Adjectives & Adverbs

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• Leerjaar 4

The plan for today

Grammar: adverbs & adjectives

Reading: Waspreporter Assignment 1

Literature: Of Mice and Men

Lesson goals

You can describe situations & people using adverbs & adjectives correctly.

You can scan texts to find out quickly what they are about.

You can read a novel and answer questions.

Adjectives & Adverbs

How would you describe this object?

How would you describe the way it is driven. It drives ...

Adjective (bijvoeglijk naamwoord)

The tall building.  

Tells us something about a person or thing (noun/zelfstandig naamw). 

Position in sentence:​ Before a noun  > tall building

big car, blue car, fast car, modern car, dangerous car, etc.

 

Adverbs (bijwoorden)

I rarely eat breakfast. He walked carefully.

 

Use: 

Tells us something about a verb or an adjective. 

Position in sentence:​ 

The adverb must be placed either before the verb or at the end of the clause.

An adverb of manner cannot be put between a verb and its direct object. 

 

Irregular issues 

• good vs well: Barcelona is a good team and they play well.
• daily, early, strange and more don't change
• hard vs hardly --> different meanings
• sensory perception: taste, look, feel, smell, sound --> adjective in stead of adverb. (so no nicely, greatly, well etc.)

Adverbs (bijwoord) 

Adjectives (bvnw) 

Adverb or Adjective?
    

Tekst

magnificent

frequent

probably

well

sadly

bad

amazingly

horrible

terribly

healthily

happy

fast 

1. Please give me an … answer (eerlijk)

2. What you told me sounded … (interessant)

3. We received a … written letter. (mooi)

4. She speaks Italian very … (goed)

5. That man can be … impatient (vreselijk)

6. Ik ken hem nauwelijks.

7. Dit verhaal is waarschijnlijk waar.

8. Ze zingt erg mooi.

Remaining questions? Leave them here.

Try exercises 1-5 in the grammar booklet, period 2

Finish these at home!

I can use an adverb and an adjective in a sentence

1. Yes, completely
2. Yes, but I'll need to practise more
3. I'm not sure
4. I still can't. I need more help

The exercises helped me to understand this grammar topic

1. Yes, completely
2. Yes, but I'll need to practise more
3. I'm not sure
4. No, I need more help

I'd like to have more practice material.

1. Yes
2. No

Waspreporter 21

1) Do assignment 1: scan all 12 texts to find out what they are about. 

We won't be reading all texts. Which four would you choose?

Pick 1x *, 2x**, 2x***.

Fill in the Google Form in Classroom!

Lennie & George

Questions chapter 1 (pages 1 - 18)

1. Where does the book start?
2. What does Lennie do when he first sees the water?
3. What has Lennie found and put in his pocket?
4. Why have George and Lennie left their last placement?
5. Where does Lennie say he would go and live if George does not want him around any more?
6. Write down three things George says he and Lennie will have when they live off the “fatta the lan’”
7. Where does Lennie have to go if he gets into trouble again?

The plan for today

Lesson goals

• You can describe situations & people using adverbs & adjectives correctly.
• You can scan texts to find out quickly what they are about.
• You can read a novel and answer questions.

Homework: finish the grammar exercises for adverbs and adjectives!

(& finish chapter 1 Of Mice and Men and answer the questions.)