Word of adverbs of manner

Adverbs of Manner!

Adverbs can be simply defined as a word or a phrase that modifies or qualifies an adjective. There are two main types of adverbs of manner, that are described below.

What are Adverbs of Manner?

They are usually formed from an adjective by adding -ly.

We are categorizing them into two basic categories:

1. Positive Manner
2. Negative Manner

There are some adverbs that can be used as positive as well as negative. Examples of Such are at the end of this article.

Note:

we do not use adverbs with link words:

i.e. Elena Looks happy. (Happily) (Instead, use Adjectives)

Adverbs of Manner List / Adverb of manner list

There is a list of adverbs of manners examples. These words are very useful in our writings and speaking. If you have a clear difference between Positive and Negative adverbs of manner you can better utilise these words in your conversation.

 Positive Manner

• Openly
• Perfectly
• Politely
• Justly
• Kindly
• Neatly
• Powerfully
• Boldly
• Bravely
• Calmly
• Carefully
• Promptly
• Quickly
• Easily
• Elegantly
• Equally
• Rapidly
• Quietly
• Well
• Beautifully
• Cautiously
• Cheerfully
• Honestly
• Generously
• Gently
• Joyously
• Eagerly
• Gladly
• Faithfully
• Frankly
• Obediently
• Patiently

List of adverbs of manner / Negative Manner

• Blindly
• Carelessly
• Cruelly
• Angrily
• Anxiously
• Greedily
• Hastily
• Hungrily
• Roughly
• Rudely
• Nervously
• Painfully
• Sadly
• Selfishly
• Awkwardly
• Badly
• Foolishly
• Frantically
• Lazily
• Loudly
• Shyly
• Stupidly
• Suspiciously
• Poorly
• Recklessly
• Violently
• Tensely
• Noisily
• Madly
• Inadequately
• Irritably

Positive/Negative Manner List

• Hungrily
• Inadequately
• Angrily
• Hastily
• Blindly
• Carelessly
• Anxiously
• Awkwardly
• Lazily
• Loudly
• Badly
• Frantically
• Noisily
• Madly
• Cruelly
• Stupidly
• Suspiciously
• Violently
• Roughly
• Selfishly
• Shyly
• Nervously
• Painfully
• Poorly
• Recklessly
• Greedily
• Tensely
• Foolishly
• Irritably
• Rudely
• Sadly

Adverbs of Manner is related to the happening of something. It suggests or Depicts how something happens.

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Related: List of Adverbs of Time
Related: List of Adverbs of Frequency
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Related: List of Adverbs of Degree

Position of Adverbs of Manner

We can use the adverb of the manner in the following Positions in a sentence.

1. It usually comes after the main verb.

Examples:

• He works faster.
• She can cook nicely.
• He ran quickly.
• I will eat later.
• He sings beautifully.
• He played well.
• The dog ran fast (fast is an irregular verb so don’t say ‘fastly’)
• He tried hard. (Hardly)

1. Sometimes adverbs of manner come after the direct object.

Examples:

• He can beat the drum harder.
• She can makeup Bridals Beautifully.
• She types the message hurriedly.

1. We can also use the adverb of manner before a verb in some cases.

Examples:

• She can Beautifully Makeup Bridals.
• She hurriedly types the message.

Note: we can never place an adverb of manner between a verb and its direct object.

Example:

• She types hurriedly the message. (Incorrect)
• She hurriedly types the message. (Correct)

1. In the case of a sentence with preposition always use the adverb of manner before preposition or after the main object.

Examples:

• He can play nicely in the game. (correct)
• He can play in the game, nicely. (correct)

1. Sometimes we use the adverb of manner at the start of a sentence.

Examples:

• Hardly and barely, we crossed the river.

1. When more than one verbs are in a sentence.

When there is more than one verb in a sentence, the position of the adverb is very important.

1. Placed with verb (It will modify the meaning of verb)
2. At the end of the sentence (it describes the manner of the whole action described in the clause)

Examples:

• She slowly decided to leave the party. (slowly modifies decided.)
• She decided to leave the party slowly. (slowly modifies leave the party.)

