TOPIC:
ADVERBS OF MANNER
MEANING:
THEY INDICATE HOW
SOMETHINGHAPPENS OR
IS DONE:
• HE DRIVES CAREFULLY
• SHE SINGS BEAUTIFULLY
ADVERBS OF MANNER
THEY ARE FORMED BY ADDING –
LY TO ADJECTIVES:
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QUICK- QUICKLY
SLOW-SLOWLY
CAREFUL-CAREFULLY
STRICT- STRICTLY
POSITIONS IN A SENTENCE:
• I’M TERRIBLY SORRY.
(ADVERB + ADJECTIVE)
• NO ONE WAS SERIOUSLY
INJURED IN THE ACCIDENT.
(ADVERB + PAST PARTICIPLE)
• HE’S WORKING INCREDIBLY
SLOWLY.
(ADVERB + ADVERB)
SPELLING CHANGES
• LUCKY- LUCKILY
• HAPPY- HAPPILY
• SIMPLE- SIMPLY
• GENTLE- GENTLY
• TERRIBLE- TERRIBLY
ADJECTIVES NOT ADVERBS
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FRIENDLY
EARLY
LONELY
LOVELY
ELDERLY
SILLY
WHAT’S THE ADVERB OF
THESE ADJECTIVES THEN?
• FRIENDLY- IN A FRIENDLY
WAY
• LONELY- IN A LONELY WAY
• LOVELY- IN A LOVELY WAY
• ELDERLY- IN AN ELDERLY
WAY
• SILLY- IN A SILLY WAY
IRREGULAR ADVERB
• GOOD – WELL
• She is a good piano
player.
• She plays the piano
very well