GRAMMAR FOCUS 10.

ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS OF MANNER

I. Adjectives:
* Adjectives modifies nouns: Peter is a good guy
* Common endings are: -ive, -ful, -less, -ic, -al, -able, -y
* Adjectives come after some special verbs such as: be, appear, seem, look, smell, sound, feel …..
II. Adverbs of manner:
1. Formation of Adverbs of manner:
Adjectives + -ly = Adverbs
E.g: careful -> carefully quick -> quickly dangerous -> dangerously
* Note:
a. Adjectives ending in “y” change to “ily”: happy-> happily noisy -> noisily
b. Adjectives ending in “-ble” change to “-bly”: possible -> possibly incredible -> incredibly
c. Irregular verbs: lately = recently hard-> hard fast ->
fast
d. Not all words ending in “–ly” are adverbs. These adjectives are: friendly, lively, silly, lovely.
lonely, elderly.
2. Use of Adverbs of manner.
a. Adverbs of manner modify verbs: Jack ran quickly into the station.
b. Adverbs of manner modify adjectives: He is extremely happy at the exam result.
c. Adverbs of manner modify another adverb: My brother plays football particularly well.
d. Adverbs of manner modify a sentence: Surprisingly, he left.
I. Write the correct adverbs.
+ -ly -ic + -ally -le -> -ly consonant + y -> -ily
Quick -> Tragic -> horrible -> Lazy -> ………………..
………………. ………………. ……………..
Safe -> ………………. Comic -> sensible -> …………… Sleepy ->
………………. ………………
Kind -> ………………. Dramatic -> impossible -> Witty ->
…………… ………… ………………..
II. Fill in the correct adjective or adverb using the words in brackets.
1. You are quite …………… at playing the piano, aren't you? (good)
2. Think about it ………………….. before you make a decision. (careful)
3. I like my bedroom because it's so …………………….. (cosy)
4. It makes me feel …………………... to think of you all alone. (sad)
5. …………………….., I can't help you. (unfortunate)
6. You look ……………………… in your new dress. (lovely)
7. I ……………… believe this is to be the finest novel ever written. (true)
8. You'd better work ……………. if you want to keep your job. (hard)
III. Complete the sentence with an adverb formed the adjective in brackets.
1. The play begins rather (slow) ……………………….with a scene at a bus stop.
2. Just as you think the main characters are going to live (happy) ………………………ever after.
3. This book is (beautiful) ……………………written.
4. Mark’s guitar playing is pretty good, but he sings so (bad) ………………………
5. This is a (true) …………………great book.
6. This is an (incredible) ………………………good album.
7. Jim Carrey in the main role is (unbelievable) ………………………funny.
IV. Circle the correct option.
1. He (correct, correctly) defined the terms. The answer sounded (correctly, correct).
2. She (quickly, quick) adjusted the fees. She adapted (quick, quickly) to any situation.
3. He measured the floor (exact, exactly). They proved to be (perfectly, perfect) (exact, exactly)
measurements.
4. The stillness of the tomb was (awfully, awful). The tomb was (awfully, awful) still.
5. It was a (dangerously, dangerous) lake to swim in. The man was (dangerous, dangerously)
drunk. The gas smelled (dangerously, dangerous).
6. She performed (magnificent, magnificently). It was a (magnificent, magnificently) beautiful
performance.
7. Her voice sounds (beautifully, beautiful). She sang the song (exact, exactly) as it was written.
We heard it (perfectly, perfect).
