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An adverb of manner is an adverb (such as QUICKLY or

SLOWLY) that describes how and in what way the action


of a verb is carried out.
Most adverbs of manner end in –ly such as badly, happily,
sadly, slowly, quickly, and others that include well, hard and
fast.
Adverbs of manner most often appear after a verb or at
the end of a verb phrase.

Examples:
FORMING ADVERBS OF MANNER FROM ADJECTIVES
He drives safely. RULES
She walked slowly 1. In a large number of the cases, the adverb can be formed by
Her eyes sparkled merrily.. simply adding ‘-ly’ to the adjective. ( ADJECTIVE + -LY)
Cheap ……Cheaply
Quick…….. Quickly
Strong ………Strongly
2. If the adjective ends in with ‘y’, replace the ‘y’ with an ‘i’ and
add ‘-ly’. ( -Y -I + -LY)
Ready…………… Readily
Merry…………… Merrily
In the case of the Easy ……………Easily
adjective ‘GOOD’, 3.If the adjective ends with ‘-le’, replace the ‘e’ at the end with ‘y’.
( -LE ………….-LY)
the corresponding Possible………….. Possibly
adverb is ‘WELL’. Terrible………….. Terribly
4.Some adjectives do not change form at all.
Fast Fast
Hard Hard
Late Late !

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