Crime

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 2

Today's lesson

• Play a game: Time Waster
• Adjectives and Adverbs 
• Write an internet alert

Goals:

Using parts of standard form of an incident report to write a internet alert

Can use adjectives and adverbs to make descriptions of figurative people/criminals and their past activities

www.thesmokinggun.com

Adjectives and Adverbs

Adjectives and Adverbs

(bijvoeglijke naamwoorden en bijwoorden)

1. Frank is a good singer 

2. My brother is a careful driver.

An adjective describes something or someone -> 

it says something about a noun (zelfstandig naamwoord). 

Adjectives and Adverbs

1. Frank sings well. 

2. My brother drives carefully.

Most adverbs are formed by adding -ly after the adjective.

Sometimes the spelling of the adverb changes:

terrible - terribly ; realistic - realistically ; easy - easily

Adverbs (Bijwoorden) can describe other words. An adverb says, for example, how something has happened or how something is done. It tells you something about a ...

Adjectives and Adverbs

It tells you something about a(n)...

• She walked into the room slowly . (verb)
• This is an extremely difficult exercise.(adjective)
• He sings absolutely beautifully. (adverb)
• The girl walked into the room extremely fast. (adverb)

Irregular  adverbs

There are also irregular adverbs. The adverb for good is well - She's a good performer. She performs well. 

A few adverbs have the same form as the adjective.

Fast (snel), fair (sportief/eerlijk), low, high, hard, long, late, loud  and straight (onmiddelijk) 

He's a fast driver, He drives fast. 

Max is a ... singer.

1. real good
2. really well
3. really good
4. real well

This hamburger tastes ...

1. Awful
2. Awfully

That pizza smells ...

1. Nicely
2. Nice

Shane ___ (slow) walked to the door and shut it with a ___ (loud) bang.

1. slowly, loudly
2. slowly, loud
3. slow, loudly
4. slow, loud

it's not only a ...(wonderful) song, she sings it ....(wonderful) too.

1. wonderfully, wonderfully
2. wonderfully, wonderful
3. wonderful, wonderfully
4. wonderful, wonderful

Writing excercise 

• Write an internet alert about one of the people from the mugshots (next slide)   (7 minutes)

       - Give description of the criminal

       - Give details of the crime (s)he committed (type of crime, weapon...)

       - Give explanation of what people should do if they see him/her

       -> Look at the standard forms of incident reports in your book for help (p. 213, 218) + vocabulary list (p. 230)!

• Use at least 2 adverbs and 3 adjectives!
• Exchange story with neighbour -> underline adverbs, adjectives in bold type (3 minutes)

1. Naast wie zit jij in de les (met vaste plaatsen), en ben jij hier tevreden mee? 

2. Met wie zou jij graag samen willen zitten? (max 2 personen). Naast wie niet zo snel?

3. Met wie zou je graag samen willen werken (vrienden of iemand die goed is in het vak?)

4. Heb je nog dingen waarvan je denkt dat ik er rekening mee moet houden?