Adverbs of manner

JUST EXACTLY WHAT DOES AN

ADJECTIVE AND ADVERB DO?

An adverb tells about verbs An adjective describes a

noun or pronoun by telling

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 Adjective Noun

An adjective tells you about a noun. a slow car.

Adverb Verb

An adverb tells you about a verb. He drives

slowly.
Examples of adjectives and the
nouns/pronouns they modify.

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 Adverbs of manner
• In most cases, ly is simply added to the positive form
of the adjective. For example:

Adjective Adverb of Manner

bad badly
complete completely
normal normally
surprising surprisingly
Adjectives ending in ic
However, when the adjective ends in ic, the syllable al is usually
added before the ly ending. For example:

Adjective Adverb of Manner

dramatic dramatically
scientific scientifically
specific specifically
basic basically

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 Adjectives ending in le

When the adjective ends in

le preceded by a consonant,
the final e is usually
changed to y, to form the ly
ending. For example:
When the adjective ends in le
preceded by a vowel, in most
cases, ly is simply added to the
positive form of the adjective. For
example:

Adjective Adverb of Adjective Adverb of Manner

agile agilely
Manner
sole solely
favorable favorably
humble humbly
simple simply
 Adjectives ending in ll

When the adjective ends in ll, only y is added. For example:

Adjective Adverb of Manner
dull dully
full fully

Adjectives ending in ue
When the adjective ends in ue, the final e is usually omitted
before the ending ly is added. For example:

Adjective Adverb of Manner

due duly
true truly
N
 Adjectives ending in y

When the adjective ends in y However, in the case of the

preceded by a consonant, the y adjectives shy and sly, ly is
is usually changed to i before simply added to the positive
the ending ly is added. For form of the adjective:
example: shy shyly
busy busily sly slyly
easy easily
happy happily When the adjective ends in y
preceded by a vowel, in most
However, in the case of the cases, ly is simply added to the
adjective gay, y is changed to i positive form of the adjective.
before the ending ly is added: For example:
gay gaily coy coyly
grey greyly
The following tables give examples of adverbs of
manner, location, time and frequency which do not
end in -ly.

Adjective Adverb of Manner

good well
fast fast
hard hard
little little
loud loud or loudly
much much
straight straight

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It should also be noted that there are several
adjectives ending in ly which have no
corresponding adverbs:
friendly When it is desired to use one of these words
to modify a verb, an adverb phrase of
likely manner may be used.
lively
lonely He behaved in a friendly manner.
silly They acted in a silly way.
ugly
Positions of adverbs of manner
1Adverbs of manner genarally come to the end of a cluse
- she spoke about the topic intelligently
2.to emphaside the meaning , we can also put
adverbs of manner before verb
- I slowly spoke when I saw him
3. At the beginning of the sentences
-Silently she moved next to the door
4. We cannot put adverbs of manner between the mainn
verbs and the object
- you speak English well Not
-you speak good English
An adverb 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.

He ate the chocolate cake quickly.

He quickly ate the chocolate cake.
He gave us the money generously.
He generously gave us the money.