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Adverbs of Manner




1.- FORM
           
            They are formed by adding the suffix –ly to the adjective.
            Example:    careful- carefully
                               low- slowly
                               quiet- quietly
                               polite- politely
                               false- falsely
            If the adjective ends in –y, it changes into i and adds –ly.
            Ex:  happy- happily
                   easy- easily
                   noisy- noisily
           
 The adjectives friendly, lonely, lovely end in –y. If you want to use the adverb, you must use the expression: in a friendly way, in a lonely way, in a lovely
       way.
            Ex: She is lovely.
                  She treats me in a lovely way.

   Some adverbs don´t add the suffix –ly to the adjective, they are irregular.

            Adjective                      Adverb
            Fast                                 fast
            Hard                               hard
            Late                                late
            Good                              well
            Right                              right
            Straight                          straight

            Ex:  His work is very hard (adjective)
                   He works very hard (adverb)
·       hardly= apenas
           
                   He is a really good actor.( adjective)
                   He acts really well. (adverb)

                  The train was late. (adjective)
                  I got up late.(adverb)
                       
🙋   lately= últimamente

2.- POSITION.
   
These adverbs are usually placed after the main verb and the object:

Ex: She spoke to me rudely.    They arrived late.

Or before an adjective:

Ex: It´s a reasonably cheap restaurant.    Oh, I´m terribly sorry.
       
An adverb of manner cannot be put between a verb and its direct object. The adverb must be placed either before the verb or at the end of the clause.

- They opened quietly the box.
- She closed softly the door behind her.

However, if the object is long then we normally place the adverb before the verb:

- He angrily denied that he attempted to kill his wife. (the object is underlined)
- She carefully planned the last few days of her stay in London.



           VERB + PREPOSITION + OBJECT

Many verbs in English are followed by certain prepositions - some are followed by only one preposition (insist (up)on, accuse of, attend to etc.), while others can be followed by several prepositions (listen to/in on/, look at/for/into/on etc.).
In a construction verb + preposition + object we can place the adverb either after the object or before the preposition:

- I listened to her story carefully. (V + prep. + O + A) or
- I listened carefully to her story. (V + A + prep. + O)
- He replied to my letter quickly.
- He replied quickly to my letter.

Once again, if the object is long (containing several words) it affects the position of the adverb -we put the adverb before the preposition:

- I listened carefully to her story about the adventures in Africa. (the object is underlined)
- He replied quickly to my letter I sent him in a fit of anger

PRACTICE:

Determine the best word order for the adverb of manner.

  1. Select your response from the list. 
  2. Compare your response to the feedback by clicking the "Check"

1.
dog begging   




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3.
baby

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5.
proud fisherman

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7.
fortune teller 

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9.
delivery  

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11.
working late

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13.
disc jockey

14.
dancing toucan

15.
actress


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