Adverbs of manner say how something
happens or is done.
Examples are:
happily, angrily, slowly, carefully, fast etc.
§ She walked slowly.
§ John drove carefully.
§ The soldiers
fought bravely.
Position
Adverbs
of manner normally
go in end position (at the end of a clause).
§
She sang well.
§
He talked loudly.
§
She walked slowly.
§
He managed it skillfully.
§
She speaks English well.
An adverb of manner modifying an adjective or
another adverb normally goes before it.
§
She is seriously ill.
§
I was terribly busy.
Points to
be noted
1. Adverbs of manner can come
in mid position if the adverb is not important to the meaning of the verb.
§
She angrily tore up the letter. (The manner in
which she tore up the letter is not important.)
§
His health slowly began to improve.
2. If there is a preposition before the object, we can place the
adverb either before the preposition or after the object.
§
The man walked happily towards his home.
§
The man walked towards his home happily.
3. To emphasize the point,
sometimes, an adverb of manner is placed before the main verb.
§
He gently woke up the woman.
4. Some writers put adverbs
of manner at the beginning of a sentence to catch
our attention.
§
Happily Tom went home.
§
Slowly he walked away.
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