All of the adjectives in the first column end with what two letters? ________
2.
What two-letter suffix is added to change each adjective to an adverb? ________
3.
When the ly suffix is added to a word that ends with the letter l, is one of the l's dropped?
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What are the last four letters of each new adverb? ________
Is the unstressed a in this ending easy to hear and identify? ________
4.
Is the a easier to hear in the words formed by adding the ity suffix? ________
Lesson Generalization
When you add the suffix ly to a word that ends with al, remember that one l belongs to the base word and one l belongs to the suffix. Don't drop one of the l's.
Remember the unstressed a by thinking of a related word in which the accent is shifted to the syllable containing the a: for'mal-ly for-mal'i-ty