Adverbs & Prepositions

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• mavo
• Leerjaar 3

Grammar period 3

Adverbs and Prepositions

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Today's Lesson

• Lesson aims
• Adverbs
• Prepositions
• Get to work and practice for your upcoming grammar test (booklet 3)

Lesson aims

At the end of this lesson you can:

• Find all types of adverbs and recognize them in a sentence;
• Explain the different types of prepositions;
• Use the prepositions correctly;
• Practice with the new prepositions.

Types of adverbs

• Adverbs of frequency (hoe vaak)
• Adverbs of degree (in welke mate)
• Adverbs of manner (hoe)
• Adverbs of place (waar of waarheen)
• Adverbs of time (wanneer)

Why should I care?

• Each type of adverb has a set place in the sentence in English
• In other words: this is important for word order when writing or speaking 

Adverbs of frequency

Examples: always, never, often, usually en sometimes.

1. vóór het hoofdwerkwoord:

We always eat sandwiches for lunch.

My sister often loses her keys..

- na een vorm van to be:

The teacher is sometimes late.

Before, he was usually on time.

Adverbs of degree

Examples: very, almost, just, incredibly en terribly

1. vóór het woord waarover ze iets zeggen:

That is really kind of you!

You are driving terribly fast

Adverbs of manner

Examples: slowly, loudly en carefully

1. meestal na het hoofdwerkwoord (main verb) of na het voorwerp (object)

2. In eenvoudige zinnen is dit meestal aan het einde van de zin (maar vóór het bijwoord van tijd):

John walks quickly.

Open the door carefully.

He played the flute beautifully yesterday

Adverbs of place

Deze bijwoorden staan meestal aan het eind van een zin:

My bike is in the shed.

They have already left for France.

Adverbs of time

1. Bijwoorden die aangeven wanneer iets gebeurt, staan meestal aan het eind van een zin. 

2. Als je de tijd extra wilt benadrukken kun je ze ook vooraan in een zin zetten.

They left two days ago.

Yesterday I fixed my bike.

Place before time: They left for France two days ago.

"The Cardboard Boat Race is a relatively new tradition."
What type of adverb is relatively?

1. frequency
2. degree
3. manner
4. place

"It is an annual event that is held in Cambridge at the end of May week."
What type of adverb is in Cambridge?

1. frequency
2. time
3. place
4. manner

Put the words below in the correct order:
kicked- the ball - into the field - he

Put the words below in the correct order:
going to - for - Next year, - run - president - I am

Put the words below in the correct order:
usually - go - to - we - on - Sundays - the movies

Prepositions

Prepositions usually come in front of nouns and pronouns.

I get up early in the morning.

John is waiting for her.

Next to

Opposite

In front of

Behind

On top of

Between

Through

Around

Across

Under

Next to

On (top of)

Opposite

Through

Under

Naast

boven(op)

Tegenover

Door(heen)

Onder

I divided the cake ____ four parts.

1. to
2. in
3. on
4. into

I prefer iPhone ____Samsung.

1. from
2. on
3. to
4. over

The mountain is covered ____ snow

1. by
2. with
3. under

Simon says...

Simon says... Jump once!       ->     Wel springen

Jump once!                                   ->      Niet springen

Okay... time to work!

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What type of adverbs do we have?

What type of prepositions do we have?