Replace '-y' with '-ily' to Make an Adverb

Change '-y' to '-ily' to make an adverb!

2nd Grade - English Language Arts - Adverbs

About This Skill

On Iqleel, second-grade students will master a special spelling rule for turning an adjective that ends in '-y' into an adverb. They will learn to change the 'y' to an 'i' and then add '-ly' to make a new word. For example, the word 'happy' becomes 'happily' to describe how someone smiled. This skill focuses on the spelling pattern needed to correctly form these types of adverbs. Learning this spelling rule is an important part of expanding their vocabulary and helps them use more precise descriptive language in their writing.

Skills & Topics

  • Grammar, Usage, and Mechanics
  • Writing & Conventions
  • Adverbs
  • Parts of Speech
  • Adverb
  • Adjective
  • Verb
  • Modifier
  • Sentence Structure
  • Grammar
  • Writing
  • Descriptive Language

Curriculum Alignment

  • L.2.1.e: Use adjectives and adverbs, and choose between them depending on what is to be modified.
  • G2.B2.2

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