4.6 Adverbs and vocabulary

English first additional language

Grade 5

Module 25

Adverbs and vocabulary

ACTIVITY 1

TO USE LANGUAGE FORMS AND STRUCTURES TO COMMUNICATE ORALLY AND IN WRITING – ADVERBS

[LO 6.2]

ADVERBS

Let’s recap

An adjective describes a - - - -, and an adverb modifies a v - - - , an adj- - - - - and another adv- - -. E.g. He walks slowly. He walks very slowly. He is very sad.

Now, choose an adverb from the puffy cloud. Use it in a sentence (orally).

Select the most suitable adverb from between brackets.

So, adverbs tell us

HOW,

WHEN and

WHERE

2.

1. He ran to the shop _______________ (when).
2. He ran to the shop ________________ (how).
3. (When) ___________ I paid all the accounts.
4. (How) ________ he got off his chair and stomped out of the room.
5. She ran _____________ (where).

f. I have searched _______________ (where).

3. Complete these sentences by filling in the missing adverbs:

a) Mr Brown grew (how) ________ excited when he saw his formula working.

b) He pressed a large button (how)________________ .

c) _______________ (when) the whole contraption began to shake _______________ (how) and gas began to hiss out of various tubes.

d) Mr Green noticed _______(when) that bubbles were creeping ______ (how) up the inside of the little glass tubes and squirting _______ (how) into the great jar (where) _________ .

4. CAN YOU STILL REMEMBER!

Study the following machine. Give it a name. What does it do?

How does it do what it does?

Complete this table, which describes what this machine does.

The first one has been done for you as an example.

ACTIVITY 2

TO USE A DICTIONARY [LO 3.7.1]

TO DEMONSTRATE AN EXPANDING READING VOCABULARY [3.7.2]

(A thesaurus is a collection of words – all having similar meanings to the word you look up in the dictionary.)

2. How quickly can you think of, or find (using the dictionary) words with similar meanings for the following?

1. mistake __________
2. proudly __________
3. ordinary __________
4. puzzle __________
5. reply __________

f. searched __________

3. Use these words in simple sentences. Check your answers with your partner!

a.

b.

c.

d.

e.

f.

ACTIVITY 3

TO DEMONSTRATE AN EXPANDING READING VOCABULARY

[LO 3.7.2]

25 words are hidden in this block. They all begin with sh- ! Highlight them and write them down.