Grammar: A2 - ✨ Grammar Essentials: 🧩 Parts of Speech - Expanding - Lesson 9: Adverbs of Manner (slowly, quickly, happily - forming with -ly)

✨ Lesson 9: Adverbs of Manner (slowly, quickly, happily)

In our last lesson, we learned that Adverbs of Frequency tell us "how often" something happens. Today, we will learn about Adverbs of Manner¹.

Adverbs of Manner tell us how or in what way an action is done. Many of them are formed² by adding '-ly' to an adjective.

How to Form Adverbs of Manner

The spelling³ rules are quite simple.

• Most Adjectives → Add '-ly':
  quick → quickly | slow → slowly | beautiful → beautifully
• Adjective ends in -y → Change 'y' to '-ily':
  happy → happily | easy → easily
• Adjective ends in -le → Change 'e' to 'y':
  simple → simply | gentle → gently

Irregular⁴ Adverbs

Some adverbs do not follow the rules. You must remember these special cases!

Adjective	Adverb	Example
good	well	She speaks English very well.
fast	fast	He drives his moto very fast.
hard	hard	They work hard every day.

Word Order: Where to Place the Adverb

The most common placement⁵ for an adverb of manner is after the verb or after the object.

Subject + Verb + [Object] + Adverb.

• He rides his bicycle carefully.
• The children are playing happily on the beach.
• Please speak slowly.

🧠 Practice Quiz: Adjective or Adverb?

Choose the correct word to complete the sentences.

1. He is a (slow / slowly) driver.
   → 'Slow' is an adjective describing the noun 'driver'.
2. He drives (slow / slowly).
   → 'Slowly' is an adverb describing the verb 'drives'.
3. The music is too (loud / loudly).
4. Please don't speak so (loud / loudly).
5. She is a very (good / well) student. She studies (good / well).

📝 Homework: Describe the Action

Complete the sentences by changing the adjective in parentheses ( ) into an adverb.

Example: She sings (beautiful). → She sings beautifully.

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1. The old man walked (slow) across the street.

→ ________________________________________________

2. I finished the test (easy).

→ ________________________________________________

3. My friend speaks English (good).

→ ________________________________________________

(Answers: 1. slowly, 2. easily, 3. well)

Vocabulary Glossary

1. Adverb of Manner: (Noun) - កិរិយាវិសេសនៃលក្ខណៈ (kĕ're'ya'vĭ'seh ney leak'khâ'nă) - An adverb that describes how an action is done. ↩
2. Form (a word): (Verb) - បង្កើត (bâng'kaet) - To create or make something. ↩
3. Spelling: (Noun) - អក្ខរាវិរុទ្ធ (âk'khâ'ra'vĭ'rŭt) - The correct order of letters in a word. ↩
4. Irregular: (Adjective) - មិនទៀងទាត់ (mĭn tieng'toăt) - Not following the usual rules or patterns. ↩
5. Placement: (Noun) - ការដាក់ទីតាំង (kaa dak ti'tang) - The position or location of something; word order. ↩