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Adverbs of Manner

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Adverb ၚ

-♻
♻ -

She walks quickly.

♻ .

♻The parcel arrived safely.

- -

♻The driver braked suddenly.

- - . ( tell you how )

♻- The dog jumped up playfully.

..

playfully - adverb of Manner

♻- Please speak clearly.

clearly = adverb of Manner

♻- Peter dressed smartly for the party.


♻- Look closely at these footprints.
♻- You can buy everything cheaply in this shop.
✴ Ad -
♻ .

bad - badly

quiet - quietly

sudden - suddenly

brave - bravely

cheap - cheaply

clear - clearly

close - closely

safe - safely

selfish - selfishly
smart - smartly

♻- - .

Angrily -

heavy - heavily
easy - easily
greedy - greedily

happy - happily

♻He spoke angrily.

- spoke ...adv of Manner

♻He opened the door quietly.

verb + obj + adv of Manner

- -

- Silly

silly: He behaved in a silly way.

♻in a silly way =

friendly: She spoke in a friendly way.

♻in a friendly way.


We often use phrases with like as adverbials of manner:

- .

Sub - verb ( adv of M )

Sub - verb - obj ( adv of M )

- - .

♻He ate the cake greedily.


♻He greedily ate the cake.

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1. We lost the football match 4–2 yesterday. I don't think we played.............. (bad) 2. but the other
side played really.......
(good).

3. You drive quite......(dangerous). I won't be surprised if you have an accident one day!

4. 'You're late!' said Olga.......(angry).


'Where have you been?'

5. The teacher spoke so....(quiet) that the class couldn't hear her.

6. This is a very important question. Please think....


(careful) before you answer.

> walk slowly


> speak loudly
> speak quietly
> paint beautifully
> dance gracefully

- How does she walk ?

> She walks slowly.

- How does he speak ?

He speaks loudly.

- How does she paint?

She paints beautifully.

- How does she dance ?


She dances gracefully.

- ref: earnenglish.britishcouncil.org
- Let's Go 5 ( Oxford )
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