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Ask your administrator if you think this is wrong. ======Adverbs of manner: further information ====== =====Introduction===== <html><p><img id="413" style="width: 150px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/413_12d999de6e459e4ee13dba5afa069a0f.png"> <span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;'><strong>He drove to the airport <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">quickly</span>.</strong></span><br> </p></html> =====Definition===== <html><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Adverbs of manner tell us more about verbs - about how something happens or is done.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span></span></b><br> </p></html> =====Uses===== <html><P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><B style=""><SPAN lang=EN-US style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; LINE-HEIGHT: 107%">We use them to answer the question, 'How?'<?xml:namespace prefix = "o" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /></SPAN></B></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><B style=""><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: red; LINE-HEIGHT: 107%"> </SPAN></B></P> <TABLE Table style="BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; mso-border-alt: solid #5B9BD5 1.0pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt" cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 border=1> <TBODY> <TR style="mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes"> <TD style="BORDER-TOP: #5b9bd5 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0; BACKGROUND: #5b9bd5; BORDER-BOTTOM: #f0f0f0; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; BORDER-LEFT: #5b9bd5 1pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 239.4pt" vAlign=top width=319> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: white">Use</SPAN></B></P></TD> <TD style="BORDER-TOP: #5b9bd5 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #5b9bd5 1pt solid; BACKGROUND: #5b9bd5; BORDER-BOTTOM: #f0f0f0; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 239.4pt" vAlign=top width=319> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: white">Examples</SPAN></B></P></TD></TR> <TR style="mso-yfti-irow: 1"> <TD style="BORDER-TOP: #5b9bd5 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0; BORDER-BOTTOM: #5b9bd5 1pt solid; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; BORDER-LEFT: #5b9bd5 1pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 239.4pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" vAlign=top width=319> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B><SPAN lang=EN-US style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> </SPAN></B></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B><SPAN lang=EN-US style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">To talk about how people do things.</SPAN></B></P></TD> <TD style="BORDER-TOP: #5b9bd5 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #5b9bd5 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #5b9bd5 1pt solid; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 239.4pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" vAlign=top width=319> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B style=""><SPAN lang=EN-US style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> </SPAN></B></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B style=""><SPAN lang=EN-US style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">They eat <SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc">healthily</SPAN>.</SPAN></B></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B style=""><SPAN lang=EN-US style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> </SPAN></B></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B style=""><SPAN lang=EN-US style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">The team members work <SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc">efficiently</SPAN> together.</SPAN></B></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B style=""><SPAN lang=EN-US style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> </SPAN></B></P></TD></TR> <TR style="mso-yfti-irow: 2"> <TD style="BORDER-TOP: #f0f0f0; BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0; BORDER-BOTTOM: #f0f0f0; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; BORDER-LEFT: #5b9bd5 1pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 239.4pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" vAlign=top width=319> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B><SPAN lang=EN-US style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> </SPAN></B></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B><SPAN lang=EN-US style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">To talk about how things happen.</SPAN></B></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B><SPAN lang=EN-US style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: fuchsia"> </SPAN></B></P></TD> <TD style="BORDER-TOP: #f0f0f0; BORDER-RIGHT: #5b9bd5 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #f0f0f0; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 239.4pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" vAlign=top width=319> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B style=""><SPAN lang=EN-US style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> </SPAN></B></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B style=""><SPAN lang=EN-US style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">It's raining <SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc">heavily</SPAN>.</SPAN></B></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B style=""><SPAN lang=EN-US style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> </SPAN></B></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B style=""><SPAN lang=EN-US style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">This wine will age <SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc">beautifully</SPAN>.</SPAN></B></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B style=""><SPAN lang=EN-US style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> </SPAN></B></P></TD></TR> <TR style="mso-yfti-irow: 3; "> <TD style="BORDER-TOP: #5b9bd5 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0; BORDER-BOTTOM: #5b9bd5 1pt solid; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; BORDER-LEFT: #5b9bd5 1pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 239.4pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" vAlign=top width=319> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B><SPAN lang=EN-US style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> </SPAN></B></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B><SPAN lang=EN-US style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">To talk about changing trends and figures.</SPAN></B></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B><SPAN lang=EN-US style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> </SPAN></B></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B><SPAN lang=EN-US style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> </SPAN></B></P></TD> <TD style="BORDER-TOP: #5b9bd5 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #5b9bd5 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #5b9bd5 1pt solid; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 239.4pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" vAlign=top width=319> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B style=""><SPAN lang=EN-US style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> </SPAN></B></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B style=""><SPAN lang=EN-US style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">The situation is improving <SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc">rapidly</SPAN>.