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GRAMMAR POINT
ADVERB OF MANNER

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Adverb of manner
Adverbs of manner tell us how something
happens. They are usually placed after the
main verb or after the object.
Examples:
1. He swims well,(after the main verb)
2. He plays the flute beautifully. (after the
object)
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Note
Often these adverbs are formed by adding -ly to the end of an adjective.
Adjectives ending -l add -ly ; careful-carefully.
Adjectives ending -y change to -ily ; lucky-luckily
Adjectives ending -ble change to -bly ; responsible-responsibly

Adjective

Adverb

anxious

anxiously

bad

badly

beautiful

beautifully

capable

capably

lucky

luckily

quick

quickly

weak

weakly
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Be careful
The adverb should not be put between the verb and
the object.

Examples:
1. He ate greedily the chocolate cake [incorrect]

2. He ate the chocolate cake greedily [correct]

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Examples

He plays tennis excellently.

He moves gracefully.
She dresses smartly.
They will play defensively.

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Choose a word in brackets and change its form, if

necessary to fill the gapsBeautiful, bad, careful, quite, happy, fast, loud
1.They dance the cha-cha-cha ________________________
2.She planned their trip to Greece very ________________________.
3.Jim painted the kitchen very ________________________.
4.She speaks very ________________________.
5.Turn the stereo down. It's too ________________________.
6.He skipped ________________________ down the road to school.
7.He drives too ________________________.
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