WEEK 2

INGLES 4

Objectives:

• Students will describe actions by using adverbs of manners.

• Students will talk about their abilities by using CAN.

• Students will describe the personality of the members in their family using

adjectives.

UNIT 8: PEOPLE AND ABILITIES

WHAT ARE YOU GOOD AT?

WHAT ARE YOU GOOD AT?

I’M GOOD AT SPORTS.

WE ARE GOOD AT MUSIC.

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I’M GOOD AT COMPUTERS. I’M GOOD AT PLAYING FOOTBALL.

I’M GOOD AT SPEAKING LANGUAGES.

CRISTIANO RONALDO IS GOOD AT PLAYING FOOTBALL.

LADY GAGA IS GOOD AT DANCING AND SINGING.

INTERESTED

GOOD

IN

AT

ADJECTIVE PREPOSITIONNOUN

VERB - ING

• COOKING

• SOCCER

• SWIMMING

• CHESS

Are you good at singing?

Are you good at riding horses?

Are you good at cooking?

ARE YOU GOOD AT ALGEBRA?

I AM INTERESTED IN ALGEBRA.

I’M INTERESTED IN HISTORY.

WE ARE INTERESTED IN DOGS.

A MUSICIAN IS INTERESTED IN COMPOSING MUSIC.

A STUNTMAN IS INTERESTED IN LEARNING NEW DANGEROUS

THINGS.

Are you interested in animals?

Are you interested in software?

Are you interested in cooking?

ARE YOU INTERESTED IN READING THE NEWS?

PERSONALITY ADJECTIVES

Datos/Observaciones

ADVERBS OF MANNER

Datos/Observaciones

EXAMPLES:

• He drives the car carefully.

• They are walking quickly.

• She’s dancing slowly.

Datos/Observaciones

Datos/Observaciones

1.- Usually you make an adverb by adding “ly” to an adjective

[ adjective + ly ]

• quiet + ly = quietly

• poor + ly = poorly

• slow + ly = slowly

2.- If the adjective ends with “y” then you drop the “y” and add “ily”

[ adjective (‐y) + ily ]

• easy (‐y) + ily = easily

• angry (‐y) + ily = angrily

• happy (‐y) + ily = happily

SPELLING RULES FOR ADVERBS OF MANNER

Datos/Observaciones

3.- Some adverbs have the same form as the adjective

‐late ‐early ‐hard ‐fast

• Don’t arrive late. (late describes the verb arrive)

• He arrived early. (early describes the verb arrived)

• You kick hard. (hard describes the verb kick)

• Don’t drive fast. (fast describes the verb drive)

SPELLING RULES FOR ADVERBS OF MANNER

Datos/Observaciones

4.- The adverb of “good = well”

• You play piano well. (well describes the verb play)

• I speak English well. (well describes the verb speak)

• You play this game well. (well describes the verb play)

SPELLING RULES FOR ADVERBS OF MANNER

Datos/Observaciones

Examples:

• She’s eating happily.

• They are talking angrily.

• He’s riding fast.

• She’s studying hard

Datos/Observaciones

EXERCISES: Change the adjective into adverbs and complete the sentences.

More exercises:

https://test-english.com/grammar-points/a1/adverbs-manner

Good

Deep

Fast

late

Hard

angry

1. He runs ________________

2. He sleeps ______________

3. They play _______________

4. She speaks ______________

5. He works _______________

6. He arrives _______________