Primary Longman Elect 6B Chapter 5 Adverbs of manner

Adverbs of manner We use adverbs to describe an action. We usually add ly to an adjective to form an adverb. The adverb comes after the verb in a sentence. Ted is quiet. Ted sits quietly. verb adverb

Adverbs of manner When the adjective ends with –y, we change the y to i, then add ly. The girl is laughing happily.

Adverbs Sometimes the adjective and the adverb are the same. The boy is late. The boy woke up late this morning.

Adverbs Adjectives Spelling rules Examples brave  bravely quick  quickly rude  rudely Usually add ly angry  angrily happy  happily Adjectives ending with -y change y to i, then add ly hard  hard fast  fast late  late Others no change OR good  well change the whole word

Practice 1 brave  bravely 2 kind  kindly 3 warm  warmly 4 angry  5 fast  6 excited  7 bad  8 hard  9 careful  bravely kindly warmly angrily fast excitedly badly hard carefully

We use adverbs to describe verbs. Key structure I hurt my knee badly. We use adverbs to describe verbs. We usually add –ly or –ily to adjectives to form adverbs. Sometimes we don’t: e.g. She is fast. She runs fast. Adjectives brave kind warm careful excited bad Adverbs bravely kindly warmly carefully excitedly badly Adjectives angry happy hard fast Adverbs angrily happily hard fast

Practice Choose the correct answers. 1 Tom read the poem / . I wish I could be / like him. 2 My brother is / but my sister doesn’t study / . 3 We should all be / on Charity Day. Please give / . confident confidently confident confidently diligent diligently diligent diligently generous generously generous generously

Practice Choose the correct answers. 4 He carried the candle / . He was / because he did not want to drop it. 5 Katie is a / pupil. She always does / in tests. careful carefully careful carefully good well good well

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