The General Rule: Add the suffix -ly to the end of the adjective, Quick- Quickly, Adjectives ending in Consonant + -y: Change the -y to an -i and add -ly (the ending becomes -ily)., Happy - Happily, • Adjectives ending in -le, -able, or -ible: Drop the final -e and add -y (the ending becomes -ly)., • Gentle - Gently , Terrible- Terribly, Probable - Probably, Adjectives ending in -ic: Add the suffix -ally, • Basic → basically , Automatic - Automatically ( exception public- Publicly), No Change (Flat Adverbs): Some words have the exact same form as both an adjective and an adverb., • Fast - fast , Hard - hard, Late - late, Early - early, Irregular Adverbs: Some adjectives change completely when they become adverbs, Good - Well

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