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