1. Primary Longman Elect
6B Chapter 5
Adverbs of manner

2. 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

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

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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. The End