lunes, 25 de noviembre de 2013

Body stances/movements


qTo shrug
qTo drum your fingers
qTo look right through someone
qTo tap your feet
qTo put your hands on your hips
qTo cross your arms
qTo nod
qTo shake your head
qTo roll your eyes

qTo point at…

Phrases expressing feelings


1/ Complete the online exercise


2/ Make a list of the different expressions from the exercise and giveshort definition for each one.

Example:  
to be completely heartbroken = to be extremely sad because of relationship   problems

Past Tense Revision Games







Adverbs


Most adverbs are formed from an adjective:
easy (-y) + ily      = easily              
complete + ly       = completely    
automatic + ally   = automatically        
horrible (-le) + ly  = horribly    
happy(-y) + ily     = happily          
nice + ly               = nicely            
romantic  + ally    = romantically          
simple   (-le) + ly  = simply


Some adverbs have the same form as an adjective:
close, daily, early, fast, hard, high, late, right

Adjective    
Susan is fast          (tells the way she is)           fast is an adjective

Adverb        
Susan runs fast       (tells the way she runs)       fast is an adverb

USE 1

Adverbs can be used to modify verbs.

Examples:

John walked quickly towards the door.
Sally sat silently waiting for somebody else to speak first.

USE 2

Adverbs can be used to modify adjectives.

Examples:

The redwood tree was impressively tall.
The blouse was outrageously expensive.

USE 3

Adverbs can be used to modify other adverbs.

Examples:

She spoke extremely confidently.
The cheetah ran incredibly quickly.

Adverbs of manner 
Describe how something happens. Where there are two or more verbs in a sentence, adverb placement affects the meaning. Some commonly used adverbs of manner include:

carefully
correctly
eagerly
easily
fast
loudly
patiently
quickly
quietly
well

Adverbs of purpose 
Describe why something happens. Here are some common examples:

accidentally
intentionally
purposely
deliberately

Adverbs of frequency 
Describe how often something happens. The following adverbs are commonly used in this way:

always
every
never
often
rarely
seldom
sometimes
usually

Adverbs of time 
Describe when something happens. These examples are commonly used:

after
already
during
finally
just
last
later
next
now
recently
soon
then
tomorrow
when
while
yesterday

Advanced adverbs!

half-heartedly
quizically
distractedly
emphatically
impatiently
disinterestedly
eagerly
dismissively
wearily
accusingly

Oblivious to my presence

Practice

http://www.englishpage.com/minitutorials/adverbexercise.htm

http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=8547#a

http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=8387

http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=8386