Monday, February 17, 2025

Grammar reference and practice 2.3

2.3 ■ Adverbs of manner

Form

  • We usually form adverbs of manner by adding -ly to the adjective.

    quiet  quietly

    loud  loudly

    Adjectives ending in -y: change -y to -ily.

    noisy → noisily

    happy → happily

    There are some common irregular forms.

  • fast → fast

    good → well

  • hard → hard

    late → late

Use

We use adverbs of manner to describe how someone does something.

He plays the piano well.

She speaks quietly.

Word order

Adverbs of manner usually come:

  • after the main verb.

    She runs fast.

    after the object of the sentence, if there is one.

    I learn new languages quickly.

    Kylie plays the piano beautifully.

Modifiers

  • We often use modifiers, for example: veryreallyquitea bit to give more information about adverbs of manner.

    My friends play football really well.

    He plays the guitar quite loudly.

1Complete the sentences using the adverbs in the box. 
    MOVE
  • fast
  • easily
  • well
  • slowly
  • badly
  • 1You're speaking too 

  • quietly
  • . I can't hear you!

  • 2He's an amazing musician. He can play the drums very  .

  • 3She wins all the races. She can run really  .

  • 4Our team always loses. We play really  !

  • 5I love maths. It's not difficult. I can usually do my homework quite  .

  • 6Grandpa can ride a bike, but he's not very fast. He usually rides very  .

2Write sentences with adverbs of manner. 
You need to use normal letters and capital letters correctly in this task. You also need to use correct punctuation.
  • 1Harry / swim / good.

  • 2I / play tennis / bad.

  • 3They / play / the piano / slow.

  • 4We / usually / finish / our homework / quick.

  • 5Dad / sometimes / shouts / angry / at our dog.

  • 6Your little brother / plays / very / noisy.

 








3Put the words in the correct order to make sentences. 
You need to use correct punctuation in this task.
    • the
    • plays
    • beautifully
    • flute
    • Kate
    • really
    • .

    1

       

    • speaks
    • teacher
    • very
    • our
    • loudly
    • .

    2

       

    • tests
    • do
    • I
    • quite
    • in
    • well
    • .

    3

       

    • very
    • the
    • trains
    • volleyball
    • hard
    • team
    • .

    4

       

    • eat
    • quickly
    • really
    • I
    • breakfast
    • .

    5

       




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