ADVERBS OF MANNER Lecturer Maja urasovi Form adjective

ADVERBS OF MANNER Lecturer: Maja Đurasović

Form � adjective + -ly Adjective slow lucky Adverb slowly luckily

Exceptions in spelling E is dropped in true, whole � true → truly � Y becomes I if preceded by a consonant � happy → happily � LE after a consonant is dropped � sensible → sensibly � after LL only add Y � full → fully � silent

ending in -ic: � adjective + -ally � fantastic - fantastically � Adjectives ending in –ly � use ‘in a … way / manner’ or another adverb with similar meaning � friendly - in a friendly way/ in a friendly manner � likely - probably � Adjectives

adjective good difficult public deep direct hard high late most near pretty short adverb (meaning) well with difficulty publicly deep (place) direct hard high (place) late most near pretty (=rather) short deeply (feeling) directly (=soon) hardly (=seldom) highly (figurative) lately (=recently) mostly (=usually) nearly (=almost) prettily shortly (=soon)

COMPARSION � Comparison Adverb (-er /-est) Comparative ending in -er one-syllable harder adverbs (hard) adverbs with the same form earlier as adjectives (early) Superlative ending in -est hardest earliest

� Comparison (more / most) Comparative formed with adverbs ending in -ly (happily) two or more syllable (beautifully) more Superlative formed with most more happily most happily more beautifully most beautifully

Irregular comparisons Adverb well badly little much far (place + time) far (place) late (time) Comparative better worse less more Superlative best worst least most further furthest farther later farthest latest

�DO NOT USE THE DEFINITE ARTICLE THE WITH THE SUPERLATIVE. � She sings the most beautifully in our town!