This document discusses adverbs and how they are formed from adjectives. It provides rules for adding suffixes like -ly, -i, and -ally to turn adjectives into adverbs. It also discusses the position of adverbs in sentences, coming before adjectives or after linking verbs and verbs. Examples are given to demonstrate the differences between using adjectives and adverbs. The last part provides a practice activity with fill-in-the-blank sentences to reinforce the concepts.

1. Adv of manner

2. What is adverb?
He speaks.
How does he
speak?
He speaks
slowly.
They laugh.
How do they
laugh?
They laugh
loudly.

3. How to form adv
1. Add ly after adj
Adlective
Intelligent
Bad
Beautiful
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Adverb
Intelligently
Badly
Beautifully

4. How to form adv
2. If the adjective ends in
-y, replace it with -i and
then add -ly.
Adlective
Happy
Angry
Lucky
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Adverb
Happily
Angrily
Luckily

5. How to form adv
3. If the adjective ends in able, -ible, or -le, replace the
-e with -y.
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Adlective
probable
gentle
humble
Adverb
probably
gently
humbly

6. How to form adv
4. If the adjective ends in ic, add -ally.
Adjective
basic
economic
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Adverb
basically
economically
But public -> publicly,
not publically.

7. How to form adv
5. Exception
Adlective
Hard
Fast
Good
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Adverb
Hard
Fast
Well

8. Position
V + adv
She sang well.
He talked loudly.
She walked slowly.
He managed it skillfully.
She speaks English well.
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9. Position
Adj + adv
• She is seriously ill.
• I was terribly busy.
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10. Adj or adv
1. The train was very ___________ (slow / slowly) and we
arrived late.
2. My cousin speaks English and German (fluent / fluently).
3. You look __________ (angry / angrily). What’s wrong?
4. Don’t drive so __________ (fast / fastly).
5. She read the message _________ (quick / quickly)
6. He’s a __________ (good / well) guitar player.
7. We saw lots of ___________ (beautiful / beautifully)
paintings at the museum.
8. John and Mary work __________ (hard / hardly)
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11. Adj or adv
1. The whole team played very __________ (bad
) and they lost.
2. I’m very tired because I slept ____________
(bad) last night.
3. Can you speak ___________ (slow), please?
4. She’s singing a very ___________ (nice)
song.
5. I’m not a __________ (good) football player. I
don’t play football very
___________
(good).
6. I’m afraid I sing very ___________ (bad)
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12. Practice:
1
play/ player/ skillful/ skillfully
4
cycle/ cyclist/ safe/ safely
1
A: He is a skillful player
B: He plays skillfully
2
play/ player/ good/ well
5
play/ player / bad / badly
3
swim/ swimmer/ slow /slowly
6
run/ runner/ quick/ quickly