1. Case of Intransitive verbs. (Verbs without object)

The adverb of manner should place immediately after the verb.

Examples:

His enemies were killed badly.

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It is defined as the adverbs or phrases that qualifies or modifies an adjective.

Наречия образа действия в английском языке (adverbs of manner) отвечают на вопрос «как?» и говорят о том, каким образом что-то происходит. Примеры наречий образа действия (выделены жирным шрифтом):

He swims fast. How does he swim? — fast.
Он плавает быстро. Как он плавает? — Быстро.

She sings beautifully. How does she sing? — beautifully.
Она поёт прекрасно. Как она поёт? — Прекрасно.

I opened the door wide. How did I open the door? — wide.
Я широко открыл дверь. Как я открыл дверь? — Широко.

She quickly finished her dinner. How did she finish? — quickly.
Она быстро закончила ужин. Как она закончила? — Быстро.

Как правило, наречия образа действия образуются от прилагательных путём добавления суффикса –ly, например:

bad -> badly; quiet -> quietly; recent -> recently; sudden -> suddenly.

В некоторых случаях при добавлении суффикса –ly происходит изменение написания прилагательного-основы:

easy -> easily; gentle -> gently.

Если прилагательное заканчивается на –ly, то для выражения образа действия используется выражение in a … way:

Silly -> He behaved in a silly way. — Он вёл себя глупо.
Friendly -> She spoke in a friendly way. — Она говорила по-дружески.

Некоторые наречия образа действия имеют такой же вид, как и прилагательное:

They all worked hard. — Все они упорно трудились.
She usually arrives late. — Она, как правило, приходит поздно.
I hate driving fast. — Я ненавижу ездить быстро.

ЗАМЕЧАНИЕ. Наречиями образа действия являются именно hard и late, hardly и lately имеют другой смысл:

He could hardly walk. = It was difficult for him to walk. (Он с трудом мог ходить.)
I haven’t seen John lately. = I haven’t seen John recently. (Я не видел Джона в последнее время.)

Обычно наречия образа действия ставят после глагола или после дополнения к глаголу:

He swims well, (after the main verb).
Он плавает хорошо, (после глагола).

He plays the flute beautifully, (after the object).
Он играет на флейте прекрасно, (после дополнения).

ВНИМАНИЕ! Нельзя ставить наречие образа действия между глаголом и дополнением:

I opened wide the door. — WRONG (НЕПРАВИЛЬНО)
I opened the door wide. — RIGHT (ПРАВИЛЬНО)
Я широко открыл дверь.

He ate greedily the chocolate cake. — WRONG (НЕПРАВИЛЬНО)
He ate the chocolate cake greedily. — RIGHT (ПРАВИЛЬНО)
Он жадно ел шоколадный торт (пирожное).

Если перед дополнением стоит предлог, например at (= у, около), towards (= в направлении к), то можно поставить наречие либо перед предлогом, либо после дополнения:

The child ran happily towards his mother. (наречие перед предлогом)
Ребёнок радостно побежал к матери.

The child ran towards his mother happily. (наречие после дополнения)
Ребёнок побежал к матери с радостью.

Иногда для эмфазы (подчёркивания, акцента) наречие образа действия ставят перед связкой глагол + дополнение:

He gently woke the sleeping woman.
Он осторожно разбудил спящую женщину.

She hurriedly typed the email.
Она поспешно напечатала электронное письмо.

Читая рассказы на английском языке или другие литературные произведения, можно встретить наречие образа действия, стоящее в начале предложения. Это делается для привлечения в нему внимания и чтобы заинтриговать читателя:

Slowly, carefully, she opened the box.
Медленно, осторожно она открыла ящик.

Располагая наречие таким образом, вы завлекаете читателя, пробуждая в нём желание узнать больше. Что находится в ящике? Почему она открывает его медленно и осторожно?

Но некоторые наречия образа действия всегда следует располагать после глагола. Это наречия well (хорошо), badly (плохо), hard (усердно, старательно), fast (быстро):

The team well played. — WRONG (НЕПРАВИЛЬНО)
The team played well. — RIGHT (ПРАВИЛЬНО)
Команда играла хорошо.

