Adverbs

Lesson Overview What is an Adverb? How adverbs are form? Kinds of Adverbs. -adverbs of Manner -adverbs of Place -adverbs of Time -adverbs of degree

What is an Adverb? An Adverb is a word that tells us more about a verb. (John speaks loudly.) -Mary lives locally. Adverbs can also modify adjectives or other adverbs. -He is really handsome. -He drives very fast.

How adverbs are form? We make many adverbs by adding -ly to an adjective. -quick quickly -beautiful beautifully -nice nicely Some adverbs have no particular ( 特殊的 ) form. - example: well, fast, very, never, always, often still

Self-Practice (change the adjective into an adverb.) 1. David _________ (easy) won the first race. 2. I don't know _________ (exact) how much money he makes. 3. I _________ (honest) don't know what John told his sister. 4. You speak English very _________ (good). 5. The police officer made sure that she got home _________ (safe).

Kinds of Adverbs Adverbs of Manner ( 態度 ; 舉止 ) tells us the manner or way in which something happens. They answer the question “how?”. - He speaks slowly. (How does he speak?) Adverbs of Place tells us the place where something happens. They answer the question “where?” - Please sit here. (Where should I sit?)

Kinds of Adverbs Adverbs of Time tells us something about the time that something happens. They answer the question “when?” or “How often?” -He came home yesterday. (When did he come home?) Adverbs of Degree ( 程度 ; 等級 ) tell us the degree to which something happens. They answer the question “how much?” or “to what degree?” Can be use to modify verbs, adjectives, or adverbs. E.g: He works very fast.

Adjective

What is an Adjective? An Adjective is a word that tells us more about a noun. - This is a big dog. Adjectives can be used before a noun (I like fast food) or after certain verbs (This test is hard) We can often use 2 or more adjectives together. - A beautiful young Chinese girl

Adjective Order (before noun) The correct order for 2 or more adj. are: 1. The general order is : opinion, fact -A nice French car (not a French nice car) 2. the normal order for fact adjective is: size, age, shape, colour, material, origin - A big old square black wooden Chinese table

Adj. Order Quiz 1. Judy had a ________ in her hair yesterday. a) nice yellow bow b) yellow nice bow c) bow nice yellow 2. She lost a __________. a) small white cat b) cat small white c) white cat small 3. I bought ____________ oranges. a) great some big b) big great some c) some great big

Adj. Order Quiz 4. we met ___________ people in the office. a)very smart two b) two very smart c) very two smart 5. The cookie that you __________. a) smell delicious baked b) baked smell delicious c) delicious smell baked. 6. The subject you are ___________. a) taking sounds interesting b) interesting sounds taking c) sounds interesting taking