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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.
What this word tells us | ||
a. | He cuddled the tiny puppy (roughly; tenderly; quickly). | |
b. | A huge bear attacked the tourist (savagely; carefully; weakly). | |
c. | My strong friend lifted the crate (easily; weakly; unhappily). | |
d. | The whale chased the fish (lazily; slowly; hungrily) round the bay. | |
e. | The exhausted crew sailed their yacht (energetically; carelessly; slowly) into the harbour. |
So, adverbs tell us
HOW,
WHEN and
WHERE
2.
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.
Adjective | Noun | Verb | Adverb | |
Describe the part | Name the part | What it does | How/when/ where it does it | |
The | black | match | burns | brightly |
The | ||||
The | ||||
The | ||||
The | ||||
The |
ACTIVITY 2
TO USE A DICTIONARY [LO 3.7.1]
TO DEMONSTRATE AN EXPANDING READING VOCABULARY [3.7.2]
THESAURUS . . . . ?
(A thesaurus is a collection of words – all having similar meanings to the word you look up in the dictionary.)
KEY | CODE |
Noun | N |
Verb | V |
Adjective | Adj |
Adverb | Adv |
2. How quickly can you think of, or find (using the dictionary) words with similar meanings for the following?
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.
H | A | H | S | H | O | V | E | L | S | L |
T | R | I | H | S | H | G | O | I | P | A |
S | W | E | E | H | U | S | H | I | P | T |
H | N | E | P | R | A | H | S | H | E | N |
O | U | S | H | E | D | O | H | N | R | E |
U | H | S | E | D | E | C | I | U | E | M |
L | S | H | R | T | E | K | N | F | W | I |
D | H | R | D | R | E | C | P | T | O | T |
E | E | I | S | H | I | N | Y | O | H | N |
R | E | N | I | L | E | R | O | H | H | E |
S | R | K | K | F | L | E | H | S | S | S |
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