8. He was a very (sensibly, sensible) person. He acted very (sensible, sensibly).
9. Mike wrote too (slow, slowly) on the exam. He always writes (slow, slowly).
10. Talk (softly, soft) or don't talk at all. The music played (softly, soft).
11. Andrea knows the material very (good, well). She always treats us (good, well).
12. You must send payments (regular, regularly). We deal on a (strictly, strict) cash basis.
13. The mechanic's tools were (well, good). The foreman said that his work was (good, well) done.
14. She worked (careful, carefully) with the sick child. She was a very (careful, carefully) worker.
15. He did not pass the course as (easy, easily) as he thought he would.
16. I find this novel very (interesting, interestingly). It was (interesting, interestingly) written.
IV. Write down the correct form of the words in brackets (adjectives or adverbs).
1. Liza is (quick) ………………………. She walks ………………………..
2. Nancy is a (careless) ………………………. girl. She drives her car ……………………….
3. The man is (nice) ……………………….. He behaves ………………………..
4. He was (bad) ………………………. injured. He had ………………………. accident.
5. They can do the maths problems (easy) ………. . They think maths is an ……. school subject.
6. Marie is a (good) ………………………. writer. She writes ………………………. .
7. It's a (beautiful) ………………………. drawn picture. it looks ………………………..
8. Drivers must drive (slow) …………… in this road. It is a (dangerous) ………………. road?
9. She smiled (happy) ……………………….. She had a ………………………. face.
10. I did the homework (complete) ……………. by myself. I'm an (autonomous) …………student.
V. Write down the correct form of the word in brackets (adjective or adverb).
1. Tom is (slow) ________________. He works ________________.
2. Sue is a (careful) ________________girl. She climbed up the ladder ________________.
3. The dog is (angry) ________________. It barks ________________.
4. He acted (excellent) ________________. He's an ________________actor.
5. They learn English (easy) ________________. They think English is an ____________language.
6. Max is a (good) ________________singer. He sings ________________.
7. It's (awful) ________________cold today. The cold wind is ________________.
8. Dogs rely on their noses as they can smell (extreme / good) ________________. If that is true,
why does dog food smell so (terrible) ________________?
9. The little boy looked (sad) ________________. I went over to comfort him and he looked at me
________________.
10. I tasted the soup (careful) ________________but it tasted (wonderful) ________________.
11. Niagara Falls form a ________________ border between the United States and Canada.
(natural/naturally)
12. Tourists visit this place ________________ (frequently/ frequent) .
13. The Falls are very________________ (noisy/ noisily)
14. So you must speak ________________ or nobody can understand you. (loudly/loud)
15. Many years ago, the Iroquois tribe lived here________________ (peacefully/ peaceful)
16. He is a ________________boy. (clever)
17. He is tired because he has worked ________________. (hard)
18. He isn’t tired because he has ________________worked. (hard)
19. She is a ________________girl. (quiet)
20. She went to bed ________________. (quiet)
21. He is not a good student but he writes ________________. (good)
22. You should speak more ________________. (soft)
23. The children behaved ________________. (bad)
24. The brave men fought ________________. (brave)
25. They lived together ________________. (happy)
26. She looks ________________. (pretty)
27. That milk tastes ________________. (sour)
28. I don’t know ________________where they live. (exact)
29. She turned ________________. (pale)
30. This brown fur feels ________________. (soft)
31. These children are ________________at English. (good)
32. Your brother ________________works at all. (hard)
33. Ann ________________had an accident last Sunday. (near)
34. Have you been to the cinema ________________. (late)
35. Mary always dresses ________________. (beautiful)
36. Yes, it was raining ________________for two hours. (heavy)
37. He has painted it ________________. (nice)
38. What a vworker he is! (quick)
39. He is always very ________________. (polite)
40. He is often ________________. (nervous)
41. Arthur ________________rode back to the inn. (quick)
42. They saw a ________________butterfly on a rose. (beautiful)
43. When the teacher heard about the missing book he said ________________:"You should be
more careful." (angry)
44. When he told him the truth, he was ________________. (quiet)
45. "This wound looks ________________", the doctor said. (bad)
46. The boys played so ________________that they won the tournament. (good)
47. He was so busy with his new computer that he ____________had time to help his mother.
(hard)
48. "Go and have a rest. You shouldn’t work so ________________." (hard)
49. From the top of the mountain he could see ________________across the countryside. (far)
50. What a ________________picture! (beautiful)
51. Arthur fought ________________and they won the battle. (good)
52. "I love you", Camilla said in a ________________voice. (soft)
53. The maid shut the door ________________. (quiet)
54. They could hear a ________________cry. (terrible)
55. Suddenly he woke up because the phone rang ________________. (loud)
56. Jane opened the door ________________. (careful)
57. I like driving ________________. (fast)
58. She spoke to me very ________________. (soft)
59. Paul lay in bed ________________. (quiet)
60. He tasted the various kinds of tea ________________. (careful)
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