</SPAN></B></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B style=""><SPAN lang=EN-US style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> </SPAN></B></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B style=""><SPAN lang=EN-US style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">The temperature is falling <SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc">steadily</SPAN>.</SPAN></B></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B style=""><SPAN lang=EN-US style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> </SPAN></B></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B style=""><SPAN lang=EN-US style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">The profits fell <SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc">sharply</SPAN>. </SPAN></B></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B style=""><SPAN lang=EN-US style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> </SPAN></B></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B style=""><SPAN lang=EN-US style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">We expect the sales figures to increase <SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc">slowly</SPAN>.</SPAN></B></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B style=""><SPAN lang=EN-US style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> </SPAN></B></P></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><B style=""><SPAN lang=EN-US style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; LINE-HEIGHT: 107%"> </SPAN></B></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><B style=""><SPAN lang=EN-US style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; LINE-HEIGHT: 107%"> </SPAN></B></P><BR></html> =====Construction===== <html><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Regular adverbs are formed with an adjective and</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> <b>'ly'. Sometimes, there are spelling changes. </b></span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <table style="border: currentColor; border-collapse: collapse; mso-border-alt: solid #5B9BD5 1.0pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" table=""> <tbody> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes;"> <td width="414" valign="top" style="background: rgb(91, 155, 213); border-width: 1pt medium medium 1pt; border-style: solid none none solid; border-color: rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(91, 155, 213); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 310.2pt;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Spelling rule</span></b></p></td> <td width="225" valign="top" style="background: rgb(91, 155, 213); border-width: 1pt 1pt medium medium; border-style: solid solid none none; border-color: rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 168.6pt;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Examples</span></b></p></td></tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1;"> <td width="414" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt medium 1pt 1pt; border-style: solid none solid solid; border-color: rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(91, 155, 213); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 310.2pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Add 'ly' to adjective.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Note that </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>if an adjective ends in 'l', we still add</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>'ly' so we have 'lly'.</span></b></p></td> <td width="225" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-color: rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 168.6pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>slow<u>ly</u><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>quiet<u>ly</u></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>bad<u>ly</u><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>serious<u>ly</u></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>brave<u>ly</u><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>strange<u>ly</u></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>careful<u>ly</u></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>beautiful<u>ly</u></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; text-indent: 36pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p></td></tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 2;"> <td width="414" valign="top" style="border-width: medium medium medium 1pt; border-style: none none none solid; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(91, 155, 213); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 310.2pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Adjectives ending in 'y' - change 'y' to 'i' and add 'ly'.</span></b></p></td> <td width="225" valign="top" style="border-width: medium 1pt medium medium; border-style: none solid none none; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 168.6pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; tab-stops: 86.7pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>happ<s>y</s><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>happ<u>ily</u></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; tab-stops: 86.7pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>angr<s>y</s> <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>angr<u>ily</u></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; tab-stops: 86.7pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>laz<s>y</s><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>laz<u>ily</u></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; tab-stops: 86.7pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>eas<s>y</s><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>easi<u>ly</u></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; tab-stops: 86.7pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>nois<s>y</s><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>nois<u>ily</u></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p></td></tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 3;"> <td width="414" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt medium 1pt 1pt; border-style: solid none solid solid; border-color: rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(91, 155, 213); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 310.2pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Adjectives ending in a consonant + 'le' - drop 'e' and add 'y'.