Y3 adverbs vs adjectives

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 3

Welcome!

Please have a seat, take out your materials and put your bag on the floor

Lesson plan

1. Grammar time!
2. Practise
3. DIY 

What's the difference?

1. She is a great dancer
2. She dances great 
   
   
3. The boys are loud
4. The boys were talking loudly

The basics:

• Adjective
• in Dutch?
• Bijvoeglijk naamwoord
• What does an adjective do?
• Give us information about a noun
• Noun in Dutch?
• Zelfstandig naamwoord

Examples:

• That is a wonderful film.
• Simon is a good friend of mine.
• I think he is a terrible person.

The basics:

• Adverb
• In Dutch?
• Bijwoord
• What does an adverb do?
• Give us information about:

1. a verb (werkwoord)
2. adjectives
3. adverbs
4. an entire sentence

• How to make:
• Add -ly to your adjective
  
  

1. Sure – surely
2. Quick – quickly
3. Loud – loudly
4. Proud – proudly
5. Beautiful - beautifully

Examples

Verb

1.  The children protested loudly.
2. Mary sings wonderfully.  

Adjective

1.  This is a terribly dark room.
2. I am eating an amazingly delicious steak right now. 

Adverb

1.  They reacted very angrily.
2. The boy ran incredibly fast.

Examples

An entire sentence

1.  Hopefully, she will call me back later.
2. Luckily, the bus was on time.
3. Unfortunately, I lost my watch.

Watch out!

• The roses smell sweet/sweetly
• --> sweet
• Words like smell, look, feel etc get the adjective
• Change them with to be and you see why
• The roses = sweet

 

Irregular adverbs

• Good – well
• Daily – daily
• Early – early
• Fast – fast
• Fine – fine
• Hard – hard
• Late – late
• Left – left
• Right – right

You have to know these by heart!

Choose between the adverb or adjective

1. John held the plate ___. (careful / carefully)
2. Julia is a ___ person. (careful / carefully)
3. I ran ___ to the station. (quick / quickly)
4. The journey was ___. (quick / quickly)
5. You look ___. Didn't you sleep well? (tired / tiredly)
6. The baby rubbed her eyes ___. (tired / tiredly)
7. She sang ___. (happy / happily)

KEY

1. John held the plate carefully.
2. Julia is a careful person.
3. I ran quickly to the station.
4. The journey was quick.
5. You look tired. Didn't you sleep well?
6. The baby rubbed her eyes tiredly. 
7. She sang happily.

DIY 3L

Do exercises 5+6+7

Pages 112+113

Individually

DIY 3W

Do exercises 7+8+9

Pages 115+116

Individually