ADVERBS OF
MANNER
ADVERBS OF
MANNER
We use
adverbs of manner
to describe how
something happens.
“He eats very
healthily
.”
“John writes
quickly
.”
“Old people usually drive
slowly
.”
We usually form adverbs of manner by
adding
–ly
to the adjective.
bad - badly
careful - carefully
If the adjective ends in
–e
, take off the
–e
.
gentle – gently
simple – simply
reasonable - reasonably
If the adjective ends in
–y
, we usually
change the
–y
to
–i
.
angry – angrily
easy – easily
happy – happily
healthy – healthily
heavily – heavily
noisy – nosily
busy – busily
but
shy - shyly
If the adjectives ends in
–ic
, we add
–
ally
.
dramatic – dramatically
tragic – tragically
Some
adjectives
end in
–ly
:
friendly, lonely, lovely, silly, ugly, deadly,
lively …
We don’t add
–ly
to make the adverb.
We use
:
in a ... way / manner
“
He was talking
in a silly way.”
“
They danced
in a lively manner.”
Some
adverbs
are the same as the
adjectives
:
early
fast
hard
high
late
low
right
wrong
well
is the adverb from
good
“Sleep well.”
“He plays football well.”
well
can also be an adjective. It means
healthy
.
“My teacher was not at school today. He is not
well.”
Adverbs of manner can come before or
after a verb
.
“He drove
carefully
because the weather was
bad.
“She
quietly
went upstairs.”
But they must come after an object if
there is one.
“You speak English well.”
“You speak well English.”
When a sentence consists of
verb + preposition + object
we can put the adverb before the
preposition or after the object.
“
She listened to me
carefully
.”
“She listened
carefully
to me.”
When we use a passive form, the
adverb goes before the past participle.
“
He was
badly
injured.”
“The CD was
slightly
damaged in the post but
still worked.”