ay a hard Uesignment- afast cor BB ark hard hE®S Adverbs of Manner Adverbs of manner describe how something happens: well, fast, hard, easily, baaly, exactly, closely, loudly, perfectly, precisely, repeatedly, safely, quickly, slowlyfecently, carefully. Position Example afterdhe object of a verb Members of Congress should read the reports earefully. = LS.) 0 Zatte)a verb (when there igno_| The experiment went well. (Canada) Object) v During a typhoon, a river can quickly overflow aux v Notes _ wv 1. Never put the adverb between the verb and object V (Adv) ogy The doctor read quiely the lab results 2. Adverbs of manner come after the verb, but can come before for pericul emphes] Pa? Se aity os va cocmen (es) 3(betweer)the auxiliary ar adv. fdu of Frenquencx 15. Pe ae ec ag Adverbs of certainty express probability, or describe how certain we are that something exists or happens: definitely, certainly, clearly, possibly, likely, probably, perhaps, Position Example 1. before a verb The Inca Indians likely died from a disease. 2. after the verb be The long-term effects of eating salty food are clearly harmful. Note "Weyboans estes ten oo at 8 sentence, In academic writing, perhaps is much more commen an maybe Moyle = Perhaps Cmore academic) Perhaps their biggest problem is that they do not have enough +» do,is bi hate a \ so 3 that ee 15.6 Bete Adverbs of degree describe to what degree or extent something happens: just, nearly, mainly, completely, extremely, quite, enough, eric) too. |almost, only, — hardly, barely] Position Example 1.Getore electives oradverbs | Running a 10-kilometer race can be extremely difficult. The bullet trains in Japan travel very fast. Geforeythe verb, or Ketwesn | Some viruses can completely destroy a computer eo Wary and base ver 3. s0, too, very (intensifiers) go | Driving too slowly on interstate highways can be dangerous. efore ai ve Or saver 4 joes after a verb or |The planet Venus is hot enough to melt lead, {enouerls eee cs ot enous adjective a ony Notes 1.Do not confuse @eApend( (GD) Vervis used for emphasis. Too means excessively and suggests that something is impossbie The hil is very steep, = Itwil be dffcut to ims. GM PHASi S / ‘The hill is foo Stee, SS] ible tis impossible to climb. ively, Te ae i a SE Sd bl taba problem the same seftfen Underline the frdvero\q) in each sentence and the{ verb or adjective|that it modifies. Then wits the adverb type time, frequency, manner, certainty, or degree} on the Tine. Some sentences may have more than one adverb. ADV. 4 1. Residents of the United States must file an income tax report annually. | ey ree —— manner 2. It(Sheatly’impossible to drive an electric car fast, 3. Coal miners in that area(workWery hard. MANNE” aneae? Frequenc . The(Qray }mber wo'f often travels in a pack with other wolves re ce 5. Cultural di concen ‘Bathe cause of misunderstandings. freq vency ree 2. FiMe 6. North American bats $ nse sep in trees during the day. certai nty 7. The Egyptian queen Cleopatra likely died from a snake bite 8. Some fruit trees will only produce fruit every two years. |. degree 2 frequencyWrite a sentence by putting the words and phrases in the correct order. In some cases, there is more than one correct answer, 1 B animal on our 7i8 test eB gometimes and weigh about 3,000 pounds eo G stow nearly 4 planet and can~ fagiratfe 2.. is the tallest 2 , sometimes frighten 2 iightning may S~ only 8 kipeople 5 B lightning can 7 sctuay (7 Phunder ang Lf-people, but 3. g animals are the ern, never between an alligator Barned the ditference t 77 believe these two Bnd crocodile, Morv people ,-Snd.sama erroneously mY Alligators <% o + % a= Ss Crodbdiles LK /) 7 § requios “Fa ratetively& easty Za food that many inexperienced cooks because it almonis 5 quite £4 can bi hort cooking time vi j Salmon Sauite 6 un agho ing time 4 4. 