Grammar

1. Katie speaks French fluently.
How does Katie speak French?
Fluently

2. David is running quickly.
• How is David running?
Quickly

3. Noha treats her friends well.
• How does Noha treat her friends?
well

4. Fluently-Quickly-Well
are
Adverbs

5. Give me more examples of
adverbs

6. I did the exam easily.
He speaks loudly.
She behaves badly.
What does an adverb describe?
An adverb describes a verb

7. Katie speaks French fluently
Howdoes she speak?
Fluently
Adverbs of
manner
describe how
the verb is
done

8. More examples
He runs quickly.
She speaks politely.
It worked automatically.

9. Formation of Adverbs
Adjectives
Bad-quick-recent
Possible-probable-incredible
Easy-lucky-heavy
Hopeful-beautiful-careful
Basic-automatic
Adverbs
Badly-quickly-recently
Possibly-probably-incredibly
Easily-luckily-heavily
Hopefully-beautifully-carefully
Basically-automatically
Rule
We add (ly) to the adjective
For adjectives ending in –le, we drop the-
e and add -y
For adjectives ending in a consonant + y ,
we drop the –y and add -ily
For adjectives ending in –l , we add -ly
For adjectives ending in –ic, we usually
add -ally

10. Irregular adverbs
Adjectives
Good
Fast
Hard
Early
late
High
Low
Right
Wrong
Adverbs
well
fast
hard
early
late
high
low
right
wrong

11. • Ben is a fast runner. (adjective)
• Ben runs fast. (adverb)
• He wrote the right answer. (adjective)
• His answer is right.(adverb)

12. Some adverbs have the same form as
adjectives
• Hard, fast, high, low, early,
late, right, wrong

13. What are the differences in meaning
between each pair of adverbs?
•Hard-hardly
•Late-lately

14. Hard-hardly
• She is working hard these days.
(hard= with effort)
• I could hardly hear him at the back.
(Hardly= scarcely)
(Hard –hardly) are both adverbs

15. Late-lately
• Nick arrived late at work.
(late= not early)
• What have you been doing lately?
(lately =recently)
(Late-lately) are both adverbs

16. Friendly-likely-lively-lonely-lovely-
silly- ugly
•Are these words adverbs
as they all end in–ly?
•They are adjectives.

17. How do we form their adverbs?
• We use the phrase (in a …..way) to form their
adverbs.
• He greeted me in a friendly way.
• She was speaking in a lively way.
• They behaved in a silly way.