Adverbs of manner are used to describe how an action is performed. They are typically formed by adding "-ly" to an adjective, such as "slow" becoming "slowly". Some adverbs have irregular forms that must be memorized. Adverbs of manner are placed after the verb in simple sentences and after the object in sentences with an object. They can be compared using "-er" and "-est" or "more" and "most". Worksheets are provided to practice using adverbs of manner.

2. Adverbs of Manner are used to
say more about verbs.
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Alice ate her hamburger quickly.
Peter rides his bike carefully.
My grandfather drives his car slowly.
Andrea sings beautifully.
The boy smiled happily.

3. With adverbs of manner you say how
people do things.
• Alice ate her hamburger quickly.
• How did Alice eat her hamburger?
• Quickly!
• Peter rides his bike carefully.
• How does Peter ride his bike?
• Carefully!

4. Form
• Adverbs of manner are often formed from
adjectives by adding ‘ly‘ to the end of the
adjective.
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Adjective
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slow
careful
bad
slowly
carefully
badly
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quick
quickly
- Adverb

5. Go to your teacher and ask
for worksheet 1.

6. Special Forms
• If an adjective ends in ‘y‘, you need to change the ‘y‘
to an ‘i‘ before adding ‘ly‘.
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happy
happily
• If an adjective ends in ‘le‘, you need to change the
‘le‘ to ‘ly‘.
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terrible
terribly
• If an adjective ends in ‘ic‘, you need to add ‘ally‘.
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electronic
electronically

7. Irregular Forms
• Some adverbs have an irregular form. This means that
you have to learn this form by heart.
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Adjective
good
fast
hard
Adverb
well
fast
hard

8. Go to your teacher and ask
for worksheet 2.

9. Word order
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word order in sentences without an object:
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after the verb
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Sita reads well.
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word order in sentences with an object
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after the object
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Sita plays chess well.
Subject
Sita
Mother
Subject
Sita
Mother
Verb
reads
drives
Verb
plays
drives
Object Adverb
well.
carefully.
Object Adverb
chess well.
her car carefully.

10. Go to your teacher and ask
for worksheet 3.

11. The comparison of adverbs of
manner 1
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Adverbs ending in ‘ ly‘ form the comparative by adding ‘ more ‘.
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more quickly
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Lisa reads more quickly.
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Adverbs ending in ‘ ly ‘ form the superlative by adding ‘ most ‘.
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most quickly
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Alisa reads most quickly.

12. The comparison of adverbs of
manner 2
• Sita works hard. Ben works harder. Sanjay works
hardest.
• Adverbs that have the same form as the adjective
form the comparative by adding -er and the
superlative by adding -est.
• Adverb
fast
hard
Comparative
faster
harder
Superlative
fastest
hardest

13. The comparison of adverbs of
manner 3
Special Forms
Adverb
well
badly
Comparative
better
worse
Superlative
best
worst
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Sita reads well, Debbie reads better, Jenny reads best.
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Ben sings badly, Nick sings worse, Sanjay sings worst.

14. Go to your teacher and ask
for worksheet 4.

15. Adjective or Adverb?
• Adverbs are often created from adjectives, e.g. slow
becomes slowly
• Adjective
– Peter is a slow reader.
– What is Peter?
– A slow reader.
• Adverb
– Peter reads slowly.
– How does Peter read?
– Slowly.
• While adjectives tell you more about nouns, adverbs
tell you more about verbs.

16. Go to your teacher and ask
for worksheet 5.

17. Solution
Worksheet No 1
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slowly
quickly
angrily
worriedly
helpfully
nervously
happily

18. Solution
Worksheet No 2
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Exercise 1
1. angrily
4. terribly
7. badly
10. happily
13. easily
Exercise 2
1. well
4. hard
7. terribly
10. easily
2. fast
5. thirstily
8. well
11. busily
14. slowly
3. beautifully
6. hungrily
9. stupidly
12. hard
2. carefully
5. beautifully
8. angrily
3. fast
6. happily
9. thirstily

19. Solution
Worksheet No 3
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1. Bake the cake slowly for two hours.
2. The dog barked loudly when the phone started to ring.
3. Alice did her homework carefully.
4. The pupil cleaned the board quietly.
5. The man told Mike the way to the train station clearly.
7. We ate our lunch hungrily.
8. The police came fast after the accident.
9. The little boy cried sadly.

20. Solution
Worksheet No 4
1. cheaply
2. funnily
3. nicely
4. badly
5. carefully
6. beautifully
7. nervously
8. well
9. fast
10. angrily
more cheaply
more funnily
more nicely
worse
more carefully
more beautifully
more nervously
better
faster
more angrily
most cheaply
most funnily
most nicely
worst
most carefully
most beautifully
most nervously
best
fastest
most angrily

21. Solution
Worksheet No 5
1. tall, slowly, wonderful, excellent, badly, terrible
2. nice
3. difficult, easily, well
4. beautiful
5. badly
6. clearly
7. happy, cheerfully
8. quickly, unhealthy
9. good, beautifully
10. quiet