Примеры:

He performed badly.
Он плохо выступил.

The students tried hard (замечание: наречием образа действия является hard, не употребляйте hardly).
Студенты упорно старались.

The dogs ran fast (замечание: наречием образа действия является fast, не употребляйте fastly).
Собаки бежали быстро.

Наречие образа действия всегда должно ставиться после непереходного глагола (напомним, что непереходными называются глаголы, выражающие действия, которые не переходят непосредственно на предмет или лицо; за такими глаголами не может следовать прямое дополнение):

The town grew quickly.
Город рос быстро.

He waited patiently.
Он ждал терпеливо.

Место наречия важно, если в предложении имеется более одного глагола. Если наречие находится рядом с глаголом, оно изменяет действие, описываемое этим глаголом. Если наречие ставится в конце придаточного предложения, оно модифицирует всё действие этого предложения.

В качестве примера приведём пары предложений, между которыми легко заметить разницу в смысле, зависящую от положения наречия образа действия в предложении:

She quickly agreed to re-type the letter (= her agreement was quick).
Она быстро согласилась перепечатать письмо (= согласие было быстрым).
She agreed to re-type the letter quickly (= the re-typing was quick).
Она согласилась перепечатать письмо быстро (= перепечатка была быстрой).

He quietly asked me to leave the house (= his request was quiet).
Он тихо попросил меня покинуть дом (= просьба была тихой).
He asked me to leave the house quietly (= the leaving was quiet).
Он попросил меня покинуть дом тихо (= уход был тихий).

Если вы хотите дополнить наречие образа действия, то в большинстве случаев можете воспользоваться словами a bit (немного), quite (вполне), most (наиболее), fairly (довольно), really (действительно), very (очень), extremely (чрезвычайно) и т.д. Эти слова всегда должны стоять перед наречием:

Very carefully, she carried the baby upstairs.
Очень осторожно она несла ребёнка наверх.

She carried the baby upstairs very carefully.
Она несла ребёнка наверх очень осторожно.

She very carefully carried the baby upstairs.
Она очень осторожно несла ребёнка наверх.

В заключение приведём список наиболее употребительных английских наречий образа действия:

• angrily — сердито, гневно
• badly — плохо
• beautifully — красиво, чудно
• calmingly — успокаивающе
• carefully — осторожно, внимательно, аккуратно, бережно
• cautiously — осторожно, осмотрительно
• cleverly — умно
• dangerously — опасно
• eagerly — горячо
• excitedly — азартно
• foolishly — глупо, бессмысленно, нелепо
• fast — быстро
• furiously — бешено, гневно
• greedily — жадно
• happily — счастливо, весело, успешно, удачно
• hard — жёстко, твёрдо, тяжело, сильно, упорно
• hurriedly — наспех, наскоро
• kindly — любезно, доброжелательно, приятно
• nervously — нервно
• politely — вежливо
• quickly — быстро
• quietly — тихо, спокойно
• secretly — тайно
• silently — молча, потихоньку
• slowly — медленно
• softly — мягко, тихо
• stupidly — тупо
• unhappily — к несчастью
• well — хорошо, вполне, правильно, отлично
• wickedly — нечестиво
• willingly — охотно, с готовностью
• wisely — мудро

In this lesson, we are learning Adverbs of manner: how to use them correctly.

Adverbs of manner are adverbs that you must know and be able to use correctly if you want your speech to sound interesting and varied.

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Why do we need Adverbs of manner?

We use Adverbs of manner to describe how, in what way, we perform actions.

We often use such adverbs because every day we have to talk about what we have done, are doing, or are going to do in the future. The actions that we describe are often accompanied by the Adverbs of manner.

That is why the group of these adverbs is large and very diverse.

The Adverbs of manner answers the questions:

• How?
• In what way?

We have to know that the money is being spent wisely.
It’s worked beautifully so far.
Who can speak loudly?

Rules of How Adverbs of Manner are formed

There are several types of how Adverbs of manner are formed. Let’s take a closer look at them.

Rule 1: The suffix –ly.

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

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.

