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.