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Adverb/Adjectives

Of Manner

+Adjectives

An adjectives is a word that

describes nouns and pronouns (

person, place, or thing) and they

generally appear before the word

they modify.

Adjective + Noun

I’m a patient person.

He’s not a good singer.

He’s a fast driver.

She's a careful driver.

+Adverbs

An adverb of manner is a word

that describes how something

happens, and they generally

appear after the verb or the

object.

Verb + Adverb of Manner

I wait patiently in lines.

He doesn’t sing very well.

He drives very fast.

She drives carefully.

+Form

RULE EXAMPLE

We form most adverbs of manner

by adding –ly to the adjective.

quiet – quietly

careful - carefully

Adjectives ending in a consonant

+ -y, drop the –y and take –ily.easy - easily

Adjectives ending in -le, drop the –

e an take –y.terrible - terribly

Irregular adverbs

good – well

fast – fast

hard – hard

late – late

early - early

+Review

As we saw in the previous slides the adverbs of manner tell us

how someone does something or how something happens.

They usually come after the main verb.

He drank quickly.[after the verb]

He drank the water quickly. [after the object]

He drank quickly the water. [ NOT between the verb and object]