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

TIP: Learn these adjectives so you don’t make mistakes when trying to add suffixes to them.

Adverbs of Manner: how to use them in a sentence

Adverbs of Manner in a sentence most often play the role of circumstances.

We can use Adverbs of Manner in different places. For example:

Rule: We can use Adverbs of Manner right after the verb or after the object.

Adverbs of Manner determine how the action takes place. Therefore, we often put such adverbs right after the verb described by the adverb.

He stepped boldly forward to speak.

Rule: Adverbs of Manner cannot stand between a verb and its direct object.

If a sentence contains a verb and a direct object of the verb, then in such a sentence the adverb cannot come after the verb.

We don’t put an adverb of manner between the verb and its direct object!

In such sentences, we put Adverbs of Manner before the verb or at the end of the sentence.

Correct: He bravely blinked his tears.
Correct: He blinked his tears bravely.
Incorrect: He blinked bravely his tears.

Correct: She carefully preserved all her letters.
Correct: She preserved all her letters carefully.
Incorrect: She preserved carefully all her letters.

Rule: If there is a preposition before the object with a verb …

If a sentence contains a verb and an object between which there is a preposition, then in such a sentence we can put Adverbs of Manner before the preposition or after the object.

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Rule: At the end of the sentence.

We often put adverbs of manner at the end of a sentence. We can put adverbs of manner at the end of a sentence after the verb and after the direct object.

She held the baby gently.
She looked at her son and sighed happily.

Rule: After an intransitive verb

Where to put an adverb of manner if there is an intransitive verb in the sentence?

First, let’s remember what intransitive verbs are.

Intransitive verbs are those verbs to which a direct object is not attached. In other words, intransitive verbs have no direct object.

If there is such a case in a sentence, then we always put the adverb of manner after such an intransitive verb.

My brother lives happily in his house.

Rule: Adverbs hard, fast, well, badly after the verb.

We almost always put the adverbs hard, fast, well, badly after the verb.

Many shops are doing badly because of the economic situation.

The senator worked hard.

Rule: Adverbs of manner in fiction

In fiction, the place of an adverb of manner may depend not on the rules of English grammar, but the desire of the author of the text.

We can put an adverb at the beginning of a sentence if we focus not on the action, but on how or in what way the action was done.

Rule: If there are two or more verbs in a sentence …

If the sentence contains two or more verbs, then we put an adverb of manner with the verb that expresses the most important action in terms of meaning.

She’d thrown herself into it with gritted teeth, recklessly taking on more than she could handle.

When the storm arose on the river, they had to bale out to reach the shore safely.

Accurately, our radar pinpointed the attacking planes.

If there is more than one verb in a sentence, we must remember that if we put an adverb before the verb or after the verb, then the adverb will only describe this verb.

If we want the adverb to characterize all verbs, we put the adverb at the end of the sentence.

Adverbs and adjectives: how to avoid confusion

We use the following rules to distinguish between adverb and adjective:

Rule1 : Supporting questions.

Auxiliary questions What? How? In what way? help to distinguish an adjective from an adverb of manner.

An adverb of manner answers the questions of how and in what way?

An adjective answers the question what?

He slid safely into the third base.

The team was safe.

Rule 2: Verbs-exceptions.

There are some verbs after which we can only use an adjective.

When we see such a verb, we know for sure that after it there is an adjective and not an adverb of manner.

Most often these are verbs that describe feelings, sensations or thought processes.

• to be
• to smell
• to taste
• to feel
• to seem
• to appear
• to look
• to sound

That meat smells rotten.

The leader seems inspiring.

Examples of Adverbs of manner

Take a look at these sentences with adverbs of manner. These examples will help you remember the lesson better.

His policies were severely criticized.

He strode angrily into the classroom.

They analyzed the situation closely.

The school is widely admired for its excellent teaching.

Give me a call to let me know you’ve arrived safely.

I don’t think you are being entirely truthful.

Her tears flowed freely.

I barely restrained myself from hitting him.

He slowly backed his car into the garage.

She held the coin carefully between finger and thumb.

A muscle in his jaw pulsed angrily.

He angrily haggled the door into pieces.

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