Adverbs of Manner

Adverbs of Manner

Adverbs of Manner

Adverbs of manner tell us about verbs.

They describe how somebody does something or

how something happens

Examples

• She answered the phone quickly.

• She sang beautifully in the concert.

Adjectives (NOT ADVERBS)

tell us about nouns.

Examples:

• They had a quick conversation.

Most Adverbs of manner are formed by

adding -LY to the adjective.

• quick - quickly

• nervous - nervously

• careful - carefully

There are also some adjectives which end in -ly

(Friendly,lively,lonely,lovely,silly)

In these cases, we usually use a phrase instead of an adverb: in a friendly way, in a lively way.

Rules:

When the adjective ends in -y, we change the y to i and add -ly.

Examples:

Angry - Angrily

happy - Happily

noisy - noisily

There are some irregular adverbs

good - well

fast - fast

late - late

hard - hard