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p></td> <td width="225" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-color: rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 168.6pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; tab-stops: 86.7pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>gentl<s>e</s><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>gentl<u>y</u></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; tab-stops: 86.7pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>reasonabl<s>e</s><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>reasonabl<u>y</u></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; tab-stops: 86.7pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>simpl<s>e</s><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>simpl<u>y</u></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; tab-stops: 86.7pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>horribl<s>e</s><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>horribl<u>y</u></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p></td></tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 4;"> <td width="414" valign="top" style="border-width: medium medium medium 1pt; border-style: none none none solid; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(91, 155, 213); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 310.2pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Adjectives ending in 'ic' - add 'ally'.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>[this is because in older English, some of these adjectives ended in 'ical'. Some, like 'practical' and 'logical' still do, of course.] </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p></td> <td width="225" valign="top" style="border-width: medium 1pt medium medium; border-style: none solid none none; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 168.6pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; tab-stops: 86.4pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>automatic<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>automatic<u>ally</u></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; tab-stops: 86.4pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>organic<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>organic<u>ally</u></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; tab-stops: 86.4pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>basic<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>basic<u>ally</u></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; tab-stops: 86.4pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>energetic<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>energetic<u>ally</u></span></b></p></td></tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 5;"> <td width="414" valign="top" style="border-width: medium medium 1pt 1pt; border-style: none none solid solid; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(91, 155, 213); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 310.2pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Others: with these three adjectives, drop 'e' and add 'ly'.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: fuchsia; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p></td> <td width="225" valign="top" style="border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 168.6pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; tab-stops: 87.0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>due </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-no-proof: yes;'><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-no-proof: yes;'><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>du<u>ly</u></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; tab-stops: 87.0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>true<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>tru<u>ly</u></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; tab-stops: 87.0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>whole <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>whol<u>ly</u></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p></td></tr></tbody></table> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: fuchsia; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Note that</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(241, 55, 228); line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; text-indent: -18pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;'><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style='font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;'> </span></span></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Not all words that end in 'ly' are adverbs. Some adjectives also end in 'ly'. For example, 'friendly', 'silly', 'leisurely', 'lonely' and 'lively'. We cannot form adverbs from them but can say 'in a ....way/manner/fashion'. For example:</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 2cm;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>She greeted them in a friendly way.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 2cm; tab-stops: 2.0cm;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>They walked along the beach in a leisurely manner.</span></b></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-add-space: auto;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; text-indent: -18pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;'><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style='font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;'> </span></span></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Some adjectives ending in 'ed' do not have an 'ly' adverb form. We can say 'in a ....way/manner/fashion'. For example:</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 2cm;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>She carried out the tasks in a very organised fashion.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 2cm;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>He approached the situation in a relaxed way.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Or use a preposition and a noun:</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 2cm;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>She looked at him in surprise. [not surprisedly]</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 2cm;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>She read the article with interest. [not interestedly]</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 21.3pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>If you are not sure if an adjective takes 'ly', check in a good dictionary.