1) What are adverbs of manner?
Adverbs of manner tell us how something happens.
Examples:
John ran quickly.
She works hard.
2) How do we create an adverb of manner?
- We usually add -ly to the adjective to make an adverb of manner.
Example:
He asks a quick question. ('quick' is an adjective)
He asks a question quickly. ('quickly' is the adverb of 'quick')
- When an adjective ends in -y, we remove -y and add -ily to its end.
Example:
She is happy. ('happy' is an adjective ending in -y)
She happily eats the apple. ('happily' is the adverb of 'happy')
- However, some adverbs are irregular, such as 'well', we don’t add -ly to their adjectives.
Example:
She reads a good book. ('good' is an adjective)
She speaks English very well. ('well' is the irregular adverb of 'good')
- A few adverbs of manner have the same form as their adjectives.
Example:
Building a house is hard work. ('hard' is an adjective)
She works hard. ('hard' is the adverb of the adjective 'hard')
3) Where can we put adverbs of manner?
- We usually put the adverb of manner after the verb. If there is an object after the verb, we put the adverb after the object.
Examples:
He drove carefully.
He drove the car carefully.
- If there is a preposition before the object of the verb, we can place the adverb either before the preposition or after the object.
Examples:
The child ran happily towards his mother.
The child ran towards his mother happily.