ADVERBS OF

MANNER
 We use

 Adverbs of Manner to describe

how something happens.
 EXAMPLES
• He swims well.
• He ran quickly.
• She spoke softly.
• “Old people usually drive slowly.”
• Azima plays the flute beautifully. (after the
direct object)
• Kynan ate the chocolate greedily. (after the
direct object)
 We usually form adverbs of manner by
adding –ly to the adjective.

bad - badly
careful - carefully
 If the adjective ends in –e , take off the –e.

gentle – gently
simple – simply
reasonable - reasonably
 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
 If the adjectives ends in –ic, we add –ally.
dramatic – dramatically
tragic – tragically
 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 ... way / manner

“He was talking in a silly way.”

“They danced in a lively manner.”
 Some adverbs are the
same as the
adjectives:
early
fast
hard
high
late
low
right
wrong
 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.”
 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.”
 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.”
 Correct or Incorrect?
1. He ate the greedily chocolate cake.
(incorrect)
2. He ate the chocolate cake greedily.
(correct)
3. He greedily ate the chocolate cake.
(correct)

An adverbs of manner cannot be put

between a verb and its direct object. The
adverb must be placed either before the
verb or at the end of the clause.
• Adverbs of Manner are used with active
verbs, those that show action. They are
not used with stative verbs, verbs that
show a state of being.

• Not: Elena seemed gracefully. (Seem is

a stative verb and does not show action.
It does not, therefore, take an adverb
of manner.)
These common adverbs of manner are
almost always placed directly after the
verb: well, badly, hard, & fast.

For example:
1. He swam well despite being tired.
2. The rain fell hard during the storm.
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1. Jihan plays the piano (beautiful).

2. Maura won the race (easy).
3. the rangers approached the bear
(cautious).
4. He gave the donation. (generous).
5. I see him at the mosque (frequent).