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Adverbs/Adverbs of Manner
Die Adverbien der Art und Weise (Adverbs of Manner) beschreiben Verben, aber auch Adjektive und andere Adverbien:
Bildung
Die meisten Adverbien werden durch das Anhängen von -ly gebildet.
quick → quickly
careful → carefully
Ausnahmen
safe → safely (stummes -e fällt nicht weg)
gentle → gently (-ly ersetzt -le)
easy → easily (-y wird zu -i + -ly)
fantastic → fantastically
Sonderformen
Einige Adverbien haben keine regelmäßigen Formen:
adjective | adverb |
---|---|
good | well |
fast | fast |
hard | hard |
loud | loud / loudly |
Same forms: daily, deep, early, far, free, high, left, long, near, right, straight, wrong
An friendly kann kein weiteres -ly gehängt werden. Deshalb wird es umschrieben: in a friendly way
The girl was friendly - She answered in a friendly way.
Tim ran a good race. He ran well.
It was a fast race. They all cycled very fast.
I had to do some hard work. I had to work hard.
Pete is late again. He always arrives late.
adjective | adverb | ≠ |
---|---|---|
hard | hard | hardly = barely |
near | near | nearly = almost |
late | late | lately = recently |
He hardly works. ≠ He works hard.
We walked near the school. ≠ Nearly 500 pupils go there.
He came late. ≠ He didn't come lately.
Interaktive Übungen
easy
1.Put the verbs into the gaps:
David is an excellent drummer. He plays .
Tia is a perfect guitar player. She plays .
Their band is a brilliant band. They play .
Now they meet in their garage.
There they practise . But their parents say they shouldn't play the music so .
intensivelybrilliantlyexcellentlyperfectlyloudlyregularly
2. Here are some comments about a concert. Complete them with an adverb with -ly:
1. "The singer sang , didn't she?"
2. "She began ."
3. "The band played too ."
4. "She remembered all the lyrics ."
5. "She smiled to all listeners."
6. "She was dressed ."
-y wird zu i+ly
Put the adverbs into the gaps:

1. That smiley laughs (happy). That smiley watches (sad).

2. This smiley smiles (cool). That smiley shouts (angry).
3. This smiley shouts (loud). That smiley whispers (quiet).

4. This smiley laughs (nasty). That smiley smiles (polite).
happilycoollyangrilypolitelynastilysadlyquietlyloudly
2. How did they say it? Find out how these people said these things.
Write the adverbs into the gaps:
a. "What was that noise?" Becky said .
b. "I got a good mark in German today," David said .
c. The children laughed .
d. "Don't make a noise, or you'll frighten that bird," Mr Burton said .
e. "You've broken my model, you stupid idiot!" Daniel said .
f. "I'll never see my old school friends again," Becky said .
-al, -le
Put in the correct adverbs.
1. She sang very .
2. She dressed .
3. Are you sitting ?
4. When he came back, he was changed.
5. I think the group plays .
6. He started only some months ago. He learned .
7. He practised .
radicallyterriblyhardcomfortablymusicallysimplyfast
2. Write the adverbs into the gaps Use -cally or -bly / -ply.
1. "Stop! Don't turn the radio on! You've got wet hands!" Mr Burton shouted .
2. You are the best!
3. They were waiting .
4. They were sitting .
5. They think the group plays .
make adverbs
Make adverbs from the adjectives in brackets( ) and complete the sentences.
Last week Robert's football team, Wimbledon Youth Club, won their match .
They usually play very and win most of their matches.
But yesterday things did not go so .
They did not play enough, and so they lost against Bromwich Sports Club.
The Bromwich team played very , sometimes and sometimes than Wimbledon.
After a short time the boys in Robert's team ran round the field and started to play .
Robert had a very bad day - he played . Soon it was 3-1 for Bromwich. The Wimbledon boys tried very , but the Bromwich team played too for them. Bromwich won the match 3-2.