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Adverbs of manner (slowly) – or adjectives (slow)?

Adverbs of manner – use

We use adverbs of manner after a verb to describe the verb. We use an adverb of manner to say how something happens or how we do something.

Adverbs of manner – position

We use adverbs of manner after the verb or, if there is an object, after verb + object.

very, really, quite

We can use very, really, quite before an adverb of manner.

Adjectives

We use adjectives before a noun or after the verb be.

Adverbs of manner vs adjectives

Difference

We use adjectives to describe a noun (before a noun or after the verb be), and we use adverbs of manner to describe a verb (after the verb or verb + object). Compare:

Adjectives ending in -ly

Some words end in -ly, but they are adjectives, NOT adverbs: friendly, lovely, silly. We CANNOT transform these adjectives into adverbs of manner.

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