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Adverbs of Manner
Fri, 08/20/2010 - 14:16 — Chris McCarthy
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Confusing Words Grammar Vocabulary

Adverbs of Manner add more information to verbs to make them more specific. For example “He ran”
doesn’t say much about how he ran. If you add an adverb it will solve this problem: “He ran quickly”
gives us more information and sounds better.

Adverbs of Manner always come after a verb and can be used with words like very or too. Adverbs
of Manner are adjectives that almost always end with –ly, though some are also irregular.

Lesson by Seb, teacher at EC Cape Town English school


 

Link: How to use adjectives and adverbs

1. When my teacher talks too ___, it's difficult to understand him.


Correct!

quickly
slowly
quickly

2. I always study ___ for a big test.


Correct!

hard
hardly
goodly

3. My dad used to shout ___ when he was angry.


Correct!

loud
loudly
noise

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4. Please try to behave ___ when you meet my family.


Correct!

quickly
softly
normally

5. She did ___ in her tennis match last week. She won.
Correct!

goodly
bad
well

6. Please close the door ___ when you enter my room.


Correct!

gently
stupidly
successfully

7. I'm sitting ___ so I don't want to move.


Correct!

normally
quickly
comfortably

8. My husband sings ___ when he's in the shower. Even the neighbours can hear him.
Correct!

quietly
bigly
enthusiastically

9. She laughs ___ at my jokes.


Correct!

angrily
well
happily

10. Sometimes I need my teacher to talk more ___ so I can hear her better.
Correct!

successfully
hardly
slowly

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