2HM1 Unit 5.2

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Unit 5.2

Planning for today:

Reading unit 5.2
Exercises 12-14

Grammar: adjectives & adverbs

Grammar: comparisons

Exercises 9 & 15

Lesson goals
Aan het einde van de les:

- kan je een verschil noemen tussen adjectives en adverbs

Red nose day

What is red nose day?

Reading unit 5.2

Pupils online: work on exercises 12-14 in the 'online methode'. You have 15 minutes to do these exercises. If you're finished early  you can work on the Get Ahead exercises from unit 5.1

Pupils in class: we are going to ready unit 5.2 together.

Adjectives & adverbs

What are they?

What are they used for?

Where do you put them?

What are adjectives? And what are adverbs?

What are adjectives & adverbs?

• an adjective says something about a noun
• She is beautiful
• She is wearing a beautiful dress

• An adverb says something about a verb, an adjective or another adverb.
• She sings beautifully
• This castle is really old
• The car drove extremely slowly

spelling an adverb

• Forming an adverb: adjective + ly  (slow -> slowly)
• When a word ends on a vowel+y, the end changes to -ily
• funny -> funnily. Day -> daily
• When a word ends on -le, the end changes to -ly
• gentle -> gently
• When a word ends on -ic, the end changes to -> icaly
• automatic -> automaticaly
• When a word ends on -ue, the end changes to -> uly
• true -> truly
• When a word ends on -ll, the end changes to -> lly
• full -> fully

Place of the adverb

• Before an adjective or another adverb
• example: She works really seriously on e-zine

• Before the main verb of the sentence
• example: I can hardly believe my eyes

• but after a form of to be (when there is one)
• example: I am truly sorry.

Adjective or adverb?

John _______ held the plate.

1. careful
2. carefully

Adjective or adverb?

Julia is a ______ person.

1. careful
2. carefully

Adjective or adverb?

She _____ sang the song.

1. happy
2. happily

Adjective or adverb?

You sound _____.

1. happy
2. happily

Adjective or adverb?

He is a _____ cook.

1. terrible
2. terribly

Re-write the sentences, adding the adverb in the correct location:

She is at home. (rare)

Re-write the sentences, adding the adverb in the correct location:

He opened the door to the bathroom (quiet)

Re-write the sentences, adding the adverb in the correct location:

They are late. (usual)

Re-write the sentences, adding the adverb in the correct location:

She is lifting him up. (gentle)

Grammar: Comparisons

This part will be quicker than the first part

Comparisons

• Om de vergrotende trap te maken, zet je -er achter of more voor een adjective
• example: quick --> quicker, famous --> more famous
• Om de overtreffende trap te maken, zet je -est achter of most voor een adjective
• example: quick --> quickest, famous --> most famous
• Quick --> quicker --> quickest

• Er zijn ook uitzonderingen, die staan in je CB p. 121

Uitzonderingen

• Een lettergreep: er/est 
• quicker, quickest
  
• Twee lettergrepen, eindigen op -le, -er, -ow, -y: er/est 
• simpler/simplest, cleverer/cleverest/, shallower/shallowest.

• Twee lettergrepen, eindigt niet op -le, -er, -ow, -y: More/most
• more/most famous, more/most careful
• Drie lettergrepen of meer: more/most
• more/most popular, more/most terrible

Fill in the gap (smal)

Jake's room is ______ than Larry's room.

Fill in the gap (dangerous)

Kitesurfing is more _____ than hiking.

Fill in the gap (cold)

November is ______ than July in Europe.

Fill in the gap (cheap)

This smartphone is _____ than that one.

Time to work!

Work on exercises 9 and 15 in your (digital) workbook. 

You have 15 minutes to do this exercises. Finished early? Work on the Get Ahead exercises from Unit 5.2

Leerdoel: aan het einde van de les kan je een verschil noemen tussen adjectives en adverbs

Type in the google meet chat what you think the difference is between an adjective and an adverb.

That was it for today!

Homework: 

finish exercises 12-14 and 9&15 if you weren't able to do so today

See you after the May break!