Rules to form adverbs and practice exercises

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Adverbs of manner
Adverbs of manner are usually formed from adjectives by adding –ly:
bad > badly; quiet > quietly; recent > recently; sudden > suddenly
but there are sometimes changes in spelling:
easy > easily; gentle > gently
If an adjective ends in –ly we use the phrase in a …. way to express manner:
Silly > He behaved in a silly way.
Friendly > She spoke in a friendly way.
A few adverbs of manner have the same form as the adjective:
They all worked hard.
She usually arrives late.
I hate driving fast.
Note: hardly and lately have different meanings:
He could hardly walk = It was difficult for him to walk.
I haven’t seen John lately = I haven’t seen John recently.

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We often use phrases with like as adverbials of manner:
She slept like a baby.
He ran like a rabbit.
Adverbs of manner and link verbs
We very often use adverbials with like after link verbs:
Her hands felt like ice.
It smells like fresh bread.
But we do not use other adverbials of manner after link verbs. We
use adjectives instead:
They looked happily happy.
That bread smells deliciously delicious.

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Read for Word Choice
James, a golfer, was playing a round golf the other day when he (accidental–
accidently) hit his ball into a hole off the golfing greens. James made an (accidental–
accidently) shot. Unexpectedly, an (angry–angrily) gopher appeared. The
gopher (angry–angrily) pushed the ball out out of its hole. The gopher
complained (loud–loudly). The gopher made a (loud–loudly) complaint. The ball hit
him (hard–hardly) on the head. James could (hard–hardly) believe that a gopher was
making its home on the golf course. Normally, James has (good–well) eyesight.
However, he didn't see(good–well) this time because his ball did land anywhere near
the golf green.
The gopher probably had a (painful–painfully) headache. The gopher lay still for a
moment and then blinked its eyes (painful–painfully). The (guilty–guiltily) golfer,
James, reached for his ball. "Sorry, little guy!" James said (guilty–guiltily) . The
gopher disappeared (quick–quickly) into its hole — with the ball! So James (quick–
quickly) left the golfing green without his ball. After this experience, James (wise–
wisely) wore his glasses whenever he played golf. The (wise–wisely)gopher found a new
hole to live in.