Adverbs of Manner

Most adverbs of manner are made by adding -ly to their corresponding . . . .

• noun

• verb

• adjective

• pronoun

I could hear my neighbours shouting _______ at each other.

• angry

• angrily

• anger

• angerily

• angery

The ballerina moved _______ as she danced.

• softly

• politely

• gracefully

• grossly

• expensively

We waited _______ for the bus to arrive.

• punctually

• promptly

• patiently

• diligently

• politely

I couldn't hear him because he was speaking too _______.

• eagerly

• silently

• loudly

• gently

• softly

I tried _______, but I couldn't win the race.

• hard

• hardly

• hardily

• harder

• hardest

My sister plays the piano _______.

• goodly

• welly

• awfully

• better

• hardly

If you do something you don't really want to do, you do it _______.

• eagerly

• patiently

• arrogantly

• reluctantly

• accidentally

If you're telling the police exactly what happened, you're speaking _______.

• truthfully

• rightfully

• exactly

• falsely

• factly

The stars shine _______ in the sky.

• bright

• brights

• brightly

• brighter

• brightily