5. i 2 Uf people include 5 at east “Pre won ICE stands for IN CASE of EMERGENCY, and & phone directory Zin their G one ICE entry it 1S St’ongly recommended thatCommon Errors Common Error 15.1 Do you use the adverb form of the word? softly The orchestra played seft while the soloist performed, REMEMBER: Put the -/y ending on an adjective to describe the manner that (how) something is done. Common Error 15.2 Is the adverb of manner in the correct position? carefully The biologist held eeretulty the owl, REMEMBER: Never put an adverb between a verb and object, bble Space _ACTIVITY4 Common Error 15.1 and 15.2 oes Underline the adverb in the parentheses that cgyfectly completes each sentence. 1. The heat shield on the space shuttle as (badly damaged / damaged bad) during the rocket lift off in 2005. Once the shuttle (safely was / was safely) in orbit, astronauts performed a spacewalk and repaired (the shuttle, successfully | Sailors . succes Mity ine shunts), taikonaut 2, Ata young age, Victor Borge played (classical piano excellently / excellently classical iano). He also had a very (well / good) exec afounan yor his concerts, he parallelisr™ Ra. humour dressed (formal /formally| ard at (properly / proper at the piano. He always played 7 en eh ee r \ (beautiful / beautifully. Howsver in the iniddle of a song, he sometimes stopped (unexpected, unexpectedly) and did something that caused the audience to laugh loudly. Victor Borge performed (this act. teneated/ repeatedly this act) for years. oI He holds the fcord for the longest Bring one one-man show on Broadway.Common Error 15.3 Is the frequency adverb in the correct position? often During the 1600s, sailors died often from lack of vitamin C. three times The researchers three-times repeated the experiment, REMEMBER: * Adverbs of frequency go before the verb but after be. * Adverbs of specific frequency usually go at the end of the sentence. _ACTIVITYS — Common Error 15.3 Read the following sentences. Underline the[adverb of frequency in each sentence. If the adverb form and position is correct, writefC)on the line. If the adverb form or Position is wrong, writeX}pn the line. Then writs the correction above the sentence, 7 _ 1, We add an extra day every four years to the calender, Every 4 yrs, we add... - 2. Some people believe that lightning never strikes in the same place twice. x 3. People who try to predict the direction of tornadoes are aN, x 4. @vways fsunam' ‘begin with the water flowing away from shore. xX 5. Penguins often swim in freezing water, but their ae ee ice. 9 x 6. Wind damage usually is a pro! ith hurricanes, —— Att lavrtic. \ Ocean Be typhoons —p,/8 Gcean @ / @® tornados _ 2. Snovi flanfnes aefeimost nevede result of loud noises fer ba) nm lanck =snowslide C 8. When an avalanche buries someone in snow, that person seldom survives.Common Error 15.4 Is the adverb of degree correct and in the correct position? very The economy of Germany is tee strong now. a The company barely made ne profit last year. big enough Some snakes are eneugh-big to swallow a pet. REMEMBE ‘* Too means it is excessive and a problern. * Do not use double negatives. * Put enough after an adjective. 5 = Common Error 15.4 Underline the! iN each set of parentheses that correctly completes each sentence. There are adverbs of degree and other types of adverbs in this activity, V/ 1. Many children spend (to much / enough} time playing video games and (not enough / not barely) time studying 2. Professioval basketball player Kevin Durant 5 (very\all / too tall) and has long arms. Opponents (can, cannot rarely stop his plays. Ques s NN 3. Scientists (recently discovered/ discovered recently) a coral reef near the mouth of the Amazon River. The water there is (so muddy / very rmueld that |haraly ‘n0 one / haraly anyone) can see the reef. 4. Whon te stants ke at he results ofthe experiment, they {Sheed the study was (wrong completely | completely wrong). They did not have (a large enough sample | a large sample enough) corpletelyi wrong large enough samp mM 5. The godwit birds of Alaské fy (00 top n reach New Zealand in nine days. In order to do this, they (rarely/ do not rarely) sleep or 8a Semph asis V 6. In police work, DNA evidence (can help certainly / can certainly help) in finding a criminal, but it is very important that the police have (enough / too many} DNA samples. / 7. Geologists know that it (nearly is impossible / is nearly impossible) to predict an earthquake. V8. Ahipbdpctay ase ment cntt aime “oy bo te the extent that ee