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adverbs and adverbial phrases. Types of adverbs: Time: immediately, Manner: Frequency: Degree: Comment:. adverbs and adverbial phrases. Types of adverbs: Time: immediately, early, five minutes later, last year Manner: angrily Frequency: always Degree: unbelievably, increasingly
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adverbs and adverbial phrases Types of adverbs: • Time: immediately, • Manner: • Frequency: • Degree: • Comment:
adverbs and adverbial phrases Types of adverbs: • Time: immediately, early, five minutes later, last year • Manner: angrily • Frequency: always • Degree: unbelievably, increasingly • Comment: unfortunately
Where should you put an adverb? • At the beginning or end of the phrase / sentence, or in the middle (usually before the main verb) • He speaks three languages fluently. • I hardly ever have breakfast during the week. • My brother was in a car crash, but fortunately he wasn’t hurt. • It’s often extremely hot in Greece in July and August. • When I know the date, I’ll call you straight away.
Incredibly storiesbad careful correct hard fastbrilliant happy safe extreme • Jack won the tennis final because he played ____ • My brother had an accident because he was driving too ___ • You’ll have to think very ___ before you decide whether to accept the job. • I speak French very ___ No one can understand me. • Who can spell this word ___? • Although the weather was awful, the plane landed ___ • His parents have been ___ married for nearly forty years. • She works ___ ___ ambitious as well.
Incredibly storiesbad careful correct hard fastbrilliant happy safe extreme • Jack won the tennis final because he played brilliantly. • My brother had an accident because he was driving too fast. • You’ll have to think very carefully before you decide whether to accept the job. • I speak French very badly. No one can understand me. • Who can spell this word correctly? • Although the weather was awful, the plane landed safely. • His parents have been happily married for nearly forty years. • She works extrememly hard ambitious as well.
Order the words to make sentences • tall / son / incredibly / has / your / grown • ill / hardly / daughter / is / my / ever • parents / next / are / his / retiring / year • body / rude / teacher / was / the / extremely / his • we / umbrella / an / had / luckily / taken • at / police / immediately / bank / arrived / the / the • is / James / apparently / divorced / getting
tall / son / incredibly / has / your / grown Your son has grown incredibly tall. • ill / hardly / daughter / is / my / ever My daughter is hardly ever ill. • parents / next / are / his / retiring / year His parents are retiring next year. • boy / rude / teacher / was / the / extremely / his / to The boy was extremely rude to his teacher. • we / umbrella / an / had / luckily / taken Luckily we had taken an umbrella. • at / police / immediately / bank / arrived / the / the The police arrived immediately at the bank. • is / James / apparently / divorced / getting Apparently James is getting a divorce.