形容词变副词的一般规则
形容词变副词通常是加ly,其变化有规律可循,请记住以下口诀:
一般直接加,“元e”去e加,“辅y”改i加,“le”结尾e改y。
分别举例如下:
quick-quickly; true-truly;happy-happily; pssible-possibly
具体规则如下:
1.一般情况下直接加“ly”,如:
quick-quickly;polite-politely;sad-sadly;imediate-immediately;recent-recently
2.少数以e结尾的形容词,要去掉e再加-ly。
如:true-truly; due-duly
绝大多数辅音字母加e结尾的形容词直接加-ly。
如:
polite-politely;wide-widely;wise-wisely;nice-nicely
3.以“y”结尾的,且读音为/ i /,先将“y”改成“i”,再加“ly”,如:
happy-happily;heavy-heavily;angry-angrily;busy-busily
但是如果读音为/ ai /,直接加ly,如:dry-dryly; sly-slyly;shy---shyly
4.以ic结尾的词,加ally,如:
economic-economically;basic-basically;scientific-scientifically;automatic-automatically; energetic-energetically; 但是public-publicly例外。
5.以辅音字母加le结尾时,去e加y,如:
simple-simply;considerable-considerably;terrible-terribly
gentle-gently;possible-possibly;probable-probably; incredible-incredibly
元音字母加le时加ly,如:sole-solely。
但是whole-wholly例外。
6.以-ll结尾时,只须加–y,如:dull-dully;shrill-shrilly
需注意:有些以ly结尾的词是形容词而非副词。
如:
friendly people;motherly care;lovely dog;monthly exam;heavenly peace;a manly sport。