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Adverbs
of manner
1
Look at the sentences from the listening and think
about the words in
purple
. These are adverbs of
manner.
I know a bit of Polish but when people speak
fast
,
I can’t understand them!
Jana plays the piano really
well
.
She wins
easily
every time we play!
Her family worked
hard
and sent her to England
to study music.
I have to hold them
carefully
because they’re
very old.
Choose the correct words to complete the rules.
1
Adverbs of manner describe
how / when
we do
things.
2
We make
many / all
adverbs of manner by
adding
-ly
to an adjective.
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2
Look at the sentences in Exercise 1. Find
three adverbs that don’t end in
-
ly
. Write their
adjectives.
3
Look at the spelling rules below and then write
the adverbs for the adjectives in the box.
bad
easy loud noisy quick
quiet wonderful
Adjective
Adverb
slow
slow
ly
(add -
ly
)
happ
y
happ
ily
(change
y
to
i
)
carefu
l
carefu
lly
(double the
l
)
4
Complete the questions with adverbs from
Exercises 1 and 3. Then in pairs, ask and answer
the questions.
1
Do you do your homework
?
2
Can you run
?
3
Can you sing
?
4
Do you speak
on the bus?
5
Do you play music
in your bedroom?
6
Can you make friends
?
5
Correct the mistakes in the sentences.
1
I liked the competition because both teams
played very good.
2
I thought that film was really badly!
3
You should think about that very careful.
4
My friend ran really fastly in the race.
5
You can find easily my house.
GRAMMAR
PRONUNCIATION
The letter
i
6
Work with a partner. Look at the
underlined letters. What sound does
i
make in the words? Put them into the
correct column in the table.
child
children find
interesting kind quickly
quite
sing sister slim
wife
/ɪ/
milk
/aɪ/
night
Listen and check. Then repeat.
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7
Complete the advice with the words in the box.
Change the adjective into an adverb where
necessary.
careful correct difficult happy
important
interesting
Every family has lots of
stories in
its past.
It’s not too
to
find out about your
family history.
Ask older family members about their parents
and grandparents. They
will talk
for
hours about this.
Listen
and write down what they
tell you.
The most
thing
you need to find
out is when and where people were born.
Write everything down
because
you don’t want mistakes in your family tree.
How to find out about
1
2
3
4
5
6
8
Complete the table about your family. Under
Interesting information
, put an adjective (e.g.
clever
)
and a verb plus adverb (e.g.
sings badly
). Then in
small groups, talk about the people in your table.
Family member
Interesting information
Mum
clever sings badly
your family history
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1
Look at the photo and describe it. What do you think it’s like living in a big family?
Write three ideas. Read the article quickly to see if your ideas are included.
READING
2
Read the article again. Are the
sentences right (
✓
) or wrong (x)?
1
Ella has seven younger brothers and sisters.
2
Her family enjoyed choosing names for their pets.
3
Ella and her brothers and sisters earn money from helping
around the house.
4
The younger members of Ella’s family also have to do jobs.
