ADVERBS OF
MANNER



We use

adverbs of manner

to describe how

something happens.

“He eats very

healthily

.”

“John writes

quickly

.”

“Old people usually drive

slowly

.”



We usually form adverbs of manner by
adding

–ly

to the adjective.

bad - badly
careful - carefully



If the adjective ends in

–e

, take off the

–e

.

gentle – gently
simple – simply
reasonable - reasonably



If the adjective ends in

–y

, we usually

change the

–y

to

–i

.

angry – angrily

easy – easily
happy – happily
healthy – healthily

heavily – heavily
noisy – nosily
busy – busily

but

shy - shyly



If the adjectives ends in

–ic

, we add

–

ally

.

dramatic – dramatically
tragic – tragically



Some

adjectives

end in

–ly

:

friendly, lonely, lovely, silly, ugly, deadly,

lively …

We don’t add

–ly

to make the adverb.

We use

:

in a ... way / manner

“

He was talking

in a silly way.”

“

They danced

in a lively manner.”

Some

adverbs

are the same as the

adjectives

:

early
fast
hard
high
late
low
right
wrong



well

is the adverb from

good

“Sleep well.”
“He plays football well.”



well

can also be an adjective. It means

healthy

.

“My teacher was not at school today. He is not

well.”



Adverbs of manner can come before or
after a verb

.

“He drove

carefully

because the weather was

bad.
“She

quietly

went upstairs.”



But they must come after an object if
there is one.

“You speak English well.”
“You speak well English.”



When a sentence consists of

verb + preposition + object

we can put the adverb before the

preposition or after the object.

“

She listened to me

carefully

.”

“She listened

carefully

to me.”



When we use a passive form, the
adverb goes before the past participle.

“

He was

badly

injured.”

“The CD was

slightly

damaged in the post but

still worked.”