Adjectives and adverbs

1. Read the rules.

ADVERBS OF MANNER
We use adverbs of manner to describe an action.
Stick insects are slow. (adjective)
Stick insects move slowly.(adverb)

We form adverbs with the ADJECTIVE + LY

Slow

slowly

EXCEPTION:
The adjective good has an irregular adverb.
good

goodly well

2. First watch the movie segment. Then circle the correct

form of the words in parentheses.
1. A lot of guests are walking (calm/calmly) in the garden before the party.
2. Speckles can speak English (fluent/fluently)
3. The guinea pigs are using very (modern/modernly) gadgets.
4. Darwing is observing a man with night vision goggles. The man is wearing
(expensive/expensively) clothes.
5. They can swim under the ocean (confident/confidently).
6. They are giving each other (special/specially) information to synchronize
their mission.

3. Check the meaning of these adverbs. What are the

adjectives?

badly
well
quietly
safely

loudly
quickly
slowly
dangerousl
y

4. Complete the sentences with an adverb or an adjective

from exercise 2.
1. Stick insects cant run or fly. They move very

2. Cockroaches are very . They can run 5 km an hour.

3. Crickets sing .... You can hear them 1km away!

4. Spiders have got eight eyes, but they cant see...

5. Some mosquitos are .... for humans. They kill lots of

people every year.

6. Fleas are very You cant hear them.

5,

5. Exercises on the web

Elementary.
http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/adjectives_adverbs/adverb_form.htm

http://www.myenglishpages.com/site_php_files/grammar-exercise-adverbs.php
http://www.bastrimbos.com/Hotpotatoesfiles/advadj2.htm
http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/courses/elc/studyzone/200/grammar/adjadv1.htm
http://www.bradleys-english-school.com/online/speedword/spdwrdadverb
http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/adjectives_adverbs/adverb_form.htm

Intermediate
http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/adjectives_adverbs/adverb_form.htm
http://www.bradleys-english-school.com/online/speedword/spdwrdadverb
http://www.oup.com/elt/global/products/englishfile/elementary/a_grammar/file08/a_gra
mmar08_d02/
http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/courses/elc/studyzone/200/grammar/adjadv1.htm
http://www.bastrimbos.com/Hotpotatoesfiles/advadj2.htm
http://www.manythings.org/fq/1/8993.html
http://www.englishlearner.com/online/grbeg2.html
http://www.oup.com/elt/global/products/headway/elementary/a_grammar/unit13/hwy_el
em_unit13_2/
http://www.learnenglish.de/Games/Adverbs/Adverbs.htm
http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/adjectives-adverbs/adverbs/exercises

Advanced
http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/adjectives_adverbs/adverb_form.htm
http://www.bradleys-english-school.com/online/speedword/spdwrdadverb
http://www.oup.com/elt/global/products/englishfile/elementary/a_grammar/file08/a_gra
mmar08_d02/
http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/courses/elc/studyzone/200/grammar/adjadv1.htm
http://www.oup.com/elt/global/products/headway/elementary/a_grammar/unit13/hwy_el
em_unit13_2/
http://www.myenglishpages.com/site_php_files/grammar-exercise-adjectivesadverbs.php
http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/adjectives_adverbs/adjective_adverb.htm
http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/adjectives_adverbs/adjective_adverb2.htm
http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/english-grammar/adverbials/adverbs-manner
http://www.1-language.com/englishcoursenew/unit32_grammar_exs.htm
http://www.learnenglish.de/Games/Adverbs/Adverbs.htm
http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/adjectives-adverbs/adverbs/exercises