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ADVERBS FOR MANNER

Adjectives modify to the nouns Adverbs modify to the verb

David has a fast car. David drives fast.
He is a bad boy. He plays the drums badly

ADVERBS
We form many adverbs from an adjective + ly.
Slow – slowly calm – calmly
1. We do not leave out e before ly.
Safe - safely strange - strangely

But there are a few exceptions.

due – duly true – truly whole –wholly

2. When an adjective ends in a consonant + y, the y changes to ily.

Angry – angrily happy – happily

An exception is shy - shyly.

3. When an adjective ends in a consonant + le, the e changes to y.

Probable – probably sensible – sensibly

4. When an adjective ends in ic, we add ally.

Automatic – automatically romantic – romantically

But there is one exception.

Public - publicly

EXAMPLE

ADJECTIVE SPANISH ADVERBS SPANISH

Quick ràpido Quickly deprisa
Heavy pesado Heavily pesadamente
Slow lento Slowly lentamente
Clear claro Clearly claramente
Polite cortes Politely cortesmente
Silent silencio Silently silenciosamente
Noisy ruidosa Noisily ruidosamente
Simple simple Simply simplemente

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Terrible terrible Terribly terriblemente

Horrible horrible Horribly horriblemente
Lazy perezosa Lazily perezosamente
Lovely encantadora Lovely encantadora
Lone solitaria Lonely solitaria
Ugly fea Ugly fea
Bad mala Badly mal
Beautiful hermosa Beautifully hermosamente
Successful exitosa Successfully exitosamente
Casual casual Casually casualmente
Rapid rapido Rapidly rapidamente
Friendly simpatico Friendly simpatico
Complete complete Completely completamente
Normal normal Normally normalmente
Stupid estupido Stupidly estupidamente
Careful cuidadosa Carefully cuidadosamente
Sudden repentino Suddenly reentinamente
Soft suave Softly suavemente
Patent evidente Patently evidentemente
Lucky afortunado Luckily afortunadamente
Nervous nerviosa Nervously nerviosamente
Fast Fast
Hard Hard
Early Early
Late Late
Daily Daily
Monthly Monthly
good well

Adjectives Adverbs

1. Sue is very quiet. Sue speaks very quietly.

2. Be careful!
3. It was a bad game.
4. Ben is a fast runner
5. Her job is very hard.
6. The bus was late/early.
7. Her English is very good.
8. It was a good game.
9. She`s a fast typist
10. There was heavy rain outside
Listen carefully
Our team played badly.
Ben can run fast.
She works very hard
I went to bed late / early.
She speaks English very well.
Our team played well.
She types fast.
It was raining heavily.
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11. Their behavior was very bad they behaved very badly.

EXERCISES
1. Look at the pictures and complete the sentences with one of these
adverbs:

Badly carefully dangerously fast angrily quietly

1. He carried the box carefully 4. She shouted at me angrily

2. He sings very badly 5. He was driving dangerously
3. They came in quietly 6. She can run very fast

2. Choose a verb + adverb from the boxes to complete these sentences.

Come explain know listen Carefully clearly easily well

Sleep think win work + carefully quickly hard well

1. I`m going to say something very important, so please listen to me carefully

2. John! I need your help came quickly
3. I`ve met him but I don`t know .him very well
4. They work hard at the end of the day they`re always tired.
5. I`m tired this morning. I didn`t sleep well last night.
6. You`re a much better tennis player than me. When we play, you always
win easily
7. think clearly before you answer the question.
8. Our teacher isn`t very good. He doesn`t explain things very carefully

3. Choose the right word.

1. I opened the door slow / slowly.
2. Why are you angry / angrily? I haven`t done anything.
3. Bill is a careful / carefully driver He drives careful / carefully.
4. Can you please repeat that slow /slowly?

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5. Come on, Dan! Why are you always so slow / slowly?

6. The party was very good / well. I enjoyed it very much.
7. Tom didn`t do very good / well on his exam.
8. Jane is studying hard / hardly for her exams.
9. Where`s Mary? She was here, but she left sudden / suddenly.
10. I met them a long time ago, so I don`t remember them very good /well.
11. My brother isn`t very good /well at the moment.
12. Don`t eat your dinner so quick /quickly. It`s not good for you.
13. Those oranges look nice /nicely. Can I have one?
14. I don`t want to work for that company. They pay their workers very bad /
badly.
15. Please be quiet / quietly. I`m reading.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Clive Oxenden and Christina Latham- Koening (1997) American

English File. 1A, 1B
2. 5 English teacher`s book (2012) Santillana.
3. Schoenberg, Irene E. (2006, 2000, 1994) Focus on grammar And
Integrated Skills Approach 3rd ed by Pearson Education, Inc.
4. Virginia Evans – Neil O`Sullivan (2001) Click on 3by Express
Publishing.
5. Raymond Murphy (1996) Basic Grammar in Use New York.