ADVERBS AND ADJECTIVES OF MANNER

ADVERBS AND ADJECTIVES OF

MANNER

EXPLANATION

Adverbs of Manner add more information to verbs to

make them more specific. Adverbs of Manner always

come after a verb and can be used with words like very

or too. Adverbs of Manner are adjectives that almost

always end with ¨Cly, though some are also irregular.

ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS OF

MANNER

Adjectives tell us something

about a person or a thing.

Adjectives can modify nouns or

pronouns.

Adverbs tell us in what way

someone does something.

Adverbs can modify verbs,

adjectives or other adverbs

John is a very careful person.

He is very careful.

John drives carefully.

He drives carefully.

FORM

REGULAR FORM

ADJECT?VE

ADVERB

DANGEROUS

DANGEROUSLY

CAREFUL

CAREFULLY

N?CE

N?CELY

HORR?BLE

HORR?BLY

EASY

EAS?LY

ELECTRON?C

ELECTRON?CALLY

IRREGULAR FORM

ADJECT?VE

ADVERB

GOOD

WELL

FAST

FAST

HARD

HARD

USE

To modify verbs

The soccer team played badly last weekend.

To modify adjectives

It was a very bad game.

To modify adverbs

The soccer team played very badly last weekend.

To modify quantities

There were quite a lot of people in the stadium.

To modify sentences

Unfortunately, our team didn¡¯t have any chance to win.

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