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 dont 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.