Construction from Adjectives – Free Exercise

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Exercise

Construct adverbs from the following adjectives.

Adjective Adverb Adjective Adverb
heureux  take the feminine form of the adjective and add the ending -menthappy
fortunately
secret  take the feminine form of the adjective and add the ending -mentsecret
secretly
normal  take the feminine form of the adjective and add the ending -mentnormal
normally
gentil  spelling change in the adverb formkind
kindly/nicely
parfait  take the feminine form of the adjective and add the ending -mentperfect
perfectly
précis  some adjectives that don’t end in -e still construct their adverb with -émentexact
exactly
facile  take the feminine form of the adjective and add the ending -menteasy
simply
bon  adjective with an irregular adverb formgood
well
doux  take the feminine form of the adjective and add the ending -mentsoft
softly
prudent  adjectives ending in -ant and -ent form their adverbs with -amment and -emmentcareful
carefully

Complete the gaps with the adverbs of the adjectives in brackets.

  1. Thomas a été (vrai)   gentil avec moi.vrai forms its adverb with the masculine form + -mentThomas was really nice to me.
  2. Elle a (poli)   accepté son invitation.poli forms its adverb with the masculine form + -mentShe politely accepted her invitation.
  3. Quand tu seras parti, tu vas (énorme)   me manquer.some adjectives that don’t end in -e still form their adverb using -émentWhen you leave, I will miss you a lot.
  4. En ce moment, ils sont (constant)   à la piscine.adjectives ending in -ant and -ent form their adverbs with -amment and -emmentThey’re always at the pool lately.
  5. Nous avons (mauvais)   compris l’exercice.some adjectives have an irregular adverb form|mauvaismalWe understood the exercise wrong.