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Take a look at our page on adjectives and adverbs, then check your knowledge with this quick review and quiz.

Two adverb forms
Work hard / Study hard = work or study a lot
Hardly = almost none (“I have hardly any money.”)

Arrive late / get somewhere late = not on time
Lately = recently (“There have been some complaints lately.”)

Linking verbs
After some verbs (such as look, seem, feel) use the adjective rather than the adverb form.

Good / well
Good = adjective; well = adverb.
But remember, after verbs such as ”look”, use the adjective form. ”You look good in that colour” = ”That colour suits you”. ”You look well” = ”You look healthy’.

Adjectives ending -ly
Some words like friendly, silly, lovely are adjectives. To make the adverb, use this structure:
In a (adjective) way: “in a friendly way”, “in a silly way”.

Actually
The adverb ”actually” doesn’t mean ”now”, but we use it before we contradict someone or change the conversation. To mean ”now” use ”at the moment” or ”currently”.

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