Kinds of Verbs

Kinds of Adverbs

Here you can see the basic kinds of adverbs.

Adverbs of Manner

Adverbs of Manner tell us the manner or way in which something happens. They answer the question "how?". Adverbs of Manner mainly modify verbs.

• He speaks slowly. (How does he speak?)

• They helped us cheerfully. (How did they help us?)

• James Bond drives his cars fast. (How does James Bond drive his cars?)

We normally use Adverbs of Manner with dynamic (action) verbs, not with stative or state verbs.

• He ran fast. She came quickly. They worked happily.

• She looked beautifully. It seems strangely. They are happily.

|accidentally |deliberately |gladly |madly |roughly |stupidly |

|angrily |doubtfully |gracefully |mortally |rudely |successfully |

|anxiously |eagerly |greedily |mysteriously |sadly |suddenly |

|awkwardly |easily |happily |neatly |safely |suspiciously |

|badly |elegantly |hard |nervously |selfishly |swiftly |

|beautifully |enormously |hastily |noisily |sensibly |tenderly |

|blindly |enthusiastically |healthily |obediently |seriously |tensely |

|boldly |equally |honestly |openly |sharply |thoughtfully |

|bravely |eventually |hungrily |painfully |shyly |tightly |

|brightly |exactly |hurriedly |patiently |silently |truthfully |

|busily |faithfully...