Practise Using the Suffix -ly to Make Adverbs

In this activity, we’re going to be looking at suffixes.

 

Suffixes are groups of letters added onto the ends of words.

 

The Suffix -ly

We can turn words into adverbs by adding the suffix -ly.

 

An adverb tells us how something is done.

The adverb is underlined in the sentence below:

 

He ran quickly.

 

 

Quickly tells us how he ran.

 

Here, the suffix -ly has been added on to the root word quick.

Quick + ly = quickly

 

For lots of words, we can simply add -ly to create an adverb.

 

For example:

Slow + ly = slowly

Glad + ly = gladly

 

If the root word ends in an l, we still add -ly.

Usual + ly = usually

Final + ly = finally

This gives us words with double ls.

 

What if the root word ends in a y?

If you do something in a happy way, how do you do it?

 

You do it happily!

 

Can you see how the word happy has changed to happily?

If the root word ends in a y, we remove the y and and add  -ily.

 

 

Here are some examples:

Angry + ly = angrily

Grumpy + ly = grumpily

Lazy + ly = lazily

Easy + ly = easily

 

 

What if the root word ends in -ic?

If you do something in a dramatic way, how do you do it?

 

You do it dramatically!

 

Can you see how dramatic changed to dramatically?

If the root word ends in -ic, we add -ally instead of -ly.

 

Dramatic + ally = dramatically

Basic + ally = basically

Frantic + ally = frantically

 

In this activity, you’ll be turning words into adverbs with the suffix -ly.

 

If the root word ends in a y, remember to remove the y and add -ily and if the root word ends in -ic, remember to add -ally.

 

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