Units 98+101

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Units 98+101

Adverbs and adjectives

Adverbs (how?):

An adverb can give more info on three different items.​

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1) An adverb can give more info on a verb.​

2) An adverb can give more info on an adjective.​

3) An adverb can give more info on another adverb.​

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The spelling can change!

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Adjectives (what?):

An adjective gives more info on a noun.​

The view was wonderful.​

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Adjectives with numbers use hyphens.​

An eight-year-old boy​

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The spelling doesn't change!

Spelling adverbs:

The rule is: add –ly to the word.​

Beautiful → beautifully​

Exceptions:

Consonant +y → -ily easy→easily​

Consonant + le → -ly probable→probably​

Good → well

Examples:

1) Adverbs giving more info on a verb.​

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We didn’t play badly.​

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2) Adverbs giving more info on an adjective.​

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My sister’s friends are dreadfully dull.​

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3) Adverbs giving more info on another abverb.​

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She sings beautifully well.

'He's an incredibly good swimmer'.
Which word is the adverb?

'He's an incredibly good swimmer'.
Which word is the adjective?

Some words are adverbs en adjectives:​

Daily​

Early​

High​

Low​

Far​

Fast​

Wrong​

Strange​

Hard​

Late​

So: Don't change the spelling! 

He is a fast runner - He runs fast.

With some verbs you use an adjective:​

To be​

To taste​

To look​

To feel​

To smell​

To sound​

So: Don't change the spelling!

That sounds terrible!

-ed?:

We use the ending '-ed' when the word tells you how somebody feels. ​

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Jane is bored.

-ing?:

We use the ending '-ing' when the words tells you what something/someone is like.​

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Jane's work is boring.

-ed:

I'm bored with doing homework.​

I'm excited about reading.​

I'm thrilled I'm having a party.​

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These are all about how someone feels.

-ing:

Doing homework is boring.​

Reading about history is exciting.​

Having a party is thrilling.​

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These are all about what something/someone is like.

98.1

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Answer 2B...

Answer 3A...

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Answer 3C...

Answer 4A...

Answer 4B...

Answer 4C...

hard/hardly:

Hard and hardly have different meanings:​

Hard = difficult​

Hardly = very little, almost not​

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This test is very hard.​

I hardly understand anything at all!

late/lately:

Late and lately have different meanings:​

Late = not on time​

Lately = recently​

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Tom is always late!​

I haven't been studying lately.

101.5

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hardly anyone

hardly any

hardly anything

Sentence 2

Sentence 3

Sentence 4

hardly anybody

hardly anywhere

hardly ever

sentence 5

sentence 6

sentence 7

8) We used to be good friends, but we .............. see each other now.

9) It was nice driving this morning. There was ............ traffic.

1. hardly ever
2. hardly
3. hardly anything
4. hardly any

10) I hate this town. There's ....... to do and ......... to go.

Homework

Finish all exercise units 98+101.

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