Checkpoint Prep Year2 Grammar

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 2

How?

angrily

anxiously

cautiously

cheerfully

courageously

crossly doubtfully

defiantly

enthusiastically

foolishly

gently

happily

sadly

well

weakly

When?

afterwards

again

before

beforehand

early

lately

never

now

often

recently

soon

today

tomorrow

yesterday

How Often?

always

constantly

daily

hourly

monthly

never

occasionally

often

regularly

repeatedly

sometimes

usually

Where?

above

around

away

below

down

downstairs

everywhere

here

inside

outside

there

up

upstairs

wherever

How Much?

almost

completely

entirely

little

much

rather

totally

very

Adverb

Part of speech that modifies a verb, adjective or adverb

He is incredibly smart

John never returned home

I rarely drink coffee

Adverbial

A phrase that modifies a verb, adjective or adverb

Mr Tucker thought the class went surprisingly well.

During the week, I walked to the village.

Put the dog food right here.

Make an adverbial phrase to modify this clause
'Tom ate his lunch......................................

                                  Adverbial Phrases

We can also use phrases ( a set of two or more words) rather than single adverbs to modify clauses. These are called adverbial phrases.                                                      Adverbial phrases usually do not contain a verb

Zoe rode her bike with excitement (adverb of...........)

Zoe rode her bike down the road

Zoe rode her bike like an expert

Fronted adverbials

is when the adverbial word or phrase is moved to the front of the sentence, before the verb.

"I discovered fronted adverbials earlier today"

"Earlier today, I discovered fronted adverbials"

Zoe rode her bike like an expert

using a fronted adverbial this sentence could be changed to........

I used to work in a factory. You couldn't park anywhere near the place

He would always talk with a sharp tone

He visited his granny every now and again

Often at noon, he would take a nap before getting back to work

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He acts without thinking
what's the preposition and the object of the preposition?

A singer with passion
what's the preposition,
and object of the preposition

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Noun phrases

In checkpoint referred to as complex nouns

Often a noun phrase is just a noun or a pronoun