General English Level 3 GELEV3 Unit 05 Topic 01.doc 5. Degree 1. I've nearly finished. 2. The hotel was partly destroyed. 3. I really want to have a holiday. Nearly tells how close I am to finishing. Partly tells how much the hotel was destroyed. Really tells how much I want to have a holiday. Nearly, partly and really are adverbs of degree. There are more examples of all the above types of adverbs at the end of this activity. Part 2 Formation of Adverbs We form many adverbs by adding -ly to adjectives. LOOK Adjective Adverb recent recently Slow slowly quick quickly dangerous dangerously clear clearly careful carefully sad sadly If the adjective ends in y, we drop the y and add ily. happy Î happily angry Î angrily If the adjective ends in le, we drop the e and add y. comfortable Î comfortably simple…Î simply There are some adverbs that have the same form as the adjective, for example: hard, late, early, fast, east, west, north, south, next, far. 157 QUESTLANGUAGE