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Adverbs of manner - English lesson

Adverbs of manner. A few examples :

Sally	walks	slowly				Alfred	plays	the guitar	beautifully
My grandfather	speaks	softly				She	read	the letter	quickly

How does Sally walk? She walks slowly.				How does Alfred play the guitar? He plays the guitar beautifully.
How does my grandfather speak? He speaks softly.				How did she read the letter? She read it quickly.

How to build them

A- Add the suffix: -ly

Adjective	Adverb	Examples
loud	loudly	The dog barks loudly.
careful	carefully	My sister drives carefully.
slow	slowly	The tortoise moves slowly.
quick	quickly	He agreed to phone him quickly.
fluent	fluently	They speak English fluently.
skillful	skillfully	Cristiano plays football skillfully.
serious	seriously	This boy is seriously mad.

B- When the adjective ends in -y, use -ily

Adjectives	Adverbs	Examples
angry	angrily	Linda slammed the door angrily.
happy	happily	My little brother always goes to school happily.
easy	easily	Catherine answered all the questions easily.
crazy	crazily	The baby was crying crazily.

C- Adjectives ending in -le : remove the "e"

Adjectives	Adverbs	Examples
gentle	gently	The mother holds the baby gently.
terrible	terribly	The new singer sang terribly.
horrible	horribly	The two young men behaved horribly.

D- Irregular

Adjectives	Adverbs	Examples
hard	hard	He kicked him very hard.
good	well	Peter and Ann play the guitar very well.
fast	fast	James can drive very fast.
late	late	I often sleep late.
straight	straight	Children must go straight home.
high	high	The balloon flew high in the sky.

Where to put them:

At the beginning of the sentence	In the middle of the sentence	At the end of the sentence
Slowly, the students left the classroom.	The football player was seriously injured.	My father looked at me angrily.
Angrily, the headmaster slammed the door.	They are laughing loudly at the joke.	The train arrived late.
Generously, the lady gave the poor man some money.	Ann was smiling happily at her friends.	I miss my colleagues terribly.
Fortunately, nobody was killed during the battle.	I am trying hard to fix the problem.	She passed the English test easily.

Please note:

1- A few adverbs can be put before the verb.
Alfred quickly finished his test.

2- badly, hard, well, fast are always after the verb.
This boy fast walks. Wrong

This boy walks fast. Correct

3-You can't put an adverb between a verb and an object.
They read carefully the notice. Wrong

They carefully read the notice. Correct |They read the notice carefully. Correct

Exercise : Choose the correct adverb.

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