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G Adverbs of manner and degree  Page 77 You can also use adverbs of manner and degree to describe actions, people or things. ey can make texts livelier, more interesting and more informative. a) Adjectives used as adverbs Most adjectives can be used as adverbs. In the regular form they take an -ly ending. Adjectives and adverbs Undoubtedly, Romeo and Juliet is the best known of Shakespeare’s plays. It starts very dramatically with a fierce fight between some servants of the greatest families in Verona, the Capulets and the Montagues, who are bitter enemies. Later, Romeo, a Montague, meets Juliet, the beautiful daughter of the Capulets, at a ball. They fall in love immediately. In the most famous scene in the play, Romeo waits under Juliet’s balcony and they arrange a secret marriage. They are extremely happy. But this happiness is not to last. • Adjectives describe what someone or something is like. ey de¡ne nouns or pronouns more closely. • Adverbs of manner and degree describe the way something happens or is done. ey can modify verbs, adjectives or other adverbs . b) How to form adverbs of manner Adjective Adverb of manner dear They loved each other dearly. • Most adverbs of manner add -ly to the adjective. friendly He talked to the children in a friendly way. • Many adjectives ending in -ly ( friendly, silly, etc.) change into in a … way . good She plays extremely well. • Some adjectives have irregular adverbs. c) Adjectives that have the same form as adverbs ere are no special adverb forms for fast, long, early, daily, hard, late, straight, etc. Adjective Adverb We rented a fast car when we were in the US. But you aren’t allowed to drive fast in America. It’s a long journey from Washington, D.C., to San Francisco. It took very long to get to Chicago. On the way home we took an early flight. We had to get up terribly early to catch our plane. d) Adverbs with two different forms Some adverbs have di„erent forms: one with -ly at the end, and the other without. Note the di„erent meanings of the two forms and their position in the sentence. Adverb without -ly Adverb with -ly We’ve all worked very hard. (hart/schwer) We can hardly wait for the Cup Final. (kaum) Our team always plays fair. (fair) We’re fairly sure that we’ll win the match next week. (ziemlich) We’ve just signed contracts with two promising young Brazilians. (gerade) In my opinion, the decision to let Ray Jones go was justly made. (zu Recht) G6 160 Grammar Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv