VIRTUAL CLASS 25 Adverbs-Of-Manner

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Grammar

Adverbs of Manner Practice


Remember, we use adverbs of manner to describe how
someone does something or how something happens.

adverbs She is reading loudly.


usually
describe
How is she reading?
verbs

Let’s review the rules!


Regular adverbs Rules

Formed by adding -ly to the end of an adjective.


adjective adverb
slow slowly
careful carefully
beautiful beautifully
Words ending in -y Rules
When the adjective ends in -y, cancel -y and add -ily .
adjective adverb
happy happily lazy – lazily
angry angrily busy – busily
crazy crazily noisy – noisily
easy easily
Words ending in -le Rules
When the adjective ends in -le cancel -e and add -y.
adjective adverb
gentle gently
terrible terribly
horrible horribly
simple simply
Words ending in -e Rules
When the adjective ends in -e, just add -ly .

adjective adverb
polite politely
brave bravely
definite definitely
Words ending in -ic Rules
When the adjective ends in -ic, just add -ally.

adjective adverb
enthusiastic enthusiastically
tragic tragic ally
fantastic fantastically
adjective adverb
Irregular adverbs
good well
fast fast Some adverbs have two
How are they
forms which have different
hard hard
different?
meanings:
late late
1. an -ly form
early early 2. one that looks like an
straight straight adjective
He arrived late. I haven’t seen him
lately.
• late: not on time • lately: recently

He works hard every He hardly works.


day.

• hard: a lot • hardly: rarely/almost never


Fill in the blanks with the correct hard early
adverbs usually describe verbs
adverb well late

hard because she wants to be an


1. She studies ________
astronaut.
well in their mid-term
2. The whole class did _________
exam.
early
3. Linda and Lory arrived at the airport _________
because they had wanted to surprise their friend.
late
4. If I hadn’t woken up _________, I wouldn’t have
missed the bus.
Practice One: Identify the adverb

1. Danny failed his driving test horribly yesterday.


2. Please do this worksheet carefully and neatly.
3. She simply loves eating in this restaurant.
4. The children bravely swam across the river.
5. She is a lovely girl who definitely knows how to draw.
Practice One: Identify the adverb

6. It is not easy to do it, but they have easily done it.


7. The students are busily writing notes in the classroom.
8. Tina waited patiently for her friends to arrive.
9. They smiled happily after the class had ended.
10. Sarah cheered for her friends enthusiastically.
Practice Two: Change the adjective into adverb
angrily (angry).
1. He was angry. He slammed the door _________
gently
2. She has a gentle voice. She sings the lullaby _________
(gentle).
quickly (quick) finishes the whole
3. He is a fast eater. He _________
cake.
4. She is terrible at the piano. She plays the piano
terribly (terrible).
__________
lazily
5. Eric is a lazy boy. Eric is doing his homework __________
(lazy).
Practice Two: Change the adjective into adverb
beautifully
6. It was a beautiful dance. Lily danced __________
(beautiful).
tragically
7. It is a sad and tragic lost. The man __________
(tragic) lost his boat in the sea.
sadly (sad) walks back to her
8. She is sad. She _________
house.
9. He was scared and nervous. He was speaking
nervously (nervous) in front of the class.
__________
Practice Two: Change the adjective into adverb

10. The monkey is hungry. It is eating the banana


hungrily (hungry).
_________
brightly (bright).
11. The sun is bright. It’s shining __________
12. The boys are loud. They are speaking __________
loudly
(loud).
13. She did a fantastic work. She did the work
fantastically (fantastic).
___________
Practice Three: Choose the correct adverb
1. She rides her bicycle to school (carefully/politely/beautifully).
2. Tina was speaking (politely/terribly/lazily) to her mother.
3. The boy did his homework (poorly/politely/bravely).
4. The man is walking (quietly/loudly/fantastically)
because the baby is sleeping.
5. The student (sadly/excitedly/enthusiastically) looked at
the question because he didn’t know how to answer it.

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