Past tense story with adverbs and adjectives

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 1

Past tense story using adverbs and adjectives

8 December 2020 

Today's programme

Lesson goals - 2 minutes

Introduction - 5 minutes

Write a past tense story - 10 minutes

Present a past tense story - 10 minutes

Adverbs exercise 1, 2 and 4 on page 36 of SB - 12 minutes

Homework - 2 minutes

Lesson goals achieved - 2 minutes

Lesson goals

At the end of this lesson...

Learners can work in groups to write a past tense story 

Learners can present their past tense story as a group

Learners can use adverbs and adjectives correctly

Help complete the story using adjectives and adverbs 

( Fill in the gaps with 1 or more words)

Last summer, the sun shone ___________. On those days, there were no clouds in the sky. We _________ went to the beach on _________ days. We _________ swam and built __________ sand castles. We ate _________ ice-cream and drank __________ soda. My mother __________ packed us a _______ picnic lunch. The sandwiches we ate, were __________ and __________. When we got to the beach, my mother________ rubbed sunblock on us or we may have gotten _______ sunburned.  My ________ brother was stung by a _________ jellyfish. It was really ________ and he cried _________. We ________ had a ___________ time whenever we went to the beach.

Activity preparation

In groups of 3, you will write a past tense story about one of the pictures your group has.  Choose one picture then...

- decide who will present/read the story to the class

-decide who will describe the picture to the class

- decide who will walk around  and show the picture to the class

- decide who will write the story down / type the story

- decide who will do research 

- decide who will keep time

Each person in the group should have 2 activities.  You have 1 minute to complete this activity.

Write a past tense story

Work together with your group to .....

- write a past tense story about your chosen picture (either past simple or past continuous)

- your story should be about 50 - 100 words long

- you have 5 minutes to write the story

- think of a title for your story

- be creative

- use adjectives and adverbs 

Tell us your story

In 1 minute, tell the class your story....

- one person describes the picture - 20 seconds

- the other person reads out the story your group wrote - 40 seconds

-the other person walks around and shows the picture

Only 3 - 5 groups will present their story to the class.

Activity - Adverbs

In Student Book, on page 36 ......

- complete exercises 1 and 2 on your own

- when finished, compare your answers with your neighbour

- you have 4 minutes to complete both exercises and check your answers

Write down the answer on your ipad and show me your screen

1. In exercise 2, which adjective is irregular?
2. What is the adverb form of this adjective?

Adverbs that are irregular

He sings good.

Adverbs that are irregular 

He sings good.

"Sing" is an action verb and therefore you need to use the adverb here, so this sentence should be....

He sings well.

Adverb: good -> well

Adjective: good -> better -> best

Activity - Adverbs

In Student Book, on page 36 ......

- complete exercise 4 on your own

- when finished compare your answers with your neighbour

- you have 2 minutes to complete the exercise and check your answers

Flat adverbs

Flat adverbs are verbs that don't change form like; early, fast, hard or late.

He arrived early.

The car drove fast.

She fell very hard for him.

He was running late.

Flat adverbs - be careful

Flat adverbs don't change form because it changes the meaning of the word and sometimes also the meaning of the sentence.  Compare these two sentences: 

He was hardly ever late.

He's a hard worker.

Adverbs that are confusing

1. He was hardly ever late.
2. He's a hard worker.

In the first sentence "hardly" means almost never.

In the second sentence "hard" describes how he works.

More examples of confusing adverbs

These adverbs are confusing because if they change form and an "ly" is added to the base form of the verb, it changes the meaning of the word. 

1. I haven't seen her lately
2. I'll call you back shortly
3. I hardly know him 

More examples of confusing adverbs

1. I haven't seen her lately
2. I'll call you back shortly
3. I hardly know him 

lately = recently

shortly = soon

hardly = barely / almost not

What did we do today? What did you learn?

Lesson goals achieved?

Learners can work in groups to write a past tense story 

Learners can present their past tense story as a group

Learners can use adverbs and adjectives correctly

Homework

Student book, page 36, exercise 5

Plus any exercises you did not finish in class (i.e. exercises 1, 2 and 4)

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Types of adverbs

Adverbs say something about the verb or the adjective or another adverb in a sentence or they are used as linking words (e.g. so, however, because).  The most common types of adverbs are: 

1. Adverbs of space: "Where?" e.g. here, there, upstairs, abroad, outside, everywhere
2. Adverbs of time:  "When?" e.g. soon, then, recently, just, still, regularly, today
3. Adverbs of process: "How" e.g. slowly, carefully, loudly, silently, roughly
4. Adverbs of frequency:  e.g. often, never, sometimes, always
5. Adverbs of degree: e.g. badly, sufficiently, accurately, enough
6. Adverbs of courtesy: e.g. kindly, please
7. Adverbs of emphasis: e.g. certainly, definitely, indeed
8. Adverbs of attitude: e.g.  reluctantly, willingly, frankly