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Adverbs of manner

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 Alfred play the guitar? He plays the
How does Sally walk? She walks slowly.          
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 The football player My father looked at
classroom. was seriouslyinjured.    me angrily.             
Angrily, the headmaster slammed the They are laughing loudly at the
The train arrived late. 
door. joke.
Generously, the lady gave the poor Ann was smiling happily at her
I miss my colleagues terribly.
man some money. friends.
Fortunately, nobody was killed I am trying hard to fix the She passed the English
during the battle.  problem. 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

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