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Adverbs/Adverbs of Manner

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Die Adverbien der Art und Weise (Adverbs of Manner) beschreiben Verben, aber auch Adjektive und andere Adverbien:

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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 .

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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:

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

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2. This smiley smiles (cool). That smiley shouts (angry).

3. This smiley shouts (loud). That smiley whispers (quiet).

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4. This smiley laughs (nasty). That smiley smiles (polite).

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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 .

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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.