U5 Adjectives/adverbs

• Engels
• Secundair onderwijs

Read p 157

• Who liked the attraction the most?

• How many stars would they give?

• How do you know if they liked it or not?

Take a look at the underlined words. What are they?

Adjectives are used to give us information about ... and ....

ADJECTIVES

Give us information about a noun or pronouns

Longleat park is fantastic.                        Fantastic park
We saw some cute penguins                  Cute penguins

He was very nice                                          Nice person (He)

Give one more example from the text using the adjective and (pro)noun

Which one is correct?

1. I was bored at the maths lesson
2. I was boring at the maths lesson
3. It was a boring maths lesson
4. It was a bored maths lesson

Adjectives with ed/ing
What is the difference?

Work in pairs, form two sentences. One with the -ed, the other with the -ing

exercises on adjectives

worksheets

What an adventure at the safari park

Watch the video and read the review

What a dreadful day.

The attractions were terribly dirty.

The monkeys ran away really quickly.

What a dreadful place.
Dreadful gives info on ...

What a dreadful place.
Place is

1. a noun
2. a verb
3. an adjective
4. an adverb

What a dreadful place.
Dreadful gives info on a noun so dreadful is...

1. a noun
2. a verb
3. an adjective
4. an adverb

they ran away really quickly
quickly gives info on....

Ran is

1. a noun
2. a verb
3. an adjective
4. an adverb

Quickly is

1. a noun
2. a verb
3. an adjective
4. an adverb

They ran away really quickly
really gives info on

They ran away really quickly
really gives info on the adverb quickly so really is

1. a noun
2. a verb
3. an adjective
4. an adverb

The attractions were terribly dirty. Dirty gives information on...

The attractions were terribly dirty. Dirty gives information on the noun attractions. Dirty is

1. a noun
2. a verb
3. an adjective
4. an adverb

The attractions were terrible dirty
Dirty is

1. a noun
2. a verb
3. an adjective
4. an adverb

the attractions were terribly dirty
Terribly gives information on ...

The attractions were terribly dirty. Dirty is

1. a noun
2. a verb
3. an adjective
4. an adverb

The attractions were terribly dirty.
Terribly gives information on dirty so...

1. terribly is an adjective that gives info on a noun
2. Terribly is an adjective that gives info on an adjective
3. Terribly is an adverb that gives info on a noun
4. Terribly is an adverb that gives info on an adjective

Adverbs give us information about...

Adverbs of manner

tell us HOW something happens

you put them after the main verb 

OR

you put them after the object

He ate the cake greedily (after the object)

She dresses elegantly (after the verb)

How do you form an adverb of manner?

Which one is correct

1. He speaks English terribely
2. He speaks English terribly
3. He speaks English terrible
4. He speaks English terribily

Which one is correct?

1. We happily walked outside.
2. We happy walked outside.
3. We happyly walked outside

Which one is correct?

1. He enthusiasticly opened the door
2. He enthusiastic opened the door
3. He enthusiastically opened the door
4. He enthusiasticelly opened the door

Which one is correct?

1. He speaks English good
2. He speaks English well

Adjective or adverb?

He speaks English well.

Well --> adverb, tells us something about the way he speaks English.

He is good at English

Good is an adjective, tells us something about him. He is good at...

Which one is correct?

1. They arrived late for the party
2. They arrived lately for the party

Adjective or adverb?

Lately: recent, de laatste tijd

late: adjective  He was 10 minutes late.

late: adverb       I got up late.

Which one is correct?

1. The car drove fast on the road.
2. The car drove fastly on the road.

Which one is correct?

1. We work hard for school.
2. We work hardly for school.
3. We hardly work for school.

Exceptions

• late= adjective and adverb

lately= recent

• fast= adjective and adverb

fastly= doesn't exist

• Hard= adjective and adverb

Hardly= nauwelijks (adverb)

Practice time

Fill in grammar box p 159

Book p 160

Book p 162

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What does fun and funny mean?
'This lesson is fun, Miss Van Heyste is a funny teacher.

Fun is an ... and funny is an ...