1. ADVERB MANNER
PREPARED BY:
SUTASINI
KASTHURI
PATRISHA
VHINAHSHINI
LU SHIAU YEE

2. ADVERB
 Adverbs are used to modify a verb, an
adjective, or another adverb:
 [1] Mary sings beautifully
[2] David is extremely clever
[3] This car goes incredibly fast

3. Formal Characteristics of
Adverbs
 Most adverbs of manner are formed by adding ‘-ly’
to an adjective, but sometimes other
spelling changes are needed.
 We cannot form adverbs from adjectives that end in
‘-ly’.
 Some adverbs have the same form as adjectives.
 We do not use adverbs after link verbs, you use
adjectives.
 Adverbs of manner are sometimes prepositional
phrases or noun groups.

4. Spelling rules for adding -
ly
 In most cases, ly is simply added to the
positive form of the adjective.
For example:
Adjective sad beautiful quick soft
Adverb sadly beautifully quickly softly

5. Adjectives ending in -ic
 However, when the adjective ends in ic, the
syllable al is usually added before the ly ending.
 For example:
Adjective Dramatic Specific Scientific
Adverb Dramatically Specifically Scientifically

6. . Adjectives ending in le
 When the adjective ends in le preceded by a
consonant, the final e is usually changed to y,
to form the ly ending.
 For example:
Adjective favourable humble simple
Adverb favourably humbly simply

7.  When the adjective ends in le preceded by a
vowel, in most cases, ly is simply added to the
positive form of the adjective.
For example:
Adjective Agile Sole
Adverb Agilely Solely
 However, in the case of the adjective whole, the
final e is removed before the ending ly is added:
Adjective Whole
Adeverb wholly

8. Adjectives ending in ll
 When the adjective ends in ll, only y is added.
For example:
Adjective Dull Full Shrill
Adverb Dully Fully Shrilly
 Adjectives ending in ue
When the adjective ends in ue, the final e is
usually omitted before the ending ly is added.
For example:
Adjective Due True
Adverb Duly Truly

9. Adjectives ending in y
 When the adjective ends in y preceded by a
consonant, the y is usually changed to i before
the ending ly is added. For example:
Adjective Busy Easy Happy
Adverb busily Easily Happily
 However, in the case of the adjectives shy and
sly, ly is simply added to the positive form of the
adjective:
Adjective Shy Sly
Adverb Shyly Slyly

10.  When the adjective ends in y preceded by a
vowel, in most cases, ly is simply added to the
positive form of the adjective. For example:
Adjective Coy Grey
Adverb Coyly Greyly
 However, in the case of the adjective gay, y is
changed to i before the ending ly is added:
Adjective Gay
Adverb Gaily

11. Adverbs which do not use the
 The adverb of manner well appears unrelated to
ending ly
the corresponding adjective, good. Good and
well both have the comparative form better and
the superlative form best.
Adjective Good
Adverb Well

12.  It should be noted that in addition to being used
as an adverb, the word well can also be used as
an adjective with the meaning healthy. The
adjective well is most often used as a predicate
adjective.
e.g. Well used as an Adjective: I hope you are
well.
Well used as an Adverb: He did well on the
examination.
In the first example, well is a predicate adjective,
modifying the pronoun you. In the second
example, well is an adverb of manner, modifying
the verb did.

13.  The following table gives examples of adverbs of
manner, location, time and frequency which
have the same forms as the corresponding
adjectives.
Adjective Fast Hard Little Loud Much Straigh
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Adverb Fast Hard Little Loud Much Straight