1. Adverbs of
manner
By Marlon Ovando
January, 2011

2. Example 1
 Beyoncé is a famous singer.
 She has a beautiful voice.
 Her voice is beautiful.
 She sings beautifully

3. Example 2
 Helen can drive a car.
 Helen is a slow driver.
 She drives slowly.
 She’sa careful driver, too.
 She drives carefully.

4. Example 3
 Sarah is working.
 She is happy.
 She is a happy worker.
 She always works happily.

5. Example 4
 Messy is a soccer player.
 He’s a good soccer player.
 He can play soccer well.
 He’sa fast player, too.
 He plays really fast.

6. Adjectives
 Beyoncé is a beautiful singer.
 Helen is a slow driver.
 Sarah is happy.
 Messy is a good soccer player.
Beautiful, happy and good are adjectives.
Adjectives describe nouns.

7. Adverbs of manner
 Beyoncé sings beautifully.
 Helen drives slowly.
 Sarah works happily.
 Messy plays soccer well.
beautifully, slowly, happily, and well are
adverbs of manner.
Adverbs of manner describe verbs. They
describe the way the action is performed.

8. Forming Adverbs of Manner
Adjective Adverb What changes?
beautiful beautifully
slow slowly Adjective + LY
bad badly
happy happily Adjectives that
finish in –Y
noisy noisily change –Y by –I
easy easily and add LY
good well
fast fast Irregular forms
hard hard