Vocabulary: 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.

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

Normally arverbs of manner are build adding -ly to the adjective. Here you find the list of 130 members:

Vocabulary: Adverbs

Adverbs are an important part of speech. They usually answer questions such as how?, where?, when?, how often? and how much?

What is an Adverb?An adverb is a word that tells us more about a verb. It "qualifies" or "modifies" a verb (The man ran quickly). In the following examples, the adverb is in bold and the verb that it modifies is in italics.

Basic Personal Questions

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What is your (first) name? What is your Last (family) name?

Where are you from?

Phrasal Verbs with Down

Back down (or climb down) = to withdraw an earlier claim: "After weeks of negotiating, she backed down and accepted their conditions."

Break down = 1) To examine the different parts of something: "The profits break down in the following way – 50% profit in European sales, a 20% profit in North American sales and a 30% profit in Asian sales." 2) when communication stops between two parties: "The negotiations broke down after two days."; 3) to crush or destroy; 4) to analyse or be subjected to analysis

Vocabulary: Separable Phrasal verbs

A phrasal verb is a verb followed by a preposition or an adverb; the combination creates a meaning different from the original verb alone. i.e. Look + After = take care of
There are different types of Phrasal verbs: Separable, Unseparable, three words phrasal verbs... Follow the tag Phrasal Verbs on the right side menu.

Separable Phrasal Verbs

The object may come after the following phrasal verbs or it may separate the two parts:

You have to do this paint job over.

You have to do over this paint job.
When the object of the following phrasal verbs is a pronoun, the two parts of the phrasal verb must be separated:

You have to do it over.

Vocabulary: Unseparable Phrasal Verbs

A phrasal verb is a verb followed by a preposition or an adverb; the combination creates a meaning different from the original verb alone. i.e. Look + After = take care of
There are two types of Phrasal verbs: Separable and Unseparable

Unseparable Phrasal Verbs

With the following phrasal verbs, the lexical part of the verb (the part of the phrasal verb that carries the "verb-meaning") cannot be separated from the prepositions (or other parts) that accompany it: "Who will look after my estate when I'm gone?"

Vocabulary: Idioms

An idiom is a phrase where the words together have a meaning that is different from the dictionary definitions of the individual words, which can make idioms hard for ESL students and learners to understand.  

i.e. raining cats and dogs = to be raining in great amount

List of Idioms