Examples of Words Ending in -ly: A Comprehensive List for 7th Grade

📚 Quick Study Guide

• 🔍 Adverbs are words that modify verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs. Many adverbs end in '-ly'.
• ✍️ '-ly' is a suffix that is often added to adjectives to form adverbs. For example, 'quick' (adjective) becomes 'quickly' (adverb).
• 💡 Not all words ending in '-ly' are adverbs. Some are adjectives, like 'lovely' or 'friendly'.
• 📝 Adverbs ending in '-ly' describe how an action is performed. For example, 'He ran quickly' tells us how he ran.
• 📖 Pay attention to the context of the sentence to determine if a word ending in '-ly' is an adverb or an adjective.

Practice Quiz

1. Which of the following sentences uses an adverb ending in '-ly' correctly?

   1. He had a friendly time at the party.
   2. She quick finished her homework.
   3. The dog barked loudly at the mailman.
   4. They felt lovely after the rain.

2. In the sentence, 'The cat slept soundly,' what word does 'soundly' modify?

   1. The
   2. Cat
   3. Slept
   4. Soundly

3. Which of the following words ending in '-ly' is an adjective, not an adverb?

   1. Quickly
   2. Slowly
   3. Lovely
   4. Eagerly

4. Choose the sentence where the adverb ending in '-ly' best describes the action.

   1. The sun shone brightly.
   2. The water flowed constantly.
   3. The flower bloomed beautifully.
   4. All of the above

5. Which sentence demonstrates the correct use of an adverb to modify an adjective?

   1. He is a truly good person.
   2. She sings loudly.
   3. They walked happily.
   4. It rained heavily.

6. Identify the adverb in the following sentence: 'She carefully placed the vase on the table.'

   1. She
   2. Carefully
   3. Vase
   4. Table

7. Which of these sentences does NOT contain an adverb ending in '-ly'?

   1. The bird sang sweetly.
   2. He behaved cowardly.
   3. The artist painted skillfully.
   4. The wind blew fiercely.