Which of the four questions: how/ where/ w

When the Adjective ends in ‘y’ and there is a consonant before ‘y’, change ‘y’ into ‘i’ and add ‘ly’.

Adjective	Adverb
happy	happily
heavy	heavily
ready	readily

3.         When the Adjective ends in ‘le’, change ‘e’ into ‘y’ :

Adjective	Adverb
double	doubly
single	singly

 

Exercises

 

      Let’s Practise:

1.   Which of the four questions: how/ where/ when/ how many times, should you ask to get the underlined adverbs ? What type of adverbs are these ? Write the two answers in the two blank spaces given after each sentence.

           

                                                                                 Question                    Adverb type   

a.     i)        Biva tried to get back home before dark. when                               time   

        ii)       It was starting to get dark now.                    when                               time

        iii)     Soon she finished her work.                        when                               time

        iv)      ‘I’ll do the rest later’, she thought.            when                               time

        v)       She left early for home.                               when                               time

b.    i)        Beva looked for it everywhere.                  where                              place

        ii)       She couldn’t find it in the house.                where                              place

        iii)     She couldn’t find it  on the terrace.          where                              place

        iv)      ‘Please come here,’ She heard a shrill

                  voice calling out .                                          where                              place

        v)       She jumped out of fright but

                  couldn’t see the alien anywhere.                where                              place

c.     i)        Biva tried to peer hard in to the

                   gathering darkness.                                       how                                 manner          

        ii)       She couldn’t see things clearly.                  how                                 manner

        iii)     After a while, she realized that something

                   was swirling very fast on a nearby tree     how                                 manner

        iv)      It was the alien dancing merrily.                how                                 manner