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Learn about adverbs of manner, like 'slowly', 'quickly', and 'beautifully'. Simple explanations and exercises to help you understand.
What Are Adverbs of Manner?
Adverbs of manner show us how something happens or is done.
Adverbs of Manner: Formation
Adverbs of manner are made by adding "-ly" to the end of an adjective. For example:
Angry → angrily
Quick → quickly
Tip!
Pay attention to the spelling of adverbs. When an adjective ends in -y, change the -y to '-i' and then add –ly. For example:
Happy → happily
Easy → easily
Adverbs of Manner: Placement
Adverbs of manner modify the main verb, so they come after the main verb. For example:
She drives carefully.
He walks slowly.
Comparative and Superlative Adverbs of Manner
Adverbs of manner can form comparative and superlative adverbs. Comparative adverbs are used to compare two things and express a higher degree of an action or state. A superlative adverb expresses the highest degree of a quality between three or more actions or states.
Adverbs that do not end in '-ly' take '-er' at the end to form the comparative and '-est' to form the superlative. For example:
Fast | faster | fastest |
|---|---|---|
Soon | sooner | soonest |
Hard | harder | hardest |
For adverbs that end in -ly, 'more' is added to make the comparative form, and 'the most' is used to make the superlative form. For example:
He finished the test more quickly than his friend.
She speaks Spanish the most fluently out of all the students in her class.
Quiz:
Which of the following is the correct adverb of manner formed from the adjective "happy"?
happly
happily
happyly
happy
Sort the words to form a grammatically correct sentence.
Complete the sentence with the correct adverb of manner based on the giver adjective.
The child smiled
(happy) when she saw her favorite toy.
He ran
(fast) than anyone else in the race.
The artist painted the portrait
(careful).
The children laughed
(loud).
The team worked
(hard) to meet the deadline.
Which sentence correctly uses a superlative adverb of manner?
She runs the fastest among her team.
He works harder than his colleague.
They play more carefully than we do.
The teacher explains clearliest than everyone.
Complete the tables by filling in the blanks for the comparative and superlative forms of adverbs of manner.
| Adverb | Comparative Form |
|---|---|
angrily | |
carefully | |
easily | |
hard | |
fast |
| Adverb | Superlative Form |
|---|---|
angrily | |
carefully | |
easily | |
hard | |
fast |
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