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## UNIT SIX Adverbs 

1 English adverbs are usually formed by adding ‘-ly’ to an adjective (e.g. ‘thin ly ’, ‘clever ly ’). Italian adverbs are usually just as easy to form: -mente  is added to the feminine singular form of the adjective: 

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When the adjective ends in -le  or -re  preceded by a vowel, the fi nal e  is dropped before adding -mente : 

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2 In Italian there are also many adverbs which do not end in -mente . Here are some: 

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