Welcome to ESL Printables, the website where English Language teachers exchange resources: worksheets, lesson plans,  activities, etc.
Our collection is growing every day with the help of many teachers. If you want to download you have to send your own contributions.
 


 
 

 

ESL Forum:

Techniques and methods in Language Teaching

Games, activities and teaching ideas

Grammar and Linguistics

Teaching material

Concerning worksheets

Concerning powerpoints

Concerning online exercises

Make suggestions, report errors

Ask for help

Message board

 

ESL forum > Ask for help > Adv or adj    

Adv or adj



nhatminh0904
Vietnam

Adv or adj
 
Everyone sat _________________ by the river and listened to the birds singing. (relax) Please help me (relaxed or relaxedly?) Thanks

4 Nov 2025      





traute
Spain

The most common and natural phrasing is:
  • "Everyone sat relaxed by the river."
This uses "relaxed" as a predicate adjective (or a participial adjective) describing the state or condition of "everyone" while they sat by the river. It describes how they felt. 
The second option is also correct:
  • "Everyone sat relaxedly by the river."
This uses the adverb "relaxedly" to describe the manner in which the action of "sitting" was performed. It describes how they performed the action of sitting (e.g., they didn�t slump, they weren�t tense, etc.).

4 Nov 2025