Construction from Adjectives – Free Exercise

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Exercise B1

Construct adverbs from the following adjectives.

Adjective Adverb Adjective Adverb
heureux[happy]  [happily, luckily]|Normally we take the feminine form of the adjective and add the ending ment. secret[secret]  [secretly]|Normally we take the feminine form of the adjective and add the ending ment.
normal[normal]  [normally]|Normally we take the feminine form of the adjective and add the ending ment. gentil[nice]  [nicely]|Some adjectives have an entirely different adverb form.
parfait[perfect]  [perfectly]|Normally we take the feminine form of the adjective and add the ending ment. précis[exact]  [exactly]|Some adjectives that don’t end in e still construct their adverb with ément.
facile[simple]  [simply]|Normally we take the feminine form of the adjective and add the ending ment. bon[good]  [well]|Some adjectives have an entirely different adverb form.
doux[gentle]  [gently]|Normally we take the feminine form of the adjective and add the ending ment. prudent[careful]  [carefully]|Adjectives that end in ant and ent construct their adverbs with amment and emment.

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

  1. Thomas a été (vrai)   gentil avec moi.[Thomas was truly nice to me.]|Some adverbs are not constructed using the feminine form of the adjective.
  2. Elle a (poli)   accepté son invitation.[She politely accepted her invitation.]|Some adverbs are not constructed using the feminine form of the adjective.
  3. Quand tu seras parti, tu vas (énorme)   me manquer.[When you leave, I will miss you a lot.]|Some adjectives that don’t end in e still construct their adverb using ément.
  4. En ce moment, ils sont (constant)   à la piscine.[Right now they are constantly at the swimming pool.]|Adjectives ending in ant and ent construct their adverbs with amment and emment.
  5. Nous avons (mauvais)   compris l’exercice.[We understood the exercise wrong.]|Some adjectives have a completely different adverb form.