the placement of adverbs is so flexible, one or two of the modifiers would probably move to the beginning
of the sentence: "Every afternoon before supper, Dad impatiently walks into town to get a newspaper." When that
POSITION OF ADVERBS

4. HOW TO FORM ADVERBS
IN MOST CASES –LY IS SIMPLY ADDED TO THE POSITIVE
FORM OF THE ADJECTIVE
ADJECTIVE ADVERB OF MANNER
BAD BADLY
CLEAR CLEARLY
QUICK QUICKLY
COMPLETE COMPLETELY
SURPRISING SURPRISINGLY
SUDDEN SUDDENLY

5. 2. ADJECTIVES ENDING IN –IC :
ADJECTIVE ADVERB OF MANNER
DRASTIC DRASTICALLY
FRANTIC FRANTICALLY
SPECIFIC SPECIFICALLY
MAGIC MAGICALLY
ARTISTIC ARTISTICALLY
TRAGIC TRAGICALLY

6. ADJECTIVE ADVERB OF MANNER
SIMPLE SIMPLY
PREFERABLE PREFERABLY
GENTLE GENTLY
CAPABLE CAPABLY
NOBLE NOBLY
POSIBLE POSIBLY
ADJECTIVES ENDING IN -LE.:
y

7. ADJECTIVES ENDING IN -LE. PRECEDED BY A VOWEL
When the adjective ends in --LE preceded by a vowel , we simply add -LY
ADJECTIVE ADVERB OF MANNER
DEFINITE DEFINITELY
COMPLETE COMPLETELY
APPROXIMATE APPROXIMATELY
APPROPIATE APPROPATELY
AGILE AGILELY
DELIBERATE DELIBERATELY

8. ADJECTIVE ADVERB OF MANNER
LUCKY LUCKILY
HAPPY HAPPILY
EASY EASILY
ANGRY ANGRILY
READY READILY
VOLUNTARY VOLUNTARILY
EXCEPTION:
ADJECTIVES WITH ONE
SYLLABLE
ADJECTIVE ADVERB OF
MANNER
SHY SHYLY
GAY GAYLY
SLY SLYLY
COY COYLY

9. ADJECTIVES ENDING IN –LL ONLY –Y IS ADDED
ADJECTIVE ADVERB OF MANNER
DULL DULLY
FULL FULLY
SHRILL SHRILLY

10. Many adverbs do not end in –ly.
ADJECTIVE ADVERB OF
MANNER
FAST FAST
HARD HARD
LITTLE LITTLE
LOUD LOUD/LOUDLY
MUCH MUCH
STRAIGHT STRAIGHT
ADJECTIVE ADVERB OF
PLACE
FAR FAR
HIGH HIGH
LOW LOW
NEAR NEAR
WIDE WIDE
ADJECTIVE ADVERB OF TIME
EARLY EARLY
FIRST FIRST
LATE LATE
LONG LONG
ADJECTIVE ADVERB OF
FREQUENCY
DAILY DAILY
MONTHLY MONTHLY
WEEKLY WEEKLY
YEARLY YEARLY

11. THESE ADVERBS ARE CLOSELY RELATED BUT HAVE
DIFFERENT MEANINGS
ADVERB MEANING ADVERB MEANING
HARD With effort HARDLY scarcely
HIGH Opposite of low HIGHLY VERY
LATE Opposite of early LATELY recently
NEAR Opposite of far NEARLY almost
WIDE Opposite of narrow WIDELY commonly

12. Position of adverb of place:
AFTER THE MAIN VERB WHEN THERE IS NO OBJECT, OR
AFTER VERB + OBJECT
DIRECTION ADVERBS ALWAYS COME AFTER A PRONOUN
OBJECT
We left her here .
We took the children back
We gave back the money.
We took it back.