PhonicsYear 2Phase 6 – Spelling Conventions & Fluency

Adding -ly to adjectives

Add the suffix -ly to adjectives to form adverbs: quickly, slowly, sadly, happily, gently; apply spelling rules for words ending in y and le

What you'll learn

  1. 1

    Let's make magic words! When we add -ly to an adjective, it becomes a new word that tells us HOW something happens.

  2. 2

    What do we add to an adjective to make it tell us HOW?

  3. 3

    Tap the letters to build 'slowly' 🐢

  4. 4

    Let's do one together: make 'quick' into 'quickly'.

  5. 5

    Now build 'quickly' yourself 🐇

  6. 6

    If 'soft' means gentle, what does 'softly' mean?

  7. 7

    Which word means 'in a happy way'?

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