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: very, really, quite, a bit to give more information about adverbs of manner.
My friends play football really well.
He plays the guitar quite loudly.
- 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 .
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.
- 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
- .
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