V3P grammar lesson 4

V3P
Grammar Lesson 4
Adverbs that modify Adjectives
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V3P
Grammar Lesson 4
Adverbs that modify Adjectives

Slide 1 - Slide

Aims
  • You can explain what adverbs are 
  • You can recognize which part of a sentence they modify
  • You can use adverbs to modify adjectives.

Slide 2 - Slide

Adverbs in bold
  1. She quickly walked towards me.
  2. Unfortunately, she slipped and fell
  3. She told me it was extremely painful
  4. We both laughed very loudly about it.

Slide 3 - Slide

Which word does quickly modify in "She quickly walked towards me"?
A
she
B
walked
C
towards
D
me

Slide 4 - Quiz

And in "Unfortunately, she slipped and fell", what does "unfortunately" modify?
A
she
B
slipped
C
fell
D
the whole sentence

Slide 5 - Quiz

And in "She said it was extremely painful", which word is modified by "extremely"?
A
she
B
said
C
it
D
painful

Slide 6 - Quiz

And what word does "very" modify in "We both laughed very loudly"?
A
we
B
both
C
very
D
loudly

Slide 7 - Quiz

In "she quickly walked towards me" the word being modified is "walked" which is a(n)...
A
noun
B
verb
C
adjective
D
adverb

Slide 8 - Quiz

In "she said it was extremely painful" the word being modified is "painful" which is a(n)...
A
noun
B
verb
C
adjective
D
adverb

Slide 9 - Quiz

In "we both laughed very loudly" the word being modified by very is "loudly" which is a(n)
A
noun
B
verb
C
adjective
D
adverb

Slide 10 - Quiz

In "she quickly walked towards me" the word being modified is "walked" which is a...
A
noun
B
verb
C
adjective
D
adverb

Slide 11 - Quiz

So, which of these word types cannot be modified with adverbs?
A
noun
B
verb
C
adjective
D
adverb

Slide 12 - Quiz

Recap: adverbs
  • They can modify verbs: 
to speak quietly/loudly/softly/hoarsely/seductively
  • They can modify other adverbs
to speak very/a little/extremely/bizarrely loudly
  • They can modify whole sentences
Luckily, I got out of there in time
  • They can modify adjectives
That girl is extremely/hardly/immensely beautiful

Slide 13 - Slide

Focus on: adverbs that modify adjectives
When we use adverbs to modify adjectives we are able to make our language even more specific. Instead of saying "someone or something is X" you can now specify how X that someone or something is. 
E.g. the difference between "she is quite nice" and "she is extremely nice

Slide 14 - Slide

Make two new sentences with the following sentence in which you modify "sad" with two completely different adverbs.
"The girl looked sad"

Slide 15 - Open question

Homework task

Write a fictional text of about 300-500 words in which you use at least 15 adverbs that modify adjectives
Underline your adverbs that modify adjectives or make them bold.

Slide 16 - Slide

Aims
  • You can explain what adverbs are 
  • You can recognize which part of a sentence they modify
  • You can use adverbs to modify adjectives.

Slide 17 - Slide