Penggunaan Adverbs of Manner

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Adverbs of manner tell us the manner in which something happen.

Look at these sentences:

1. The waste of nuclear products completely destroys the environment.

2. The nuclear blast imperiled the environment and humans severely.

The words 'completely' and 'severely' are called adverbs

Adverbs explain how something is done.

Adverbs are usually formed by adding -ly or -ily to adjectives.

The adverbs are usually put before or after the main verbs and after the direct object.

e.g.: - He drives carefully

        - She smiled cheerfully

        - They have finished the work quickly

        - He drives his car carefully

Remember!

1. The position of adverbs before the main verb is emphasizing the verb.

e.g.: The waste of the nuclear products completely destroys the environment

2. The position of adverbs of manner in passive sentences is usually right after the verb to be.

e.g.: - The moon was beautifully decorated

        - The lesson was completely taught to the students.

3. There are adverbs that have the same form of adjectives.

e.g.: early, far, fast, hard, late, long, much, near, soon, daily, little, high, deep.

4. The adverbs of 'good' is 'well'

5. The suffix -ly in words such as badly, highly, and deeply mean 'very'.

Exercise:
1. We waited ____ for David to turn up, but he must forget all the appointment.
2. When he turn up, the show had ____ started.
3. It was an exciting show, but ____ we miss the first part of it.
4. She packed her books and placed them ____ on the shelf.
5. The doctor examined her ____ and then ____ shook his head.
6. I found the child weeping ____ at the door-step, so I bought him in.
7. The policeman knocked on the door and demanded ____ for it to be opened.