Adverbs of Manner - extra

• Engels
• Middelbare school
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• Leerjaar 1

Adverbs of Manner

Read through the explanation and answer the questions

Lesson Goals

By the end of this lesson, you will

• Know the rules about the Adverbs of Manner
• Know how to make the Adverbs of Manner
• Have made sentences using an adverb of manner

When and where do you use it?

Adverbs of Manner describe how someone/something does. So it focuses on the verb. 

When using the Adverbs of Manner, you put them after the first verb or at the end of the sentence. 

Example:

She sings beautifully.

How does it work?

How do you make an Adverb of Manner?

Regular Adjective (bijvoegelijk naamwoord) ---> + LY (quietly, carefully)

IMPORTANT:

Adjective ending on a Y ---> Y=i + LY (heavily, angrily)

Adjectives ending in LE ---> remove LE and add LY (terrible = terribly)

Irregular adjectives do not change or change completely

How does it work: Examples

Regular:

---> Quick = Quickly / Slow = Slowly / Polite = Politely

Ending in Y 

---> Easy = Easily / Noisy = Noisily

Ending in LE 

---> Gentle = Gently / Simple = Simply / Possible = Possibly

Irregular

---> Complete change: Good = Well

---> No change: Fast = Fast / Hard = Hard / Late = Late / Early = Early

What are Adverbs of Manner?

1. How often something happens
2. How something is done

Where do you put the Adverb of Manner

1. In front of the (first) verb
2. After the (first) verb

Which is not an "Adverb of Manner"?

1. Slowly
2. Happily
3. Suddenly
4. Almost

Choose the correct adverb:
He runs .............

1. Fast
2. Fastly
3. Fastily
4. Fasts

Choose the correct adverb
She draws .............

1. terriblely
2. terriblily
3. terribly
4. terriblly

Choose the correct adverb
The cat meows

1. Loud
2. Loudily
3. Loudly