Forming Adverbs An adverb is a word that modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb. It often expresses how the subject performs an action. In French,

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2 Forming Adverbs An adverb is a word that modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb. It often expresses how the subject performs an action. In French, many adverbs are formed by adding an ending to the masculine or feminine form of the related adjective.

3 Add - ment to the masculine singular form of an adjective that ends with a vowel, as shown in the following table. Adjective Adverb facile (easy) facilement (easily) rapide (rapid) rapidement (rapidly) poli (polite) poliment (politely) sincère (sincere) sincèrement (sincerely)

4 If the masculine singular form ends in a consonant, add - ment to the feminine form of the adjective. add - ment to the feminine form of the adjective. Exceptions : gentil (gentille) gentiment (nicely) Exceptions : gentil (gentille) gentiment (nicely) bref (brève) brièvement (briefly). bref (brève) brièvement (briefly). Masculine Feminine Adverb attentif attentive attentivement cruel cruelle cruellement cruel cruelle cruellement douXdouce doucement entier (entire)entière entièrement sérieux sérieusesérieusement seul (alone, lonely) seule seulement(only)

5 Ecrivez des phrases comprenant ces adverbes

6 Agréablement, aimablement, gentiment Calmement Courageusement

7 Curieusement Difficilement Fièrement Honnêtement

8 Librement Modestement Patiemment Poliment

9 après (afterward)après (afterward) assez (enough)assez (enough) aujourd'hui (today)aujourd'hui (today) aussi (also, too)aussi (also, too) beaucoupbeaucoup bientôt (soon)bientôt (soon) comme (as)comme (as) dedans (inside)dedans (inside) dehors (outside)dehors (outside) alors ( then )alors ( then ) déjà (already)déjà (already) demain (tomorrow)demain (tomorrow) encore (still, yet, again)encore (still, yet, again) enfin (finally, at last)enfin (finally, at last) ensemble (together)ensemble (together) ensuite (then, afterward)ensuite (then, afterward) environ (about)environ (about) hier (yesterday)hier (yesterday) ici (here)ici (here) là (there)là (there)

10 loin (far)loin (far) longtemps (a long time)longtemps (a long time) maintenant (now)maintenant (now) même (even)même (even) parfois (sometimes)parfois (sometimes) partout (everywhere)partout (everywhere) peut-être (perhaps, maybe)peut-être (perhaps, maybe) plus (more)plus (more) près de (near)près de (near) presque (almost)presque (almost) puis (then)puis (then) quelquefois (sometimes)quelquefois (sometimes) si (so)si (so) souvent (often)souvent (often) surtout (especially)surtout (especially) tard (late)tard (late) tôt (soon, early)tôt (soon, early) toujours (always, still)toujours (always, still) tout (quite, entirely)tout (quite, entirely) très (very)très (very) trop (too much)trop (too much) vite (quickly)vite (quickly)