4V - Grammar 1/2022021

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Grammar

Prefixes/suffixes

Comparisons

Adjectives and Adverbs

Past Simple & Past Continuous

Lessonplan

Grammar + Practise

Prefixes & Suffixes

• Are used to change the meaning of a word
• Are used to change the usage of the word (adjective/adverb etc)
•  Prefixes come at the beginning of a word
• Suffixes come at the end of a word

Choose the correct prefix/suffix

...proper

1. un-
2. im-
3. in-
4. dis-

respect...

1. -less
2. -ible
3. -full
4. -able

...typical

1. a-
2. im-
3. un-
4. in-

regular...

1. -ed
2. -ing
3. -al
4. -ly

...sufficient

1. im-
2. un-
3. in-
4. a-

...honor...

1. dis-
2. un-
3. -ible
4. -able

Comparisons

Compares one thing to another

-er/more ...than

He is bigger than her.

She is more compassionate than him

Superlatives

used to say that a thing or person is the most of a group

-est/the most ...

He is the biggest.

She is the most compassionate

-er / est

more / most

tall

kind

difficult

good

fascinating

careful

funny

famous

Adjectives

- says something about a noun

Comes after an article (a, an, the) and before the noun

The fast car

Adverbs

says something about an adjective / verb/ other adverb

Usually ends on -ly 

That's an incredibly fast car

The car drives smoothly.

The car drives incredibly smoothly.

The president hopes that people of all races will live together ________________
(PEACEFUL)

She told us that the streets in the capital city were _____________ and_____________. (DIRTY, UGLY)

I get all the food _____________ from the farmers. (DIRECT)

The minister was _____________ worried that the deal would not pass parliament. (DEEP)

The old woman walked across the street very _____________ .(CAREFUL)

Past Simple

Something finished in the past, and we know when it happened.

I walked home

They sprang into action.

He dove into the water.

She played the guitar

Past Continuous

Something ongoing in the past.

When interjected by something else --> Past Simple

I was driving when suddenly a deer jumped into the road.

My mom called when I was doing the laundry.

Past Simple

Past

Continuous

was dancing

grabbed

were playing

were singing

spoke

thought

was studying

He __________________ (sleep) when the doorbell __________________ (ring).

Yesterday I __________________ (go) to the post office, __________________ (buy) some fruit at the supermarket and __________________ (read) a book in the park in the afternoon.

We __________________ (watch) TV when we __________________ (hear) a loud
noise.

A: What __________________ (you / do) at 3pm yesterday?
B: I __________________ (clean) my house.

Last year I __________________ (visit) Paris and Rome.

Homework

Do: Unit 2, lesson 3: 1 - 7 + 

                    lesson 4: 1 - 11

Study: words lesson 1, 2, 3