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3. 1. Thedecision was made months ago. 2. We decided to move to a larger house. 3. His decisive action brought order to the meeting. 4. She acted very decisively. adjective adverb noun verb 3 4 1 2

4. 1. Thedoctorcame immediately. 2. My mother is a doctor. 3. We saw the doctor. complement 2 object 3 subject 1

5. Linda and Jan jog around the lake every day. Carlos was upset with us for leaving him behind action state of being

6. The man was carrying bags. paper | young | brown The young man was carrying brown paper bags.

7. was | meal | expensive | the The meal was expensive.

8. 1. The soldier fought. (bravely) 2. I am fond of toffee. (very) 3. Jeff speaks quickly. (too) 1. The soldier fought bravely. verb + adverb 2. I am very fond of toffee. adverb + adjective 3. Jeff speaks too quickly. adverb + adverb

9. He was a brave soldier. He fought bravely. He is a competent teacher. He teaches competently. Some adverbs and adjectives have the same form: deep early far fast hard high much late little low near

10. Slide 3 Click and tell sts that a word may have one or more related forms. Have sts, in pairs , match the words and their functions. Click and check answers. Slide 4 Click and tell sts that nouns are used to express people, places, physical objects, concepts and activities. Have sts, in pairs, match the nouns and their positions. Click again and check answers.

11. Slide 5 Click and remind sts that verbs are used to express the action and state of being of the subject. Have sts, in pairs, come up with what the verbs express, Click again and check answers. Slide 6 Click and tell sts that adjectives are words that modify nouns. Adjectives have only one form, which is used with both singular and plural nouns. Show the sentence, click again and have sts include the adjectives given in the sentence. Click a third time and check answers. Signpost that adjectives may precede nouns.

12. Slide 7 Click and have sts, in pairs, order the words to form a sentence. Click and check answers. Tell sts that another position of adjectives is after the verb. Slide 8 Click and tell sts that adverbs modify verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs. Like adjectives, they have no singular or plural form. In pairs, have sts include the words in parentheses in the sentences. Click and check answer.

13. Slide 9 Click and tell sts that most adverbs are formed by adding – ly to the adjective form. However, a few of them do not change. Click and show some of those.

14. Notes: Slide 5- Click and tell sts that adjectives are words that modify nouns. Adjectives have only one form, which is used with both singular and plural nouns. Show the sentence, click again and have sts include the adjectives given in the sentence. Click a third time and check answers. Signpost that adjectives may precede nouns. Slide 6- Click and have sts, in pairs, order the words to form a sentence. Click and check answers. Tell sts that another position of adjectives is after the verb.

15. Notes: Slide 7- Click and tell sts that adverbs modify verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs. Like adjectives, they have no singular or plural form. In pairs, have sts include the words in parentheses in the sentences. Click and check answer. Slide 8- Click and tell sts that most adverbs are formed by adding – ly to the adjective form. However, a few of them do not change. Click and show some of those.