Adverbs of manner

ADVERBS OF MANNER DESCRIBE HOW THINGS HAPPEN: 

Examples:

Adjective	Adverb
slow	slowly
beautiful	beautifully
careful	carefully
violent	violently

1 Spelling rules:

• true → truly (the silent e is dropped and add ly)
• happy → happily ( y becomes i and add ly.)
• possible → possibly (e after a consonant is dropped and ly is added.)
• full → fully (after ll and add y is added.)

        2. Exceptions:

This is a list of adverbs that don't follow the rule:

Adjective	Adverb
fast	fast
hard	hard
late	late
early	early
daily	daily

Some adjectives change their form when they become adverbs:

adjective	adverb
good	well

EXERCISE:

Find the adjective in the first sentence and fill in the blanks with the corresponding adverb.

1. James is careful. He drives  .
2. The girl is slow. She walks  .
3. Her English is perfect. She speaks English  .
4. Our teacher is angry. She shouts  .
5. My neighbor is a loud speaker. He speaks  .
6. He is a bad writer . He writes  .
7. Jane is a nice guitar player. He plays the guitar  .
8. He is a good painter . He paints  .
9. She is a quiet girl. She does her job  .
10. This exercise is easy. You can do it  .