G. Moosmann-Erdel: "Adverbs of Manner"
Adverbs of Manner are used to
say more about verbs.
•Alice ate her hamburger quickly.
•Peter rides his bike carefully.
•My grandfather drives his car slowly.
•Andrea sings beautifully.
•The boy smiled happily.
G. Moosmann-Erdel: "Adverbs of Manner"
With adverbs of manner you say how
people do things.
•Alice ate her hamburger quickly.
•How did Alice eat her hamburger?
•Quickly!
•Peter rides his bike carefully.
•How does Peter ride his bike?
•Carefully!
G. Moosmann-Erdel: "Adverbs of Manner"
Form
•Adverbs of manner are often formed from
adjectives by adding ‘ly‘ to the end of the
adjective.
•Adjective - Adverb
• slow slowly
• careful carefully
• bad badly
• quick quickly
G. Moosmann-Erdel: "Adverbs of Manner"
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for worksheet 1.
G. Moosmann-Erdel: "Adverbs of Manner"
Special Forms
•If an adjective ends in ‘y‘, you need to change the ‘y‘
to an ‘i‘ before adding ‘ly‘.
• happy happily
•If an adjective ends in ‘le‘, you need to change the
‘le‘ to ‘ly‘.
• terrible terribly
•If an adjective ends in ‘ic‘, you need to add ‘ally‘.
• electronic electronically
G. Moosmann-Erdel: "Adverbs of Manner"
Irregular Forms
•Some adverbs have an irregular form. This means that
you have to learn this form by heart.
•Adjective Adverb
•good well
•fast fast
•hard hard
G. Moosmann-Erdel: "Adverbs of Manner"
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for worksheet 2.
G. Moosmann-Erdel: "Adverbs of Manner"
Word order
•word order in sentences without an object:
•after the verb
•Sita reads well.
•word order in sentences with an object
•after the object
•Sita plays chess well.
Subject Verb Object Adverb
Sita reads well.
Mother drives carefully.
Subject Verb Object Adverb
Sita plays chess well.
Mother drives her car carefully.
G. Moosmann-Erdel: "Adverbs of Manner"
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G. Moosmann-Erdel: "Adverbs of Manner"
The comparison of adverbs of
manner 1
•Adverbs ending in ‘ ly‘ form the comparative by adding ‘ more ‘.
•more quickly
•Lisa reads more quickly.
•Adverbs ending in ‘ ly ‘ form the superlative by adding ‘ most ‘.
•most quickly
•Alisa reads most quickly.
G. Moosmann-Erdel: "Adverbs of Manner"
The comparison of adverbs of
manner 2
•Sita works hard. Ben works harder. Sanjay works
hardest.
•Adverbs that have the same form as the adjective form
the comparative by adding -er and the superlative
by adding -est.
•Adverb Comparative Superlative
fastfasterfastest
hardharderhardest
G. Moosmann-Erdel: "Adverbs of Manner"
The comparison of adverbs of
manner 3
Adverb Comparative Superlative
well better best
badly worse worst
•Sita reads well, Debbie reads better, Jenny reads best.
•Ben sings badly, Nick sings worse, Sanjay sings worst.
Special Forms
G. Moosmann-Erdel: "Adverbs of Manner"
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G. Moosmann-Erdel: "Adverbs of Manner"
Adjective or Adverb?
•Adverbs are often created from adjectives, e.g. slow
becomes slowly
•Adjective
–Peter is a slow reader.
–What is Peter?
–A slow reader.
•Adverb
–Peter reads slowly.
–How does Peter read?
–Slowly.
•While adjectives tell you more about nouns, adverbs
tell you more about verbs.
G. Moosmann-Erdel: "Adverbs of Manner"
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G. Moosmann-Erdel: "Adverbs of Manner"
Solution
Worksheet No 1
•slowly
•quickly
•angrily
•worriedly
•helpfully
•nervously
•happily
G. Moosmann-Erdel: "Adverbs of Manner"
•Exercise 1
•1. angrily 2. fast 3. beautifully
•4. terribly5. thirstily6. hungrily
•7. badly8. well 9. stupidly
•10. happily11. busily 12. hard
•13. easily 14. slowly
•Exercise 2
•1. well2. carefully3. fast
•4. hard 5. beautifully6. happily
•7. terribly8. angrily 9. thirstily
•10. easily
Solution
Worksheet No 2
G. Moosmann-Erdel: "Adverbs of Manner"
•1. Bake the cake slowly for two hours.
•2. The dog barked loudly when the phone started to ring.
•3. Alice did her homework carefully.
•4. The pupil cleaned the board quietly.
•5. The man told Mike the way to the train station clearly.
•7. We ate our lunch hungrily.
•8. The police came fast after the accident.
•9. The little boy cried sadly.
Solution
Worksheet No 3
G. Moosmann-Erdel: "Adverbs of Manner"
1. cheaplymore cheaply most cheaply
2. funnilymore funnily most funnily
3. nicelymore nicely most nicely
4. badly worse worst
5. carefullymore carefully most carefully
6. beautifullymore beautifully most beautifully
7. nervously more nervously most nervously
8. well better best
9. fast faster fastest
10. angrilymore angrily most angrily
Solution
Worksheet No 4
G. Moosmann-Erdel: "Adverbs of Manner"
1. tall, slowly, wonderful, excellent, badly, terrible
2. nice
3. difficult, easily, well
4. beautiful
5. badly
6. clearly
7. happy, cheerfully
8. quickly, unhealthy
9. good, beautifully
10. quiet
Solution
Worksheet No 5