18/12/23: adverbs

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 1

Reading: Chapter 191

adverbs (bijwoorden)

• Please read "adverbs" on page 49 in your textbook
• And do the practice 1-5. 
• You have 5 minutes 
• He can run fast
• He runs faster than she does. (comparative)
• He runs the fastest in his class. (superlative)

Adverbs

• Tom played the piano badly during the rehearsal. (an adverb)
• Comparative (to compare two items) = than
• Tom played the piano worse than his sister during the rehearsal.
• superlative (to compare three or more items)
• Tom played the piano the worst in the entire music class.

China has done _____ terms of plastic recycling among countries in the world.

1. much
2. more
3. the most

My brother does ______ than anyone in our family about recycling.

1. little
2. less
3. the least

People in my country are ________ at recycling because for them everything has a use.

1. well
2. better
3. the best

We need to move _____ if we are to have any hope of saving our oceans.

1. quickly
2. more quickly
3. most quickly

Plastic waste is _______ than other kinds of waste.

1. badly
2. worse
3. the worse

The figures are ______ every day.

1. high
2. higher
3. the highest

Use the correct 'prepositions'

Prepositions are "with, at, of, for, on, by and many more. 

This place is famous _____ its traditional food. 

Are you afraid _____ water?

1. with
2. of
3. at

Are you good ____maths?

We are very excited _______ the flower festival.

1. with
2. about
3. on

Past simple 

• To talk about things that happened in the past. 
• I ______(write) a letter to my friend yesterday. 
• I wrote a letter to my friend yesterday. 
• We ______(have) nice dinner last night at Ritz. 
• We had nice dinner last night at Ritz. 
• She ________(celebrate) her birthday last week. 
• She celebrated her birthday last week. 

We ______ (go) to Amsterdam last month.

1. go
2. went
3. gone

We ______(finish) our homework last night.

She _____(drive) to Oss alone last week.

1. drive
2. drived
3. drove
4. driven

• Passive voice
• Present
• She writes a letter every day. 
• What is written? 
• a letter
• A letter is written (by her) every day. 
• She writes letters every day. 
• Letters are written (by her) every day. 

• Past
• He repaired the car yesterday.
• What was repaired?
• the car
• The car was repaired (by him) yesterday. 
• He repaired the cars yesterday.
• The cars were repaired (by him) yesterday. 

They deliver the mail every morning.

The chef prepares delicious meals in the kitchen.

Someone stole my bicycle last night.

Conditional sentences

• Zero conditional: facts/truths
• If you drop a ball, it falls to the ground.
• If water reaches 100 degrees Celsius, it boils.
• Use a simple form (present simple), do not use 'will". 
• First conditional: possibility/likely to happen
• If you buy me coffee, I will help you with your homework. 
• (If + present simple, will)

Conditionals:
zero conditionals refer to

1. general/true situations
2. possible (future) situations

Choose the First Conditional

1. She'll miss the bus if she doesn't leave soon.
2. If water reaches 100 degrees, it boils.

Which one is first conditional?

1. Even if I brush my teeth, I get cavities
2. Even if I brush my teeth, I will get cavities

Present continuous

• To talk about actions that are happening at the moment of speaking/ continue to happen in the present. 
• Ssssssst I ____ (study) for my exam.
• Ssssssst I am studying for my exam.
• To be (am/is/are + verb + ing)
• They ______(work) on a project at the moment. 
• They are working on a project at the moment. 

We ______ (recycle) our waste at home.

My family ______ (use) different bins for different waste.

They _____ (make) art out of waste glass.

What do you think of the grammar lesson today?

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