Adverbios de modo

Los

adverbios

de

modo

( 'adve rbs

of

manner ' )

responden

la

pregunta cmo (' how').

Los adverbios de modo ms usuales son:

Adverbio

Adv er bio

al oud

en voz alta

badl y

mal

cal ml y

con calma

carefull y

cuidadosamente

carel essl y

descuidadamente

easil y

fcilmente

equal ly

igualmente

fast

fast

happil y

felizmente

hard

duramente

honestl y

honestamente

natural l y

naturalmente

perfectl y

perfectamente

promptl y

prontamente

quietl y

tranquilamente

separatel y

separadamente

si mpl y

simplemente

slowl y

lentamente

well

bien

willi ngl y

de buena gana

wrongl y

equivocadamente

La mayor a de los adv erbi os de modo suel en formarse aadi endo l a

termi naci n -l y.

Posicin de los adverbios de modo

En ingl s no hay una regl a general para l a col ocaci n de los ad verbi os
(con excepcin de los ad verbios de frecuenci a) pero podemos dar
al gunas ori entaci ones:

1 Cuando modi fican a un adjeti vo o adverbi o suel en i r delante de l .

The steak i s well done.

El filete est bien hecho.

2 Cuando van con un verbo suel en i r detrs de l .

He speaks quickly .

Habla rpido.

They sl ept badly last week.

Durmieron mal la semana pasada.

3 Cuando el verbo tiene un compl emento, el ad verbio i r detrs de

ste y no entre el verbo y el complemento.

He dri ves hi s car slowly.

Conduce su coche lentamente.

4 Si el compl emento va precedido de una preposi cin el adverbi o

puede ir bien del ante de la preposi cin bi en detrs del complemento.

I l ook for my keys desperately .

Busco las llaves desesperadamente.

I l ook desperately for my keys.

Busco desesperadamente las llaves.

5 El ad vebio se suel e colocar delante del verbo si el objeto es una

oracin.

I simply began to feel that they were my fri ends agai n.

Yo

simplemente

empec

sentir

que

amigos.

Adjectives and adverbs II

Elige la respuesta correcta.

1 Rosemar y was si tting i n a chai r, ____, reading a book.

cal m

cal ml y

2 The teacher tal ked ____ at the students.

cl ear

cl earl y

3 He came ____.

eran

de

nuevo

mis

fast and furi ous

fastl y and furious

4 She is a ____ di rector.

good

well

5 Peter, don't dri ve so ___, pl ease.

fastl y

fast

6 The dog barks ____.

loudl y

loud

7 It's a ____ rai ny day.

terri bl e

terri bl y

8 I tasted some soup ____ because it was ver y ____.

careful / hotl y

careful ly / hot

9 Young people learn ____.

easi ly and qui ckl y

easy and qui ck

10 You will have ____ ten minutes to finish the exam.

exact

exactl y
Puntuacin:

1- Calmly
2- Clearly
3- Fast and furious
4- Good
5- Fast
6- Loudly
7- Terrible
8- Carefylly / hot
9- Easily and quickly
10-Exactly

Adverbs of Manner Exercise

Choose the correct answer below to fill the gap.
Show questions one by one

1. They dance the cha-cha-cha ____________ .

A.

beautiful

B.

beautifully

2. She planned their trip to Greece very ____________ .

A.

carefully

B.

careful

3. Jim painted the kitchen very ____________ .

A.

bad

B.

badly

4. She speaks very ____________ .

A.

quietly

B.

quiet

5. Turn the stereo down. It's too ____________ .

A.

loud

B.

loudly

6. He skipped ____________ down the road to school.

A.

happily

B.

happy

7. He drives too ____________ .

A.

well

B.

fast

8. She knows the road ____________ .

A.

well

B.

good

9. He plays the guitar ____________ .

A.

terribly

B.

terrible

10. We're going camping tomorrow so we have to get up ____________ .

A.

soon

B.

early

11. Andy doesn't often work ____________ .

A.

hardly

B.

hard

12. Sometimes our teacher arrives ____________ for class.

A.

lately

B.

late

1. They dance the cha-cha-cha ____________ .

A.

beautiful

B. :-) beautifully

2. She planned their trip to Greece very ____________ .

A.

carefully

B. X careful

3. Jim painted the kitchen very ____________ .

A.

bad

B. :-) badly

4. She speaks very ____________ .

A.

quietly

B. X quiet

5. Turn the stereo down. It's too ____________ .

A.

loud

B. X loudly

6. He skipped ____________ down the road to school.

A.

happily

B. X happy

7. He drives too ____________ .

A.

well

B. :-) fast

8. She knows the road ____________ .

A.

well

B. X good

9. He plays the guitar ____________ .

A.

terribly

B. X terrible

10. We're going camping tomorrow so we have to get up ____________ .

A.

soon

B. :-) early

11. Andy doesn't often work ____________ .

A.

hardly

B. :-) hard

12. Sometimes our teacher arrives ____________ for class.

A. X lately
B.

late