Adverbs revised

G. Moosmann-Erdel: "Adverbs of Manner"


Adverbs of Manner are used to say more about verbs.

• Alice ate her hamburger quickly.• Peter rides his bike carefully.• My grandfather drives his car slowly.• Andrea sings beautifully.• The boy smiled happily.


With adverbs of manner you say how people do things.

• Alice ate her hamburger quickly.• How did Alice eat her hamburger?• Quickly!

• Peter rides his bike carefully.• How does Peter ride his bike?• Carefully!


Form

• Adverbs of manner are often formed from adjectives by adding ‘ly‘ to the end of the adjective.

• Adjective - Adverb• slow slowly

• careful carefully

• bad badly

• quick quickly


Go to your teacher and ask for worksheet 1.


Special Forms

• If an adjective ends in ‘y‘, you need to change the ‘y‘ to an ‘i‘ before adding ‘ly‘.

• happy happily• If an adjective ends in ‘le‘, you need to change the

‘le‘ to ‘ly‘.• terrible terribly• If an adjective ends in ‘ic‘, you need to add ‘ally‘.• electronic electronically


Irregular Forms

• Some adverbs have an irregular form. This means that you have to learn this form by heart.

• Adjective Adverb• good well• fast fast• hard hard




Word order

• word order in sentences without an object:• after the verb

• Sita reads well.

• word order in sentences with an object• after the object

• Sita plays chess well.

Subject Verb Object Adverb Sita reads well. Mother drives carefully. Subject Verb Object Adverb Sita plays chess well. Mother drives her car carefully.




The comparison of adverbs of manner 1

• Adverbs ending in ‘ ly‘ form the comparative by adding ‘ more ‘.• more quickly

• Lisa reads more quickly.

• Adverbs ending in ‘ ly ‘ form the superlative by adding ‘ most ‘.• most quickly

• Alisa reads most quickly.



• Sita works hard. Ben works harder. Sanjay works hardest.

• Adverbs that have the same form as the adjective form the comparative by adding -er and the superlative by adding -est.

• Adverb Comparative Superlative

fast faster fastest

hard harder hardest



Adverb Comparative Superlative

well better best

badly worse worst

• Sita reads well, Debbie reads better, Jenny reads best.

• Ben sings badly, Nick sings worse, Sanjay sings worst.

Special Forms




Adjective or Adverb?• Adverbs are often created from adjectives, e.g. slow

becomes slowly• Adjective

– Peter is a slow reader.

– What is Peter?

– A slow reader.

• Adverb– Peter reads slowly.

– How does Peter read?

– Slowly.

• While adjectives tell you more about nouns, adverbs tell you more about verbs.




Solution Worksheet No 1

• slowly• quickly• angrily• worriedly• helpfully• nervously• happily


• Exercise 1• 1. angrily 2. fast 3. beautifully• 4. terribly 5. thirstily 6. hungrily• 7. badly8. well 9. stupidly• 10. happily 11. busily 12. hard• 13. easily 14. slowly• Exercise 2• 1. well 2. carefully 3. fast• 4. hard 5. beautifully 6. happily• 7. terribly 8. angrily 9. thirstily• 10. easily



• 1. Bake the cake slowly for two hours.• 2. The dog barked loudly when the phone started to ring.• 3. Alice did her homework carefully.• 4. The pupil cleaned the board quietly.• 5. The man told Mike the way to the train station clearly.• 7. We ate our lunch hungrily.• 8. The police came fast after the accident.• 9. The little boy cried sadly.



1. cheaply more cheaply most cheaply

2. funnily more funnily most funnily

3. nicely more nicely most nicely

4. badly worse worst

5. carefullymore carefully most carefully

6. beautifully more beautifully most beautifully

7. nervously more nervously most nervously

8. well better best

9. fast faster fastest

10. angrily more angrily most angrily



1. tall, slowly, wonderful, excellent, badly, terrible

2. nice

3. difficult, easily, well

4. beautiful

5. badly

6. clearly

7. happy, cheerfully

8. quickly, unhealthy

9. good, beautifully

10. quiet


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Adverbs revised