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AdverbsofManner

Introduction

Adverbsdescribethetimewhensomethinghappens, theplacewheresomethinghappensor howsomethinghappens. Theytellusmoreaboutverbs.Wecanaskthese

questions:

Typesofadverbs

QuestionAnswerType When?yesterday,today,now,later... adverbsoftime

Where?here,there,everywhere,home,away,... adverbsofplace

How?slowly,happily,well... adverbsofmanner

AdverbsofManner
Tomdrovecarefullyalongthenarrowroad. HowdidTomdrive?Carefully!

InwhatwaydidTomdrive?Carefully!

Compare: Tomisacarefuldriver. Here,carefulisanadjectiveandgivesmore informationaboutwhatkindofdriverTomis. Adjectivesusuallyfollowtheverbtobeandcome beforeanoun.

Usually,wemakeadverbsbyaddinglytotheendof

anadjective.

Examples:
nicenicely

clearclearly

Sometimes,wemustchangetheyattheendoftheadjective andaddilytomaketheadverb. Examples: heavyheavily lazylazily tidytidily luckyluckily happyhappily angryangrily

Adjectivesendingin'ic'changeto'ically'. Forexample:

basicbasically ironicironically scientificscientifically

Becareful!SomeadjectivesendinlyandareNOT

adverbs. Examples:

Theyareveryfriendly,aren'tthey?

Sheisalovelywoman.

Canyoufindtheadverbs?
Mymothersingsbeautifully,butmyfathersingsvery

badly.

WhenIwasachild,Icouldn'tswimveryquickly,but

nowIcan!

Theydon'tliketheteacherbecauseshespeaksso

loudly.

Becareful!Therearesomeirregularadverbs:
GoodWell

Yourpronunciationisverygood.

Youspeakverywell. Hecan'tplaytenniswell.
Thewordsfast,late,andhardare

adjectivesandadverbs.

Adjective Marywasafastrunnerinhigh school. Thebuswaslate.

Adverb

Marycouldrunveryfast.(not fastly) Thebus arrivedlatetoday.(notlately*) Johnworkshardeveryday. (nothardly**)

Johnisahardworker.

AdverbSentencePlacement
AdverbsofManner:Adverbsofmannerare

placedaftertheverborentireexpression(attheendof thesentence). Forexample:


Theirteacherspeaksquickly.

Exercises

1.Sheilacantype(fast). 2.Helooked(careful)insidetheroom. 3.Shethrewawaytheletter(nervous). 4.Theteacherexplainedthelesson(slow). 5.Theboysmeet(regular). 6.Hespoke(quiet)soIdidn'tunderstand.

him. 7.Hepainted(good).

1.Sheilacantypefast. 2.Helookedcarefullyinsidetheroom. 3.Shethrewawaytheletternervously. 4.Theteacherexplainedthelessonslowly. 5.Theboysmeetregularly. 6.HespokequietlysoIdidn'tunderstand

him. 7.Hepaintedwell.

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