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 21.3pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 21.3pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><br></html> =====Irregular adverbs===== <html><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br></p> <table style="border: currentColor; border-image: none; border-collapse: collapse; mso-border-alt: solid #5B9BD5 1.0pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" table=""> <tbody> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes;"> <td width="319" valign="top" style="background: rgb(91, 155, 213); border-width: 1pt medium medium 1pt; border-style: solid none none solid; border-color: rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(91, 155, 213); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 239.4pt;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Adjective</span></b></p></td> <td width="319" valign="top" style="background: rgb(91, 155, 213); border-width: 1pt 1pt medium medium; border-style: solid solid none none; border-color: rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 239.4pt;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Adverb</span></b></p></td></tr> <tr style="height: 17pt; mso-yfti-irow: 1;"> <td width="319" style="border-width: 1pt medium 1pt 1pt; border-style: solid none solid solid; border-color: rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(91, 155, 213); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 239.4pt; height: 17pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>fast</span></b></p></td> <td width="319" style="border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-color: rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 239.4pt; height: 17pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>fast</span></b></p></td></tr> <tr style="height: 17pt; mso-yfti-irow: 2;"> <td width="319" style="border-width: medium medium medium 1pt; border-style: none none none solid; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(91, 155, 213); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 239.4pt; height: 17pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>hard</span></b></p></td> <td width="319" style="border-width: medium 1pt medium medium; border-style: none solid none none; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 239.4pt; height: 17pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>hard</span></b></p></td></tr> <tr style="height: 17pt; mso-yfti-irow: 3;"> <td width="319" style="border-width: 1pt medium 1pt 1pt; border-style: solid none solid solid; border-color: rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(91, 155, 213); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 239.4pt; height: 17pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>good</span></b></p></td> <td width="319" style="border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-color: rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 239.4pt; height: 17pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>well</span></b></p></td></tr></tbody></table> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><strong> </strong><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><!--?xml:namespace prefix = "o" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /--><strong> </strong></span></p><strong> </strong><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><font face="arial"><strong>Note that <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></strong></font></span></p><font face="arial"><strong> </strong></font><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: fuchsia; line-height: 107%;"><font face="arial"><strong> </strong></font></span></p><font face="arial"><strong> </strong></font><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; text-indent: -18pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><font color="#000000"><font face="arial"><strong><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="line-height: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span>'Hardly' is not the adverb related to 'hard':<span style="color: red;"></span></strong></font></font></p><font face="arial"><strong> </strong></font><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"><font face="arial"><strong> </strong></font></span></span><font face="arial"><strong><font color="#000000">She works hardly. </font><span style="color: red;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"><img height="149" id="40" style="width: 22px; height: 19px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/40_457126aaf23a65c1331eea83d27fb7c4.jpg"> </span></span><font color="#000000">She works </font><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">hard</span><font color="#000000">.</font><span style="color: red;"> </span><img height="111" id="39" style="width: 27px; height: 16px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/39_db7196aad25f86da510b9bb08610a187.jpg"></strong></font></p><font face="arial"><strong> </strong></font><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"><font face="arial"><strong> </strong></font></span></span></p><font face="arial"><strong> </strong></font><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 107%;"><font color="#000000" face="arial"><strong>It has a completely different meaning and use - it suggests 'a very little'; 'almost none' or 'almost not at all':</strong></font></span></p><font face="arial"><strong> </strong></font><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 107%;"><font color="#000000" face="arial"><strong> </strong></font></span></p><font face="arial"><strong> </strong></font><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 2cm;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 107%;"><font color="#000000"><font face="arial"><strong><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Her voice is very quiet; I can hardly hear her.</strong></font></font></span></p><font face="arial"><strong> </strong></font><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 2cm;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 107%;"><font color="#000000"><font face="arial"><strong><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>I was so busy yesterday - I hardly ate anything all day.</strong></font></font></span></p><font face="arial"><strong> </strong></font><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 2cm;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 107%;"><font color="#000000"><font face="arial"><strong><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>We need to buy more coffee - there's hardly any left.</strong></font></font></span></p><font face="arial"><strong> </strong></font><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 107%;"><font color="#000000"><font face="arial"><strong><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="color: red;"></span></strong></font></font></span></p><font face="arial"><strong> </strong></font><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; text-indent: -18pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><font color="#000000"><font face="arial"><strong><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="line-height: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span>'Well' is also an adjective. It is used to describe a person who is in good health.<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);"></span></strong></font></font></p><font face="arial"><strong> </strong></font><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-add-space: auto;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 107%;"><font color="#000000" face="arial"><strong> </strong></font></span></p><font face="arial"><strong> </strong></font><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 72pt; mso-add-space: auto;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 107%;"><font color="#000000" face="arial"><strong>"How's your mother?"</strong></font></span></p><font face="arial"><strong> </strong></font><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 72pt; mso-add-space: auto;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 107%;"><font color="#000000" face="arial"><strong>"She's very well, thanks."</strong></font></span></p><font face="arial"><strong> </strong></font><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 72pt; mso-add-space: auto;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 107%;"><font face="arial"><strong> </strong></font></span></p><font face="arial"><strong> </strong></font><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; text-indent: -18pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><font color="#000000"><font face="arial"><strong><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="line-height: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span>Some adverbs have two forms - either unchanged from the adjective or with 'ly'.