Classzone: The Language of Literature, Grade 7

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Lesson 10 Words ending ly/ally

emotion + al = emotional + ly = emotionally

tradition + al = traditional + ly = traditionally

nation + al = national + ly = nationally

accident + al = accidental + ly = accidentally

incident + al = incidental + ly = incidentally

temperament + al = temperamental + ly = temperamentally

sentiment + al = sentimental + ly = sentimentally

historic + ally = historically

optimistic + ally = optimistically

periodic + ally = periodically

music + ally = musically

romantic + ally = romantically

academic + ally = academically

athletic + ally = athletically

frantic + ally = frantically

drastic + ally = drastically

sarcastic + ally = sarcastically

specific + ally = specifically

dramatic + ally = dramatically

automatic + ally = automatically

1.	In the first group of words, the seven words in the first column are all nouns. The adjectives in the second column (after the first equal sign) are created when the suffix ________ is added. The adverbs in the third column are created when the suffix ________ is added.

2.	The 13 words in the first column of the second group of words can all be used as adjectives. What are the last two letters of these words? ________ What ending is added to form the adverbs in the last column of this group? ________

3.	What are the last four letters of all the words in the right-hand columns? ________

Lesson Generalization

Add ly to adjectives to form adverbs. Do not add ly directly to a noun.

Add the ending ally to words that end with the letter c to form adverbs.

Do not add ly directly after the letter c: historically, not historicly.