Adverbs with Ly

Adverbs of manner

By Aline Infante

Adverbs of manner

An adverb modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb.

Adverbs of manner answer the question "how?"

They are used only to describe verbs.

We form adverbs of manner by adding -ly to an adjective.

"slow - slowly"

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Rules

Change -y to -i. "easy - easily".

Double the final consonant. "fearful - fearfully".

Drop the final le. "possible - possibly".​

Add -ally if ends in -ic. "tragic - tragically".

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Some adverbs are irregular: "good-well", "fast - fast", "early - early", "hard - hard".​

Multiple Choice

Adverbs of manner are used to describe...

• another adverb

• only verbs

• adjectives

• adverbs, adjectives, and verbs

Multiple Choice

We walked ________ to the car.

• quick

• quickli

• quickly

• quicker

Multiple Choice

Saul plays the piano ________

• beautiful

• beatifuly

• beautifuler

• beautifully

Multiple Choice

The speaker explained his idea _________

• scientifically

• scientific

• scientificly

• scientificcally

Multiple Choice

We will _______ meet you at the park.

• probable

• probabley

• probably

• probabely