unit 6 lesson 2 word order position of adverbs

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Unit 6: English as a World language

Planning:  

31 June: Test Unit 5 and 6 (vocabulary + grammar)

Toetsweek: Readingtest (bring your own dictionary!)

Today 6.2 Listening

False friends

Grammar: word order --> postition of adverbs

                      instruction + practise

Homework

What comes to your mind:
'False friends'

False friends (pg 237)

- English words similar to Dutch words : "friends"

- Slightly different or completely different meaning: "false  friends"

EN       -      NE

brave =     dapper                  (not braaf)

paprika = specerij                (the vegetable is a sweet pepper)

brief =       kort                         (brief die je schrijft  is letter)

fabric =     stof, materiaal    (fabriek is factory)

IMPORTANT: check context!

Word order: position of adverbs

Adverbs of:

1. Place & Time  (waar & wanneer)
   
2. Manner             (hoe)
   
3. Frequency       (hoe vaak)
   

Adverbs of Place & time

• Meestal eind van de zin.
  

      Joan is leaving from the platform at nine.

• Als het tijdstip extra belangrijk is dan mag Tijd ook vooraan.

      Tomorrow, he has to be on time at his work!

• Eerst Plaats dan Tijd (PieT or P come for T in the Alphabet)
• Van groot naar klein.
  

       I'll meet you in Kampen at the McDonalds on Friday at ten o'clock.

 

Adverbs of Manner

Adverb of manner: very, really, incredibly, terribly: geven aan hoe iets gebeurt.

1. Vóór het woord waar ze iets van zeggen bij een bijvoeglijk naamwoord of bijwoord. 

       He is very friendly. This is really nice.

   2. Eind van de zin. Bij een werkwoord.

       He sang the  song iterribly.

       of vóór het hoofdwerkwoord. They nervously waited for the President.

       Nooit tussen het werkwoord en het onderwerp!

 

Adverbs of Frequency

Always, never, often, usually, sometimes: geven aan hoe vaak iets voorkomt.

1. Vóór het hoofdwerkwoord.
   

        He never comes home late. She always eats apples on Sundays.

1.  Na een vorm van to be.

        I am never anxious. They were always in the mood for singing.

 

Are the words between brackets in the right position? If not, try to find out why not!

Helen drives (always) to work.

1. true
2. false

Are the words between brackets in the right position? If not, try to find out why not!

I have (usually) a shower in the morning

1. true
2. false

Are the words between brackets in the right position? If not, try to find out why not!

We (soon) found the solution to the problem.

1. true
2. false

Are the words between brackets in the right position? If not, try to find out why not!

We (all) were tired, so we fell asleep.

1. true
2. false

Make sentences by putting the words in the correct order.

take/I/sugar/usually/in my coffee.

Make sentences by putting the words in the correct order.

a long time/we/always/to wait/have

Make sentences by putting the words in the correct order.

to the supermarket/every Friday/I/go

Make sentences by putting the words in the correct order.

at the top of the page/please/your name/write

Make sentences by putting the words in the correct order.

cleaned/I/and/the house/also/ dinner/cooked

Make sentences by putting the words in the correct order.

left/she/quietly/the room

Make sentences by putting the words in the correct order.

abroad/often/is/he

Make sentences by putting the words in the correct order.

The train/from platform 2/will leave/at six o'clock

Go to unit 6 lesson 2

Work on exercises 2 till 9