Pre test lesson

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 2

Today

What you wanted: Fronted adverbials

Prepositional phrases

Letter stucture

Last tips

Adverbs

Most easy to spot because they often end in ly

sad-ly

stupid-ly

funni-ly

Positions

He looked at his dinner hungrily

He looked hungrily at his dinner

Hungrily, he looked at his dinner

I walked into town slowly

I walked slowly into town

Slowly, I walked into town

The fronted adverbial

He looked at his dinner hungrily - end

He looked hungrily at his dinner - mid

Hungrily, he looked at his dinner - front

I walked into town slowly - end

I walked slowly into town - mid

Slowly, I walked into town - front

Try a few

I went to bed quickly because it was so cold

She honestly had no idea what to do next

The police officers ran after the man angrily

They stupidly fell for the lies time and time again

The dog ran wildly through the trees trying to catch a rabbit

Try a few - answers

Quickly, I went to bed, because it was so cold.

Honestly, she had no idea what to do next.

Angrily, the police officers ran after the man.

Stupidly they  fell for the lies time and time again.

Wildly the dog ran through the trees trying to catch a rabbit.

Prepositional phrase

It's a phrase with a preposition and it's object - usually a noun or pronoun.

In the morning

Preposition + noun

It was about her

Preposition + pronoun

Some examples

1 The family like to sit together around the table

2 By the end of the year, corona will be a bad memory

3 The children got out of the car happily

4 It was about seven o'clock when she walked in sadly.

5 The family gave all the food at the back of the cupboard to the foodbank

Some examples

1 The family like to sit together around the table

2 By the end of the year, corona will be a bad memory

3 The children got out of the car happily

4 It was about seven o'clock when she walked in sadly.

5 The family gave all the food at the back of the cupboard to the foodbank

Which letter has the correct structure?

Letters

Discuss the following in pairs

Where do the date and address go?

How should you start the letter?

What should we learn in the introduction?

How do you know what to write in the body paragraphs?

What should be in the conclusion?

How should your letter end?

WE WILL DISCUSS THE ANSWERS TOGETHER TOO!

Good luck!

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