ADVERBS of MANNER and DEGREE
1 MANNER (modo)
DEFINITION
Words
modifying verbs, giving us information about an action.
They
answer the question: ‘HOW… ?’
FORMATION:
We usually make adverbs of manner by adding LY to adjectives:
bad badly
careful carefully
quick quickly
slow slowly
But there are some exceptions (independent
adverbs from adjectives):
good well
hard hard
fast fast
EXAMPLES:
He runs quickly They play basketball badly
Some people speak fast He plays
football well
She listened carefully They studied hard
2 DEGREE (intensidad)
DEFINITION:
Words
modifying adjectives or adverbs, giving us information about their intensity.
They
answer the question: ‘HOW MUCH / HOW
MANY… ?’
Some
adjectives or adverbs refer to qualities which are GRADABLE (we can have MORE
or LESS of them).
EXAMPLES:
not at all (nada, en absoluto) → not very (no muy) → slightly (ligeramente, un poco) → fairly / rather / quite (bastante) → very (muy) → really (realmente) → completely
( completamente) → exactly (exactamente)
→ extremely (extremadamente)
Our teams are very similar I
did not enjoy the match at all
It is not
exactly the same It
is slightly different
They play tennis fairly well She
is completely wrong
The book club was rather successful
It's extremely
cold in the Antartic
He always drives really fast
