ELEMENTARY 11A - Adverbs(manner and modifieres)

Adverbs (manners and modifiers)

We use adverbs of manner to say how people do things

• Adverbs usually go after the verb or verb phrase
• I speak English well NOT I speak well English
• He sings beautifullY NOT He beautifully sings
• She drives carefully NOT She carefully drives

We normally form adverbs by adding -ly to the adjectives

We normally form adverbs by adding -ly to the adjectives

Remember the difference between adjectives and adverbs.

• I'm a careful driver( careful is an adjective. It describes the noun, driver.)

• I drive carefully. ( carefully is an adverb. It describes the verb, drive.)

Frank cooks real / really well.I love my phone it's easy/ easily to use. We walked quick /quickly to the station. He's very quiet/ quietly. He never says anything. My french is bad/ badly. Come here! the view is incredible/ incredibly. Can you speak more slow /slowly, please? Isa speaks good/ well English He's a good/ well footballer. I eat a lot of healthy / healthily food

BecarefulSome word that ends in -ly aren't adverbs e.g. friendly. friendly is an adjective ( He's a friendly person) or He talk to me in a friendly way

Very, quite, really

We use very, quite, really, etc to modify adjectives or other adverbs.They always go before the adjective or adverb.

• It isn't very expensive.
• The exams are quite difficult.
• She drives incredibly fast
• They speak really slowly

verb + TO + INFINITIVE

Many verbs are followed by another verb in the infinitive with to.

Choose Try Remember Forget Hope

Want Learn Promise Decide Plan

I want to travel for six months.She decided to go to australia. You need to practise every day. When did you learn to play the guitar?.

+ TO

I would like to = I want to (now or in the future). would like is followed by TO

• Contractions: 'd = would , wouldn't = would not
• We use would you like...? to offer, e.g. would you like a drink?

• Would like is the same for all persons

Would you like to go to africa? I wouldn't like to be famous.

Would like and like.I'd like to dace = I want to dance I like dancing = I enjoy it, i like it in general

Definite article

We don't usually use the

• when we talk about people or thing in general, Men are more interested in sport than women. (GENERAL)
• but THE woman in this class work harder than men. (SPECIFIC).

• before possesive, she's my mother's cousin NOT she's the my mother's cousin.
• Meals, have breakfast, lunch, dinner
• By transport, go by train, travel by car, bus, etc.
• General places, work, school, university, bed, home

'THE'

We use the

• when we know what we're talking about. Close the window
• When it's only one of something, the sun, the moon, the internet

• Before superlative adjectives, the biggest, the best,