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6.4 Adverbs of Manner

Adjectives Adverbs of Manner
Adjective Noun Verb Adverb
They are slow animals. They move slowly.
She is a careful driver. She drives carefully.

1. Adverbs of manner describe action verbs. He spoke softly.
She dances beautifully.

2. Adverbs of manner usually come after the verb or ✓ He sang beautifully.
after the verb + the object. Do not put adverbs of ✓ He sang the song beautifully.
manner between the verb and the object. ✗ He sang beautifully the song.
3. Do not use an adverb after a linking verb. Use an ✓ She looks happy.
adjective after a linking verb. ✗ She looks happily.
✓ The flowers smell beautiful.
✗ The flowers smell beautifully.
4. To form adverbs of manner, add -ly to most beautiful ➔ beautifully
adjectives.* cheerful ➔ cheerfully
happy ➔ happily
soft ➔ softly
Be careful! Not all words that end in -ly are adverbs. Adjectives: friendly, lonely, ugly, lovely
Nouns and Verbs: reply, supply
5. Some adverbs of manner have the same form as ✓ They eat fast.
the related adjective. To create an adverb, do not ✗ They eat fastly.
add -ly to these words: early, fast, hard, late.

6. The adverb form of good is well. ✓ My new laptop works well.
✗ My new laptop works good.

*See page A3 for spelling rules for adverbs ending in -ly.

4 Complete each sentence with the adverb form of the adjective in parentheses.

1. The professor wears her tattoo proudly (proud).

2. The young Maori sat (quiet) as they got their tattoos.

3. The tattoo process was painful, but they acted (brave).

4. They started the presentation (early).

5. The professor explained the history of the Maori very (clear).

6. He doesn’t speak Maori (good), but he understands it.

7. She answered all our questions (honest).
8. I read her book (quick).

9. She thought very (hard) about her future.

10. He spoke very (fast). I didn’t understand everything.

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