Katie speaks French fluently.
How does Katie speak French?
Fluently
David is running quickly.• How is David running?
Quickly
Noha treats her friends well.
• How does Noha treat her friends?
well
Fluently-Quickly-Well
are
Adverbs
Give me more examples of adverbs
I did the exam easily.He speaks loudly.She behaves badly.
What does an adverb describe?
An adverb describes a verb
Katie speaks French fluently
How does she speak?Fluently
Adverbs of manner
describe how the verb is
done
More examplesHe runs quickly.She speaks politely.It worked automatically.
Formation of AdverbsAdjectives
Bad-quick-recent
Possible-probable-incredible
Easy-lucky-heavy
Hopeful-beautiful-careful
Basic-automatic
Adverbs
Badly-quickly-recently
Possibly-probably-incredibly
Easily-luckily-heavily
Hopefully-beautifully-carefully
Basically-automatically
Rule
We add (ly) to the adjective
For adjectives ending in –le, we drop the- e and add -y
For adjectives ending in a consonant + y , we drop the –y and add -ily
For adjectives ending in –l , we add -ly
For adjectives ending in –ic, we usually add -ally
Irregular adverbsAdjectives
Good
Fast
Hard
Early
late
High
Low
Right
Wrong
Adverbs
well
fast
hard
early
late
high
low
right
wrong
• Ben is a fast runner. (adjective)• Ben runs fast. (adverb)
• He wrote the right answer. (adjective)• His answer is right.(adverb)
Some adverbs have the same form as adjectives
• Hard, fast, high, low, early, late, right, wrong
What are the differences in meaning between each pair of adverbs?
• Hard-hardly
• Late-lately
Hard-hardly
• She is working hard these days.(hard= with effort)• I could hardly hear him at the back.(Hardly= scarcely)
(Hard –hardly) are both adverbs
Late-lately
• Nick arrived late at work.(late= not early)• What have you been doing lately?(lately =recently)
(Late-lately) are both adverbs
Friendly-likely-lively-lonely-lovely-silly- ugly
• Are these words adverbs as they all end in–ly?
• They are adjectives.
How do we form their adverbs?
• We use the phrase (in a …..way) to form their adverbs.
• He greeted me in a friendly way.• She was speaking in a lively way.• They behaved in a silly way.