Adjective/Adverb
She sings (beautiful / beautifully).
✅ beautifully
What is the mistake in this sentence?
“She did her homework quick.”
✅ ❌ → quickly
How would you explain the difference between "good" and "well"?
Spell out the solution!
Add -ly: slow → ?
slowly
Hard vs Hardly – which means “almost not”?
hardly
This soup tastes (good / well).
✅ good
What is the mistake in this sentence?
“I feel badly today.”
✅ ❌ → bad (feeling = adjective)
What CCQ would you use for the following question:
"She rarely sings."
Possible answers:
Is her singing rare?
Does she sing often?
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Add -ly: happy → ?
happily (y → i)
Late vs Lately – which means "recently"?
Lately
He looked (happy / happily) after the test.
✅ happy (state, not action)
Why do learners say “very wellly”?
✅ Overgeneralizing -ly rule
How can you teach irregular adverbs like "well”?
Possible answers:
Spell out the solution!
Add -ly: true → ?
truly (spelling change!)
High vs Highly – which means “very”?
✅ highly
He runs (fast / fastly).
✅ fast (irregular—same form!)
What is the mistake in this sentence?
“He did the test very easilyly.”
❌ → easily (double -ly error)
Why is drilling useful for adverbs of manner?
Possible answers:
Spell out the solution!
Add -ly: Terrible → ?
terribly (drop "e")
Near vs Nearly – which means “almost”?
✅ nearly
They arrived (late / lately).
✅ late (“lately” = recently, different meaning!)
What is the mistake in this sentence?
"She looks tiredly."
tired (linking verb → adjective, not adverb)
What’s a good controlled practice activity for descriptions and illustrations?
Possible answers:
Which adjective does NOT follow normal -ly rules?
Give 5 examples!
Possible answers:
good, hard, late, low, straight
fast,
likely, friendly, lively, lonely, lovely, silly, ugly, costly, cowardly, deadly, holy, motherly, brotherly.
What’s the difference: “He works hard” vs “He hardly works”?