Adverbs (Manner, place and Time)

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 2

Today's lesson

Goal: To understand where adverbs that describe frequency, manner, place or time go in a sentence.

What do most adverbs often end with?

Let's start with basic sentence structure

Basic: Subject, verb, object, manner, place, time

All sentences have the first two (Subject, verb) 

and can have a combination of the rest or all of them.

My dad reads the newspaper

Sally walks to school today

Sentence structure

• Subject > The boy
• Verb > ran
• Object > with the football
• Manner > quickly
• Place > down the street 
• Time > a few minutes ago.

The boy ran with the football quickly down the street a few minutes ago

Adverbs of frequency. What do you notice? 

Adverbs of frequency

Where do they go?

Subject - here - verb . I usually wake up at 7.

Except when there is a form of to be.

I am always late for school. 

She is never going to buy me a Christmas present.

When there is more than one verb

I can usually spot a good football player

He has totally forgotten his appiontment

I am absolutely losing this card game

He could never wait in a queue.

Adverbs can go after the first verb, if the first verb is a helping verb (aka auxilary verb - be, have or a modal verb) 

Is the word between brackets in the right position?

Helen drives (always) to work.

1. Yes
2. No

Is the word in brackets in the correct place?
We (always) have gone to Spain for our holidays.

1. Yes
2. No

Adverbs of frequency

Antwoord het vraag: Hoe vaak? 

We don't usually go to Granny's on Mondays.

Wat is anders met de ontkenning? 

Adverbs of Manner

Very, really, hard, fast, slowly, incredibly, terribly: geven aan hoe iets gebeurt.

1. Vóór het woord waar ze iets van zeggen (een bijvoeglijk naamwoord of bijwoord)

       He is very friendly. 

       The car journey was really long.

   2. Over een werkwoord: Op het einde van de zin of vóór het hoofdwerkwoord

       He sang the song terribly.

       They nervously waited for the President.

Nooit tussen het werkwoord en het voorwerp!  

I grabbed quickly my bag > I grabbed my bag quickly or I quickly grabbed my bag.

 

Adverbs of Place & Time

• Plaats voor tijd bij het eind van de zin.
  

      The train leaves from platform 2 at nine o'clock.

• Als het tijdstip extra belangrijk is dan mag tijd ook vooraan.

      Tomorrow, he has to be on time for work!  

      (This is with emphasis on the time) 

• Van groot naar klein met plaats en tijd
  

       I'll meet you in Utrecht at McDonalds on Friday at ten o'clock.

 

Put the words in the correct order:
go / Sam and Tom/ occasionally /
to Italy / on holiday (No full stop)

Put the words in the correct order:
rarely / I / my email/ in the evening / check

Put the words in the correct order:
whispered / Sally / softly / to her friend

Put the words in the correct order:
drove / recklessly / he / the car

Julia

goes

Move the adverbs to the correct box

Frequency (hoe vaak)

Manner (hoe dan)

Place (waar)

Time (wanneer)

sometimes

to the cinema

on a school night

Julia

is

Move the adverbs to the correct box

late

Frequency (hoe vaak)

Manner (hoe dan)

Place (waar)

Time (wanneer)

always

for hockey practice

on Wednesdays.

very

Which answer has the correct word order?

1. We have to wait always a long time for John
2. We always have to wait a long time for John
3. We always to wait have a long time for John
4. We have always to wait a long time John

Put the words in the correct order:
to the supermarket / every Friday / I /go (No full stop)

Put the words in the correct order:
left / She/ quietly/ the room

Put the words in the correct order:
The train / from platform 2 / leaves / at six o'clock

Put the words in the correct order:
in the library / is / Joran / often /
in the lunch break

Put the words in the correct order:
makes / My brother / a lot of tests / rarely / at school

Continue with....

Unit 6: Lesson 2 

Ex. 7, 8 & 9

This online exercise for frequency. 

Start on the worksheet you have been given

Tell me one thing that you learnt today.

What are you not sure about or would like more practice with?

Adverbs in the sentence

Frequency > hoe vaak

Manner > hoe dan

Place > waar

Time > wanneer

I often cycle slowly to school in the morning.

Which word is which type of adverb?