TECHNICAL EDUCATIONAL  INSTITUTION OF COMMERCE

VIRGINIA GÓMEZ    CIENAGA - MAGDALENA- 2022

 AREA:     ENGLISH                                                                       

NAME_______________________ GRADE 10         DATE ________________  

TEACHER: CARMEN ESCOBAR ACOSTA

ADVERBS OF MANNER

Adverbs of manner are invariable words that modify verbs, adjectives, 

and other adverbs. They indicate how an action occurs or develops

Los ADVERBS OF MANNER son palabras invariables que modifican a 

verbos, adjetivos y a otros adverbios. Indican de qué manera ocurre o se

 desarrolla una acción.  

We can use adverbs in many ways, from describing how often we do 

something to   where we do it. 

What about adverbs of manner? 

What are they for and how do we use them? 

(Podemos usar adverbios de muchas maneras, desde describir

 con qué frecuencia hacemos algo hasta dónde lo hacemos. 

¿Y los adverbios de modo? 

¿Para qué sirven y cómo los usamos? 

Adverbs of manner tell us how something happens. 

(Los adverbios de modo nos dicen cómo sucede algo. )

EXAMPLE

 1- They dress elegantly.

2- Some elderly people drive slowly. (• Algunas personas mayores conducen 

despacio)

·3- She works very hard 

HOW TO CREATE AN ADVERB OF MANNER

To make adverbs of manner, we usually add -ly to the adjective. For example,

·         quick – quickly

·         careful – carefully

·         gentle – gently

When an adjective ends in -y we change the -y to -i then add -ly. Cuando 

un adjetivo

termina en -y cambiamos la -y a -i y luego agregamos ly. 

 For example,

·         happy – happily

·         greedy – greedily

·         easy – easily

However, there are also some irregular adverbs:

·         good – well

·         hard – hard

·         fast – fast

·         late – late

·         straight – straight

·         high – high

Where does an adverb of manner go in a sentence?

In most cases, adverbs of manner come after a verb.( En la mayoría de los 

casos, 

los adverbios de modo van después de un verbo)

EXAMPLE

·         We dress casually on Fridays.

·         Athletes run very fast.

·         The students are listening attentively.

Sometimes however, the adverb is put before the verb to add 

emphasis to the  meaning. (A veces, sin embargo,

 el adverbio se pone antes del verbo para agregar 

énfasis al significado)

 EAMPLE

·         She hurriedly opened the present.

·         They sadly left before we arrived.

·         I quickly ran to the shops.

If there are two verbs in the sentence, the position of 

the adverb can change the 

meaning. (Si hay dos verbos en la oración, la posición 

del adverbio puede cambiar 

el significado.)

 EXAMPLE

·         They accepted the offer immediately and moved out.

·         They accepted the offer and moved out immediately.

 RULES OF HOW ADVERBS OF MANNER ARE FORMED

ADJECTIVES	RULE
TERMINADOS EN  CONSONANTE  MÁS -Y	Se susituye la -Y por una -i más la terminación -LY	EasyFácil	Easily Fácilmente
		Angry Enfadado	Angrily Furiosamente
TERMINADOS EN -IC	Se le añade la terminación  -ALLY	Tragic Trágico	TragicallyT rágicamente
		Magic Mágico	Magically Mágicamente
TERMINADOS EN -LE	Se conserva la -L y se sustituye la -E por la -Y	Horrible Horrible	Horribly Horriblemente
		Terrible Terrible	Terribly Terriblemente
TERMINADOS EN -L	Se añade -LY	Beautiful Bonita/o	Beautifully Hermosamente
		General General	Generally Generalmente
EXCEPCIONES	No sufren ningún cambio	Fast Rápido	Fast Rápidamente
		HardDuro	Hard Duramente
	Cambian totalmente	Good Bien	WellBien

 

Rule 1: The suffix –ly.

Adding the suffix –ly is one of the most common ways to form  adverbs including 

Adverbs of manner. Agregar el sufijo –ly es una de las formas más comunes 

de formar adverbios, incluidos los adverbios de modo

Most often we form adverbs in this way from monosyllabic words.

Sweet—sweetly

Clear- clearly

Brave- bravely

Rule 2:

 By adding the suffix -lly

We add the -lly suffix most often to words that have two or more syllables.

• comically
• amorally

Rule 3:

By adding the suffix –ily.

We add the suffix –ily when forming an adverb from an  adjective when the 

adjective ends with the vowel -y.

• heavy – heavily
• lucky – luckily 

Rule 4: late and lately.

Many students often confuse late and lately, thinking that  lately is 

late + -ly made from late.

But in fact, late and lately are two completely different adverbs.

She knew it was too late to do anything.

What have you been doing lately?

Rule 5: Hard and hardly.

Many students also often confuse hard and hardly,

 thinking  that hardly is hard + ly made from hard. And this is also not true.

Hard and hardly are two completely different adverbs. Hard and hardly have

 different meanings.

A good man is hard to find.

False tongue will hardly speak truth

Rule 6: 

An adjective becomes an adverb without changing its form.

Among the adverbs, there are such adverbs that are formed from adjectives, 

but at the same time, these adjectives do not change in any way. 

(Entre los adverbios, hay adverbios que se forman a partir de adjetivos,  

pero al mismo tiempo, estos adjetivos no  cambian de ninguna manera.)

Look at the following list, remember that these 

words all look the same  as adjectives and adverbs:

,fast, Early,  Deep, Long, Near, Late, Far, High, Wide,Hard, Low, straight

                                                                  

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