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Sunday, November 20, 2016

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:
y > i
easy > easily;
happy > happily
But there are some exceptions
Dry >dryly
Shy> shyly
Sly >slyly
le >ly
gentle > gently
sensible>sensibly
possible>possibly
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.
Pay attention!!!
complete>completely
attractive>attractively
but true>truly
al>ally
historical>historically
ic>ally
logic>logically
specific>specifically
l>ly
careful>carefully
punctual>punctually



·         These adverbs follow the verb they refer to
I drive carefully
I drive my car carefully
I drive carefully my car
·         They follow the object

I speak English well

·         They are before adverbs and expressions of time and place
He always sings loudly in the afternoon

A few adverbs of manner have the same form as the adjective:
Early
Fast
Hard
High
Late
Long
Low
Near
Straight
Two adverbs may have a different meaning
He works really hard                    I hardly know him
He never arrives late                  I haven’t been to the cinema lately
He’s aiming high                         I don’t think highly of her
Children can enter free                He spoke freely to me

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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