Adjectives + Adverbs
What does an adjective say something about?
Person, animal or thing
What does an adverb say something about?
about a verb/how something is done
What do you add to a verb to make the past simple?
-ed
True or false: Shakespeare invented over 1000 words.
True
The students did a wonderful/wonderfully job.
wonderful
That is absolutely ridiculous/ridiculously!
ridiculous
How can you recognise an irregular verb?
You can't, you just have to know them!
Which accent is older: the English accent or the American accent?
The American! The Americans sound more like the old English accent. The English accent changed in the 17th century due to the "upper class" (r-sound)
My arm was hurt bad/badly.
The movie was amazing/amazingly, but it was shot awful/awfully!
amazing, awfully
In the past there can be a long action, interrupted by a short action. What past tenses are they called?
short: past simple
long: past continuous
Who is the President of the United Kingdom right now?
There is no president, only a king!
Adjective or adverb? "I don't often cry, but old people sitting alone makes me sad." (often, sad)
often: adverb (zegt iets over hoe vaak - verb)
sad: adjective (zegt iets over 'me')
Adjective or adverb? "I occasionally walk to school, but if it's cold I take the warm bus." (occasionally, cold, warm)
occasionally: adverb (zegt iets over hoe vaak - verb)
cold + warm: adjectives (zegt iets over het weer en bus)
While I (bake), my friend (tell) me we forgot the eggs. (past simple or past continuous)
was baking, told
Did an American or a Brit say this sentence and why?:
"I bought some chips, but they were cold by the time I got outside! I threw them in the rubbish."
Brit: chips = friet
Brit: rubbish (not trash) = afval
I (.....) try to donate when I can, because I love helping (........) people.
Choose two fitting verbs and say if it's an adjective or adverb: cool - boring - sad - less fortunate - never - usually
usually - adverb, zegt iets over hoe vaak
less fortunate - adjective, zegt iets over people
Make a sentence about yourself, add one adjective and one adverb.
Teacher checks answer
Make a sentence with the past simple and past continuous. It can be about something that happened to you lately.
Teacher checks answer
True or false: The United Kingdom consumes the most tea in the world.
False: Turkey, Ireland, Azerbaijan, then the UK...