Lesson 20 - Adverbs (shared lesson)

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 2

Lesson 20 adverbs

Recap: using adjectives for comparison

New: adverbs and adverb comparisons

Goals

• You know what an adverb is.
• You know how to use adverbs for comparisons

Comparison: adverbs

To make a comparative form with an adverb we use more or less

more quickly (than) / less quickly (than)

more often (than) / less often (than)

Some forms are irregular, these are the same as the adjectives:

fast -> faster (than) / early -> earlier (than)

Exercise 1 more quickly

• The next 5 slides contain gap-fill sentences.
• Copy the sentence in the answer box.
• Fill the gap with the comparative forms of the adjectives.
• Use more/less + adjective or irregular forms

Life, p.169, ex.4

Jack always wins when they race. Jack runs _____ (quickly) than John.

Your motorbike is really noisy. Your motorbike runs _____ (quietly) than mine.

The last flight is the Fastair flight. The Fastair flight arrives _____ (late) than all the others.

Mike exercises once a week, but Martin exercises every day. Mike exercises _____ (often) than Martin.

Julie's exam result was better than the other students' results. Julie did _____ (well) in the exam than the others.

Comparison: adverbs

To make comparisons we can also use:

(not) as + adverb + as

the not usually goes with the verb

Martina can run as fast as Silvia.

Thom can't sing as well as Cal.

I do not go out as often as I did in the past.

Exercise 2 as fast as

• The next 4 slides contain gap-fill sentences.
• Copy the sentence in the answer box.
• Fill the gap with the comparative forms of the adjectives.
• Use as + adverb + as.

Life, p.169, ex.5

John _____ (run quickly) Jack.

Ruth ______ (not work hard) her brothers.

The other flights _____ (not arrive late) the Fastair flight.

Your motorbike _____ (run quietly) mine.

Exercise 3 mix

• The next 4 slides contain gap-fill sentences.
• Copy the sentence in the answer box.
• Fill the gap with the comparative forms of the adjectives using either more/less or as ... as.

Life, p.85, ex.8

Last year, terraced houses sold __________ (quickly) than flats, but one-bedroom flats did __________ (well) with younger buyers.

The number of large houses for rent rose _____ (fast) than other types of home.

Sales of large flats did __________ (badly) than in previous years. So what does this mean for you?

You can now rent a large house __________ (cheaply) than ever before, but if you're trying to sell yours, you probably won't find a buyer _________ (easily) as in previous years.

Finished!

Homework: Finish all the slides in this lesson before the next class.