Adverbs of manner

1. ADVERBS OF MANNER

2. We use adverbs of manner to describe how something happens . “He eats very healthily .” “John writes quickly .” “ Old people usually drive slowly .”

3. We usually form adverbs of manner by adding – ly to the adjective . bad - badly careful - carefully

4. If the adjective ends in –e , take off t he –e . g entle – gently s imple – simply r easonable - reasonably

5. If the adjective ends in –y , we usually change the –y to –i . angry – angrily easy – easily happy – happily healthy – healthily heavily – heavily noisy – nosily busy – busily but shy - shyly

6. If the adjectives ends in – ic , we add – ally . dramatic – dramatically t ragic – tragically

7. Some adjectives end in – ly : friendly , lonely , lovely , silly , ugly , deadly , lively … We don’t add – ly to make the adverb . We use : in a ... w ay / manner “ He was talking in a silly way .” “ They danced in a lively manner .”

8. Some adverbs are the same as the adjectives : early fast hard high late low right wrong

9. 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.”

10. Adverbs of manner can come before or after a verb . “He drove carefully because the weather was bad. “She quietly went upstairs.” But they must come after an object if there is one. “You speak English well.” “ You speak well English .”

11. When a sentence consists of verb + preposition + object we can put the adverb before the preposition or after the object . “ She listened to me carefully .” “ She listened carefully to me.”

12. When we use a passive form , the adverb goes before the past participle . “ He was badly injured .” “ The CD was slightly damaged in the post but still worked .”