<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);"></span></strong></font></font></p><font face="arial"><strong> </strong></font><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-add-space: auto;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 107%;"><font color="#000000"><font face="arial"><strong> For example:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="color: rgb(241, 55, 228);"></span></strong></font></font></span></p><font face="arial"><strong> </strong></font><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-add-space: auto;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 107%;"><font color="#000000" face="arial"><strong> </strong></font></span></p><font face="arial"><strong> </strong></font><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 70.9pt; mso-add-space: auto;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 107%;"><font color="#000000" face="arial"><strong>He spoke loud.</strong></font></span></p><font face="arial"><strong> </strong></font><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 70.9pt; mso-add-space: auto;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 107%;"><font color="#000000" face="arial"><strong>He spoke loudly.</strong></font></span></p><font face="arial"><strong> </strong></font><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 70.9pt; mso-add-space: auto;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 107%;"><font color="#000000" face="arial"><strong> </strong></font></span></p><font face="arial"><strong> </strong></font><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 70.9pt; mso-add-space: auto;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 107%;"><font color="#000000" face="arial"><strong>He bought a new car cheap.</strong></font></span></p><font face="arial"><strong> </strong></font><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 70.9pt; mso-add-space: auto;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 107%;"><font color="#000000" face="arial"><strong>He bought a new car cheaply.</strong></font></span></p><font face="arial"><strong> </strong></font><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 70.9pt; mso-add-space: auto;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 107%;"><font color="#000000" face="arial"><strong> </strong></font></span></p><font face="arial"><strong> </strong></font><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 70.9pt; mso-add-space: auto;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 107%;"><font color="#000000" face="arial"><strong>You spelt my name wrong.</strong></font></span></p><font face="arial"><strong> </strong></font><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 70.9pt; mso-add-space: auto;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 107%;"><font color="#000000" face="arial"><strong>You spelt my name wrongly.</strong></font></span></p><font face="arial"><strong> </strong></font><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 70.9pt; mso-add-space: auto;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 107%;"><font color="#000000" face="arial"><strong> </strong></font></span></p><font face="arial"><strong> </strong></font><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><font face="arial"><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><font color="#000000">The 'ly' form is considered more grammatically correct and is preferred in formal contexts.</font></span></strong></font></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;'><font color="#000000"></font></span> </p><strong> </strong><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;'><font color="#000000"><strong> </strong></font></span></p></span><strong> </strong><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;'><font color="#000000"></font></span> </p></html> =====Word order===== <html><P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><B style=""><SPAN lang=EN-US style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; LINE-HEIGHT: 107%">These are the most common structures.<SPAN style="COLOR: #f137e4"><?xml:namespace prefix = "o" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /></SPAN></SPAN></B></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><B style=""><SPAN lang=EN-US style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #f137e4; LINE-HEIGHT: 107%"> </SPAN></B></P> <TABLE Table style="BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; mso-border-alt: solid #5B9BD5 1.0pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt" cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 border=1> <TBODY> <TR style="mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes"> <TD style="BORDER-TOP: #5b9bd5 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0; BACKGROUND: #5b9bd5; BORDER-BOTTOM: #f0f0f0; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; BORDER-LEFT: #5b9bd5 1pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 239.4pt" vAlign=top width=319> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: white">Where to place the adverb</SPAN></B></P></TD> <TD style="BORDER-TOP: #5b9bd5 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #5b9bd5 1pt solid; BACKGROUND: #5b9bd5; BORDER-BOTTOM: #f0f0f0; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 239.4pt" vAlign=top width=319> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: white">Examples</SPAN></B></P></TD></TR> <TR style="mso-yfti-irow: 1"> <TD style="BORDER-TOP: #5b9bd5 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0; BORDER-BOTTOM: #5b9bd5 1pt solid; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; BORDER-LEFT: #5b9bd5 1pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 239.4pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" vAlign=top width=319> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B><SPAN lang=EN-US style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> </SPAN></B></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B><SPAN lang=EN-US style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">After the main verb when the verb is intransitive or there is no object. </SPAN></B></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B><SPAN lang=EN-US style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: red"> </SPAN></B></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B><SPAN lang=EN-US style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> </SPAN></B></P></TD> <TD style="BORDER-TOP: #5b9bd5 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #5b9bd5 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #5b9bd5 1pt solid; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 239.4pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" vAlign=top width=319> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B style=""><SPAN lang=EN-US style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> </SPAN></B></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B style=""><SPAN lang=EN-US style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">He <U>spoke</U> <SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc">loudly</SPAN> so that they could hear at the back.