Adverb of manner
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1) Adverbs of manner typically describe how an action is performed and are often formed by adding "-ly" to an adjective. 2) Some adjectives become adverbs with spelling changes like "-le" to "-ly" or "-ic" to "-ically". 3) Adverbs like "fast", "hard", and "late" have the same form as their related adjectives. 4) Prepositional phrases or nouns can also be used as adverbs of manner when there is no simple adverb form.
Adverb of manner
- 2. ADVERB OF MANNER Tells how an action is or should be performed or something is done Gives other information to verb Is format by Adjective + Ly
- 3. Adverb of Manner Most adverb of manner are formed by andding –ly to an adjective,but sometimes other spelling changes are needed. We can ’t form adverbs from adjectives that end in –ly Some adverbs have the same form as adjectives We don’t use adverbs after link verbs,you use adjectives Adverbials of manner are sometimes prepositional phrases or noun group
- 4. 1.Adverbs of manner are often formed by adding ‘-ly’ to an adjective. adjectives adverbs Bad Badly Beautiful Beautifully Careful Carefully Quick Quickly Soft Softly
- 5. 2. Adverbs formed in this way usually have a similar meaning to the adjective. She is as clever as she is beautiful. He talked so politely and danced so beautifully. ‘We must not talk. We must be quiet,’ said Sita. She wanted to sit quietly, to relax.
- 6. 3. There are sometimes changes in spelling when an adverb is formed from an adjective. adjectives adverbs -le changes to -ly Gentle Gently -y changes to –ily Happy Happily -ic changes to – Logic Logically ically -ue changes to –uly True Truly -ll changes to -lly Full Fully WARNING: We cannot form adverbs from adjectives that already end in ‘-ly’. For example, you cannot say ‘He smiled at me friendlily’. We can sometimes use a prepositional phrase instead: ‘He smiled at me in a friendly way’.
- 7. 4. Some adverbs of manner have the same form as adjectives and have similar meanings, for example ‘fast’, ‘hard’, and ‘late’. I've always been interested in fast cars. (adjective) The driver was driving too fast. (adverb) Note that ‘hardly’ and ‘lately’ are not adverbs of manner and have different meanings from the adjectives ‘hard’ and ‘late’. It was a hard decision to make. I hardly had any time to talk to her. The train was late as usual. Have you seen John lately
- 8. 5. The adverb of manner related to the adjective ‘good’ is ‘well’. He is a good dancer. He dances well. >>Note that ‘well’ can sometimes be an adjective when it refers to someone's health. ‘How are you?’- ‘I am very well, thank you.’
- 9. 6. We do not use adverbs after Iink verbs such as ‘be’, ‘become’, ‘feel’, ‘get’, ‘look’, and ‘seem’. You use an adjective after these verbs. For example, you do not say ‘Sue felt happily’. You say ‘Sue felt happy’.
- 10. 7. We do not often use prepositional phrases or noun groups as adverbials of manner. However, we occasionally need to use them, for example when there is no adverb form available. The prepositional phrases and noun groups usually include a noun such as ‘way’, ‘fashion’, or ‘manner’, or a noun that refers to someone's voice. She asked me in such a nice manner that I couldn't refuse.. He did it the right way.. They spoke in angry tones. Prepositional phrases with ‘like’ are also used as adverbials of manner. I slept like a baby.. He drove like a madman.