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Lesson Plan April 21, 2023
Topic: Adjectives & Adverbs 02
In this lesson we will continue practising using adjectives and adverbs.
Section A
Look at these examples:
He ate his dinner very quickly.
Suddenly the shelf fell down off the wall.
Quickly and suddenly are adverbs. Many adverbs are formed from an adjective + -ly
adjective —> adverb
quick —> quickly
sudden —> suddenly
bad —> badly
careful —> carefully
heavy —> heavily
serious —> seriously
quiet —> quietly
NOTE: Not all words ending in -ly are adverbs, some adjectives end in -ly too, for example
friendly / lively / elderly / lonely / silly / lovely
Section B
Adverbs tell you how something happens or how somebody does something
The train stopped suddenly.
I opened the door slowly.
Please read these notes carefully.
I understand you perfectly.
Compare adjectives & adverbs
Sue is a very quiet speaker.
Sue speaks very quietly. (NOT speaks very quiet)Be careful!
Listen carefully! (NOT listen careful)It was a bad game for our team.
Our team played badly. (NOT played bad)I felt nervous.
I waited nervously.
Section C
Some words are adjectives and adverbs, their forms do not change, for example:
hard / fast / late / early
Sue’s job is very hard.
Sue works very hard. (NOT hardly)Ben is a fast runner.
Ben can run fast.The trains are running late.
The train arrived late.The bus was early.
I went to bed early.
Lesson Notes
It’s so hot and sunny, I’m trying my best not to melt when I go outside. (We use melt to show how uncomfortable the heat is)
To give someone an option to do or not to do something, we can say
"It's your decision to come to the party.”
“If you want you can come for dinner.”
“It’s up to you to make the choice to wear a mask or not.”
Pick up the pace; (idiom) to go faster or work quicker
Come on Dave! Pick up the pace. Why are you always so slow.
If we are to finish before the deadline today, we are going to have to pick up the pace.
Can we pick the pace up? I don’t want to miss our flight.