</SPAN></B></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B style=""><SPAN lang=EN-US style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> </SPAN></B></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B style=""><SPAN lang=EN-US style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">He always <U>eats</U> <SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc">slowly</SPAN>.</SPAN></B></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B style=""><SPAN lang=EN-US style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> </SPAN></B></P></TD></TR> <TR style="mso-yfti-irow: 2"> <TD style="BORDER-TOP: #f0f0f0; BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0; BORDER-BOTTOM: #f0f0f0; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; BORDER-LEFT: #5b9bd5 1pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 239.4pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" vAlign=top width=319> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B><SPAN lang=EN-US style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> </SPAN></B></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B><SPAN lang=EN-US style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Sometimes before a transitive verb if we want to add emphasis. </SPAN></B></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B><SPAN lang=EN-US style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> </SPAN></B></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B><SPAN lang=EN-US style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Writers sometimes place the adverb at the beginning of a sentence to catch our attention or build suspense. </SPAN></B></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B><SPAN lang=EN-US style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> </SPAN></B></P></TD> <TD style="BORDER-TOP: #f0f0f0; BORDER-RIGHT: #5b9bd5 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #f0f0f0; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 239.4pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" vAlign=top width=319> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B style=""><SPAN lang=EN-US style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> </SPAN></B></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B style=""><SPAN lang=EN-US style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">He <SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc">carefully</SPAN> <U>picked</U> up the broken glass.</SPAN></B></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B style=""><SPAN lang=EN-US style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> </SPAN></B></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B style=""><SPAN lang=EN-US style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> </SPAN></B></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B style=""><SPAN lang=EN-US style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #0000cc">Carefully</SPAN></B><B style=""><SPAN lang=EN-US style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">, he <U>picked</U> up the broken glass.<SPAN style="COLOR: fuchsia"></SPAN></SPAN></B></P></TD></TR> <TR style="mso-yfti-irow: 3"> <TD style="BORDER-TOP: #5b9bd5 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0; BORDER-BOTTOM: #5b9bd5 1pt solid; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; BORDER-LEFT: #5b9bd5 1pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 239.4pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" vAlign=top width=319> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B><SPAN lang=EN-US style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> </SPAN></B></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B><SPAN lang=EN-US style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">These adverbs go after the verb: well, badly, hard, fast. </SPAN></B></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B><SPAN lang=EN-US style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> </SPAN></B></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B><SPAN lang=EN-US style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Compare with adjectives:</SPAN></B></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B><SPAN lang=EN-US style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> </SPAN></B></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 14.2pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B><SPAN lang=EN-US style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">He speaks English <SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc">well</SPAN>.</SPAN></B></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 14.2pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B><SPAN lang=EN-US style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">He speaks <U>good</U> English.</SPAN></B></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B><SPAN lang=EN-US style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> </SPAN></B></P></TD> <TD style="BORDER-TOP: #5b9bd5 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #5b9bd5 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #5b9bd5 1pt solid; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 239.4pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" vAlign=top width=319> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B style=""><SPAN lang=EN-US style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> </SPAN></B></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B style=""><SPAN lang=EN-US style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">He's <U>managing</U> the team <SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc">well </SPAN>but <U>dealing</U> with the customers <SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc">badly</SPAN>.</SPAN></B></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B style=""><SPAN lang=EN-US style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> </SPAN></B></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B style=""><SPAN lang=EN-US style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">He <U>tried</U> <SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc">hard</SPAN> but couldn't fix it.</SPAN></B></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B style=""><SPAN lang=EN-US style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> </SPAN></B></P></TD></TR> <TR style="mso-yfti-irow: 4"> <TD style="BORDER-TOP: #f0f0f0; BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0; BORDER-BOTTOM: #f0f0f0; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; BORDER-LEFT: #5b9bd5 1pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 239.4pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" vAlign=top width=319> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B><SPAN lang=EN-US style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> </SPAN></B></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B><SPAN lang=EN-US style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">After an object - never between the verb and object.