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Adverbs of Manner Exercises
Adverbs of Manner Exercises
These exercises are based on the Reading and Use of English paper where you may be tested on this grammar point.
Open close - write one word to complete the sentence.
Key word transformation - complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the word given. Do not change the word given. You must use between two and five words, including the word given.
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The athletes trained with surprising intensity before the race.
INTENSELY
The athletes trained ____________________the race.
surprisingly intensely before
surprisingly modifies the manner adverb intensely.
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I can understand him easily now that he speaks with more clarity.
CLEARLY
I can understand him easily now that he ____________________ .
speaks more clearly
clear becomes clearly (regular -ly). Adverb of manner after a verb of speaking.
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The teacher answered all the students' questions with lots of patience.
PATIENTLY
The teacher ____________________ to all the students’ questions.
answered very patiently
patiently describes the manner of answering.
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She found it easy to solve the maths problem and didn’t need any help.
SOLVED
She ____________________ without any help.
solved the maths problem easily
Adverb easily describes the verb solved.
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He moved in a very slow and careful way.
SLOWLY
He moved ____________________ .
very slowly and carefully
Two adverbs describe his movement.
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She sang in such a beautiful way that the judges applauded her.
BEAUTIFULLY
She sang ____________________ the judges applauded her.
so beautifully that
so + adverb + that expresses consequence.
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I didn’t miss the train this morning just for a minute.
NEARLY
I ____________________ this morning.
nearly missed the train
nearly means almost, different from near.
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He is such a fast runner that nobody can catch him.
RUNS
He ____________________ can catch him.
runs so fast (that) nobody
fast is an irregular adverb (no -ly).
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The students answered the teacher in a rather rude way.
RUDELY
The students ____________________ to their teacher.
answered rather rudely
Adverb + adverb rather gives moderate criticism.
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We couldn’t get there early because of the traffic.
ARRIVED
We ____________________ traffic.
arrived late because of the
Late is an irregular adverb expressing time.
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He solved the problem with amazing ease.
EASILY
He solved the problem ____________________ .
amazingly easily
amazingly intensifies the adverb easily.
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They reacted so dramatically that everyone stared.
DRAMATIC
They reacted ____________________ that everyone stared.
in such a dramatic way
so + adverb + that to express a strong result can be paraphrased with in such a + adjective + noun.
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She looked at me in an angry way when I interrupted her.
ANGRILY
She looked ____________________interrupted her.
at me angrily when I
Adverb angrily modifies the verb looked.
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I’ve almost never seen my neighbours since I moved here.
HARDLY
I ____________________ my neighbours since I moved here.
have hardly (ever) seen
hardly means almost not, a different meaning from hard.
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He answered my question impulsively without thinking first.
THOUGHTFULLY
He ____________________ to my question.
did not answer thoughtfully
Negative form + adverb to show lack of thoughtful behaviour.
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Tom gave us a warm welcome when we arrived.
FRIENDLY
Tom welcomed us ____________________ we arrived.
in a friendly way/manner when
friendly is an adjective finishing in -ly, so we use in a … way.
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She finished the exam with surprising speed.
QUICKLY
She finished the exam ____________________ .
surprisingly quickly
surprisingly modifies the manner adverb quickly.
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The children behaved in a very noisy way during the performance.
NOISILY
The children ____________________ the performance.
behaved very noisily during
Convert noisy to noisily to describe the verb behaved.
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He isn’t careful enough when he drives as he should be.
CAREFULLY
He ____________________ as he should.
does not/doesn’t drive carefully enough
Use adverb form carefully + enough to express insufficient degree.
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Her voice was so soft that I couldn’t hear her.
SOFTLY
She spoke ____________________ I couldn’t hear her.
so softly that
soft becomes softly. Use so + adverb + that to express result.