Adverbs of Manner Adverbs of manner tell us how someone does something or how something happens. They often come after the main verb: He drank quickly. [after the verb] He drank the water quickly. [after the object] He drank quickly the water. [NOT between the verb and object] Most s are formed by adding LY; to the form. bad beautiful weak badly beautifully weakly Most s ending -y change to -ily ; lucky-luckily lucky hungry shy luckily hungrily Adjectives ending -ble change to -bly ; responsible-responsibly terrible capable shy terribly capably Some s do not add LY : good straight wrong well straight wrong
Adverb of manner angrily anxiously awkwardly beautifully calmly carefully carelessly clearly closely correctly deliberately eagerly easily enthusiastically fondly frankly frantically gently happily healthily Examples of usage react angrily, speak angrily, say something angrily wait anxiously, say something anxiously stand awkwardly, hold something awkwardly sing beautifully, play an instrument beautifully act calmly, wait calmly speak carefully, walk carefully, drive carefully drive carelessly, act carelessly speak clearly, explain something clearly look closely spell correctly make a mistake deliberately, lie deliberately ask eagerly pass a test easily, win easily clap enthusiastically, react enthusiastically drive, talk remember someone fondly speak frankly search frantically, run frantically hold something gently, touch something gently live happily eat healthily, live healthily
hurriedly innocently inquisitively kindly loudly mysteriously naturally neatly nervously noisily obediently patiently perfectly politely quickly reluctantly repeatedly safely silently slowly softly well speak hurriedly, walk hurriedly say something innocently, act innocently ask inquisitively, look at someone inquisitively act kindly, speak kindly speak loudly, knock loudly, sneeze loudly act mysteriously, disappear mysteriously act naturally fold something neatly, write neatly wait nervously, speak nervously, stutter nervously walk noisily, eat noisily listen obediently wait patiently, listen patiently work perfectly, time something perfectly ask politely, smile politely, tell someone politely swim quickly, speak/talk quickly, react quickly ask reluctantly, reluctantly agree to something ask repeatedly arrive safely, get home safely ask, smile tiptoe silently, leave silently drive slowly, repeat slowly whisper softly play well, speak well
Adjective or Adverb He's a driver. a. dangerous b. dangerously He ate his dinner very. a. quick b. quickly She's a speller. a. bad b. badly the wind changed directions. a. Sudden b. Suddenly Please try to be more. a. careful b. carefully He walks so in those boots. a. heavy b. heavily She plays the piano. a. perfect b. perfectly He is a talker, but he never listens. a. quick b. quickly She writes very. a. bad b. badly There was a noise last night. Did you hear it? a. loud b. loudly She's a driver, I think. a. careful b. carefully She shouted at him. a. angry b. angrily He is a worker. a. careless b. carelessly If you ask, I will give it to you. a. nice b. nicely Be Quiet! I can't think if you are talking. a. clear b. clearly Why are you? a. angry b. angrily You are always so, come on! a. slow b. slowly Those chocolates look. Can I have one? a. nice b. nicely She opened the door. a. slow b. slowly It is a beautiful day. a. clear b. clearly You write so. Look at these mistakes. a. careless b. carelessly
Write the sad worried bad tired angry careful quick happy slow quiet noisy right easy good ADJECTIVE OR ADVERB? Decide if the spaces in this text should be filled with an or an. Choose the correct word from the list. s safely slowly directly quickly carefully easily s serious powerful large modern sharp special dangerous Fighting fires Fighting a fire is a job. Even a small fire can spread. The fire-fighters use hoses to pour thousands of litres of water into the flames. They have to go into the burning building. They have equipment to help them breathe more in the smoke. They have to move and. They wear helmets to protect them. They carry a axe and a torch to help them. They have radios so they can talk to the other fire-fighters.