</SPAN></B></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B><SPAN lang=EN-US style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> </SPAN></B></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B><SPAN lang=EN-US style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> </SPAN></B></P></TD> <TD style="BORDER-TOP: #f0f0f0; BORDER-RIGHT: #5b9bd5 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #f0f0f0; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 239.4pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" vAlign=top width=319> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B style=""><SPAN lang=EN-US style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> </SPAN></B></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B style=""><SPAN lang=EN-US style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">He always <U>eats</U> his lunch <SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc">slowly</SPAN>.</SPAN></B></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B style=""><SPAN lang=EN-US style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> </SPAN></B></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B style=""><SPAN lang=EN-US style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">He always <U>eats</U> slowly his lunch. </SPAN></B><SPAN lang=EN-US><SPAN lang=EN-US><SPAN lang=FR style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: windowtext; TEXT-DECORATION: none; LINE-HEIGHT: 107%; mso-ansi-language: FR; mso-fareast-language: FR; mso-no-proof: yes; text-underline: none"><IMG id=40 style="HEIGHT: 17px; WIDTH: 22px" alt=Image src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/40_457126aaf23a65c1331eea83d27fb7c4.jpg" height=149></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><B style=""><SPAN lang=EN-US style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: red"></SPAN></B></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B style=""><SPAN lang=EN-US style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> </SPAN></B></P></TD></TR> <TR style="mso-yfti-irow: 5; "> <TD style="BORDER-TOP: #5b9bd5 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0; BORDER-BOTTOM: #5b9bd5 1pt solid; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; BORDER-LEFT: #5b9bd5 1pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 239.4pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" vAlign=top width=319> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B><SPAN lang=EN-US style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> </SPAN></B></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B><SPAN lang=EN-US style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">When there is a preposition - before the preposition OR after the object.</SPAN></B></P></TD> <TD style="BORDER-TOP: #5b9bd5 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #5b9bd5 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #5b9bd5 1pt solid; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 239.4pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" vAlign=top width=319> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B style=""><SPAN lang=EN-US style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> </SPAN></B></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B style=""><SPAN lang=EN-US style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">They responded <SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc">positively</SPAN> <U>to</U> his suggestion.</SPAN></B></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B style=""><SPAN lang=EN-US style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Or</SPAN></B></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B style=""><SPAN lang=EN-US style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">They responded <U>to</U> his suggestion <SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc">positively</SPAN>.</SPAN></B></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B style=""><SPAN lang=EN-US style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> </SPAN></B></P></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><B style=""><SPAN lang=EN-US style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #0000cc; LINE-HEIGHT: 107%"> </SPAN></B></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><B style=""><SPAN lang=EN-US style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #0000cc; LINE-HEIGHT: 107%"> </SPAN></B></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><B style=""><SPAN lang=EN-US style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #0000cc; LINE-HEIGHT: 107%">Note that </SPAN></B><B style=""><SPAN lang=EN-US style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; LINE-HEIGHT: 107%">we need to be careful when there is more than one verb in a sentence. Note the differences in the following sentences:</SPAN></B></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><B style=""><SPAN lang=EN-US style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; LINE-HEIGHT: 107%"> </SPAN></B></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><B style=""><SPAN lang=EN-US style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; LINE-HEIGHT: 107%"><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>She <SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc">quickly</SPAN> explained how to solve the problem. [her explanation was quick]</SPAN></B></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><B style=""><SPAN lang=EN-US style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; LINE-HEIGHT: 107%"><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>She explained how to solve the problem <SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc">quickly</SPAN>. [the solving of the problem was quick]</SPAN></B></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><B style=""><SPAN lang=EN-US style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; LINE-HEIGHT: 107%"></SPAN></B> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><B style=""><SPAN lang=EN-US style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; LINE-HEIGHT: 107%"></SPAN></B> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><B style=""><SPAN lang=EN-US style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; LINE-HEIGHT: 107%"></SPAN></B> </P></html> =====Examples===== <html><p><img height="224" id="1076" style="width: 85px; height: 113px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/1076_8a67b166a11bb98e6a504997dc4808b3.jpg"> <span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;'><strong>As I get older, it's important for me to eat <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">healthily</span> and <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">sensibly</span>.</strong></span></p><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;'></span> <p><img height="99" id="572" style="width: 98px; height: 78px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/572_5b3d56e0970140454b678f493cf46360.jpg"> <span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;'><strong>We had to live very <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">economically</span> when we were students.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></strong></span><br><img height="152" id="1360" style="width: 99px; height: 119px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/1360_518b6296e734adf3ff4759a8de395ade.jpg"> <b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>"If I understand you <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">well</span>, you're saying that we need to solve this problem <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">fast</span> or we lose the contract? </span></b></p> <p> </p></html> [[en:grammar:home|{{ :file_-_back_3_.png?150 }}]]