Adverbs of Manner

Adverbs of Manner add more information to verbs to make them more specific. For example “He ran” doesn’t say much about how he ran. If you add an adverb it will solve this problem: “He ran quickly” gives us more information and sounds better.

Adverbs of Manner always come after a verb and can be used with words like very or too. Adverbs of Manner are adjectives that almost always end with –ly, though some are also irregular.

Lesson by Seb, teacher at EC Cape Town English school
 

Link: How to use adjectives and adverbs

• 1. When my teacher talks too ___, it's difficult to understand him.
  
  quickly
  slowly
  quickly
  
  
• 2. I always study ___ for a big test.
  
  goodly
  hard
  hardly
  
  
• 3. My dad used to shout ___ when he was angry.
  
  noise
  loudly
  loud
  
  
• 4. Please try to behave ___ when you meet my family.
  
  softly
  quickly
  normally
  
  
• 5. She did ___ in her tennis match last week. She won.
  
  well
  bad
  goodly
  
  
• 6. Please close the door ___ when you enter my room.
  
  gently
  successfully
  stupidly
  
  
• 7. I'm sitting ___ so I don't want to move.
  
  comfortably
  normally
  quickly
  
  
• 8. My husband sings ___ when he's in the shower. Even the neighbours can hear him.
  
  bigly
  enthusiastically
  quietly
  
  
• 9. She laughs ___ at my jokes.
  
  happily
  well
  angrily
  
  
• 10. Sometimes I need my teacher to talk more ___ so I can hear her better.
  
  successfully
  slowly
  hardly