LEARNING TARGET!

A. Recognize adverbs of
manner
Adverbs of
Manner
What is adverb?
Adverbs tell you how, where
or when some thing is done.
In other words, they describe the
manner, place or time of an action.
 What is
Adverb of
Manner?
Adverbs of manner are used to tell us
the way or how something is done.

Some adverbs and adverbs phrases

describe the way people do things.
Example:
The girls answered all the
questions carefully.
He was driving carelessly.
The plane landed safely.
1. We usually form adverbs of manner
by adding – ly to the adjective.

Example:
bad- badly
careful – carefully
2. If the adjective ends in – e, take off
the -e and change it into – y

Example:
gentle – gently
simple – simply
reasonable – reasonably
3. If the adjective ends in – y, we
usually change the – y to – i and add ly.
Examples:
Angry – angri + ly = angrily
Easy – easi + ly = easily
Happy – happi+ly = happily
4. If the adjectives end in – inc, we add
-ally.

Examples:
dramatic – dramatically
tragic – tragically
5. Some adverbs are the same as
the adjectives:

early hard
fast high
late low
6. Well is the adverb from good
Sleep well.
He plays football well.

* Well can also be an adjective. It means

healthy.
My teacher was not at school today. He is not
well.
Examples:
He swims well.
He ran quickly.
She spoke softly.
James coughed loudly to attract her
attention.
He plays the flute beautifully.
He ate the chocolate cake greedily.
 My parents _____________ (happy) married.
 He
________________ (quick) looked through the
magazine.
 They watched the football match _______________
(careful).
 She
spoke ______________ (loud) and
_____________ (angry) at the directors’ meeting.
 Shewalked up to her husband and
________________ (calm) patted him on the
shoulder.