Adverbs and Adjectives

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• mavo
• Leerjaar 3

Lesson plan

• Lesson aims
• Adverbs & Adjectives
• Exercises
• Recap lesson aims
• Questionnaire
• Homework

Lesson aims

After this lesson you know:

• How to write adverbs;
• The difference between adverbs and adjectives;
• When you can use an adverb.

Adverbs

• Says something about a verb (werkwoord);
• Often ends in -ly;
• Some exceptions (fast, good, hard)
• Ex. They are running quickly.
• Ex. She is typing fast.

Adverbs

• Beware of the following:
• Words ending in -y become -ily;
• Ex. Funny -> funnily
• Words ending in -le become -ly;
• Ex. Gentle -> gently
• Words ending in -ic become -ically
• Ex. Automatic -> automatically

Adverbs

• Words ending in  -ue become -uly
• Ex. True -> truly
• Words ending in -ll become -lly
• Ex. Full -> fully

Adjectives

• Says something about a noun (zelfstandig naamwoord);
• Ex. She is wearing a beautiful dress.
• Ex. He is a fast man.

Adverb location

• Before an adjective or another adverb:
  
• Ex. He is extremely old.
  
• Ex. They are typing incredibly quickly.

• Before the main verb:
  
• Ex. She quickly asked him a question.

• At the end of a sentence for emphasis:
• She takes her job seriously.

What is the adverb form of fast?

1. fastly
2. Fastily
3. Fast
4. Fastley

He was quickly talking to the tall man.
What is the adjective?

1. Quickly
2. talking
3. man
4. tall

How do you write the adverb form of "historic"?

1. Historicly
2. Historicily
3. Historical
4. Historically

The extremely fast, brown, tall dog, quickly jumped over the green fence.

How many adjectives?

1. 2
2. 6
3. 4
4. 3

The fast man was walking very fast, when he comically stumbled down the giant stairs.

1. 5
2. 1
3. 4
4. 3

Recap lesson aims

After this lesson you know:

• How to write adverbs;
• The difference between adverbs and adjectives;
• When you can use an adverb.

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Homework

Finish 4.4 this week