1. The document discusses adverbs of manner and how they are formed from adjectives. It provides examples of regular adverbs formed by adding -ly, as well as irregular formations involving words ending in -y, -le, -e, and -ic. 2. Rules are given for changing adjective spellings when forming various types of adverbs. Examples are provided of common adjectives and their adverb forms. 3. Readers are provided practice identifying adverbs of manner and filling in blanks with the correct adverb form.

1. Adverbs of Manner
Grammar:

2. 1. Sally walks happily to school.
2. The lovely girl played the piano beautifully.
3. It rained heavily last night.
4. The man patiently waits for her daughter
outside the school.
5. The restaurant treated their customers
horribly.
Identify the Adverb of Manner

3. Let’s review the rules!
Remember, we use adverbs of manner to describe how
someone does something or how something happens.
adverbs
usually
describe
verbs
She is reading loudly.
How is she reading?

4. Regular
adverbs
add -ly to the end of an adjective
1. The man ran __________ to his office.
quickly
2. The baby was crying very ________.
loudly
adjective adverb
slow slow
careful careful
beautiful beautiful
ly
ly
ly

5. Words
ending in
-y
cancel -y and add -ily
1. The student answered all the
questions __________.
easily
2. The greedy boy _________ ate the
whole cake by himself.
greedily
adjective adverb
happy
angry
crazy
busy
happily
angrily
crazily
busily

6. Words
ending in
-le
cancel -e and add -y
1. Massage the shampoo _________
into your hair and scalp.
gently
2. Tom, who is crying, misses his family ________.
terribly
adjective adverb
possible
adorable
horrible
simple
possibly
adorably
horribly
simply

7. 2. Her life changed ___________ after she had
won the money.
Words
ending in
-e
add -ly to the end of the adjective
1. She asked him ________ for a pen .
politely
completely
adjective adverb
absolute absolute
brave brave
definite definite
ly
ly
ly

8. Words
ending in
-ic
add -ally to the end of the adjective
1. His friends are cheering
for him ______________.
enthusiastically
adjective adverb
tragic tragic
fantastic fantastic
ally
ally

9. Irregular adverbs
adjective adverb
good well
fast fast
hard hard
late late
early early
straight straight
Some adverbs have two
forms which have different
meanings:
1. an -ly form
2. one that looks like an
adjective
How are they
different?

10. He arrived late.
• late: not on time
I haven’t seen him
lately.
• lately: recently
He works hard every
day.
• hard: a lot
He hardly works.
• hardly: rarely/almost never

11. Fill in the blanks with the correct
adverb
1. She studies ________ because she wants to be an
astronaut.
2. The whole class did _________ in their mid-term
exam.
3. Linda and Lory arrived at the airport _________
because they had wanted to surprise their friend.
4. If I hadn’t woken up _________, I wouldn’t have
missed the bus.
hard
well
early
late
hard early
well late
adverbs usually describe verbs

13. Practice One:
1. fast:
2. late:
3. straight:
4. good:
5. early:
6. hard:
7. quiet:
8. beautiful:
9. enthusiastic:
10.busy:
11.horrible:
12.slow:
fast
late
straight
well
early
hard
quietly
beautifully
enthusiastically
busily
horribly
slowly

14. 1. Maria is a graceful dancer. She dances __________.
2. Mark is a careful student. He does his homework
___________.
3. Dolly is a hard-working teacher. She works
___________.
4. Harry Potter is a brave wizard. He fights _________.
5. The students are noisy. They played __________.
gracefully
carefully
hard
bravely
noisily
Practice Two:

15. 1. She __________ (quick) runs to the park to meet her
friends.
2. Tom talks __________ (fast) when he is nervous.
3. He sang the Spanish song ____________ (beautiful)
yesterday.
4. The doctors around the world are working __________
(hard) to find a vaccine.
5. The waiter spoke __________ (polite) to the customer.
Practice Three:
quickly
fast
beautifully
hard
politely

16. 6. The teacher is angry at the students who came
__________ (late).
7. The robbers __________ (quiet) climbed out from the
window.
8. Rihanna, who is my friend, did _________ (poor) on her
spelling test.
9. I was reading the comic book _________ (happy) in my
room when he came.
10. The monkey __________ (sudden) jumped down from
the tree and attacked the man.
Practice Three:
late
quietly
poorly
happily
suddenly