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Universidad Nacional de Crdoba

Facultad de LenguasPRCTICA GRAMATICAL

Adjectives and Adverbs with the Same Form

Prof. M. Candelaria Luque C.

OVERVIEW

OBJECTIVES OF THIS CLASS LEAD IN

PRELIMINARY ACTIVITY

PRACTICE

FOLLOW-UP ACTIVITY

CONSULTED BIBLIOGRAPHY


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PRCTICA GRAMATICAL DEL INGLS

OBJECTIVES OF THIS CLASS

By the end of this class, students should:

a) have activated and recycled their theoretical knowledge of the use of

adjectives and adverbs in English.

b) be able to identify the semantic and syntactic differences between

adjectives and adverbs.

c) be able to produce meaningful and grammatical sentences using

adjectives and adverbs with the same form.

PROF. M. CANDELARIA LUQUE C. 2


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LEAD IN

Complete the chart about adjectives and adverbs using your previous

knowledge and the given examples.

ADJECTIVES ADVERBS

FUNCTION

They can modify:

_____________

He owns a house in a______________

___________________

_____________

My house is a

_____________________.

They can modify:

_____________

Andrew ___________________________

_____________

The students were

_________________

_____________

Theyre playing

____________________

_____________

________________, she couldnt think

of another excuse.

SENTENCE

POSITION

They can be found:

___________________

There was no

______________________

___________________

Thats perfectly _________________

___________________

The idea came from the

They can be found:

___________________

___________, not everybody agreed.

___________________

The children are playing

___________

___________________

We ______________ to London in



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____________

_______________

May.

The train

______________________late.

She ___________________ kind to me.

PRELIMINARY ACTIVITY

Read the following sets of sentences and identify the part of speech of the

words in bold. Justify your answer orally.

Tom is in his late 20s. __________________________

Its been a hard day for Peter.

__________________________

I can highly recommend the book. 1

__________________________

You can eat free in my restaurant whenever you like.

__________________________

I havent been to the theatre much lately. 1 __________________________

She looked at him sharply. 1 __________________________

They looked down from the high window.

__________________________1You can speak freely I wont tell anyone what you say. __________________________

Her autobiography was written late in her life. __________________________

Ive hardly got any clean clothes left. 1 __________________________

The government will be free to pursue its economic policies.

__________________________

His nose was thin and sharp.

__________________________

Throw the ball as high as you can.1

__________________________

I trained really hard for the marathon. 1 __________________________

Can you be there at six oclock sharp? 1 __________________________



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1 From Practical English Usage. Swan, M. 2005,24-27.

PRACTICEa) Look up the following words in the dictionary. Copy one sentence in

which the word has been used as an adjective and another one in which it

has been used as an adverb.

alike

1)_______________________________________________________________________

2)______________________________________________________________________

_

full-time

1)_______________________________________________________________________

2)______________________________________________________________________

_

pretty

1)_______________________________________________________________________

2)_______________________________________________________________________

well

1)_______________________________________________________________________

2)_______________________________________________________________________

weekly

1)_______________________________________________________________________



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2)_______________________________________________________________________

b) Read the text and complete it with the words from the list. You can use

each word twice.early long fast quick hard right

straight

Matthew and Laura were really different. Laura was Spanish. Matthew was

English. He was extremely interested in cricket. She wasnt. Laura had long

____________ hair. Matthew had short, curly hair.

One day, Matthew invited her to watch a cricket match with him. Cricket isnt

a very ____________ game and it is a ____________ game to understand. It had been a

____________ day for Laura. She had a headache because she had been working too

____________. She wanted to catch an ____________ train and go ____________ home.

Matthew didnt want to leave the match ____________. He wanted to watch it

____________ to the end. Matthew thought it wasnt the ____________ time to leave. He

had to think ____________ what was he going to do? He needed a ____________

answer. He found some aspirin in his pocket. You dont need to go home. Here,take some aspirin ____________. We wont stay ____________, I promise. Just another

two hours. Adapted from English Grammar in Steps. Bolton, D., and N. Goodey

1996,243.

FOLLOW-UP ACTIVITY

What would you say in these situations? React to them using the words in

brackets as adverbs and as adjectives.

1) You are studying and you cannot concentrate because your teenage sisters are

quarrelling. (loud)

___________________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________________



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Murphy, R. (1985) English Grammar in Use. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University

Press.

Swan, M. (2005) Practical English UsageThird Edition Oxford: Oxford University

Press.

Thomson, A.J. and A.V. Martinet. (1980)A Practical English GrammarThird Edition.Oxford: Oxford University Press.

He owns a house in a neighbouring village.

My house is a small one.

Andrew answered politely.

The students were really nervous.

They re playing unusually fast.



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Unfortunately, she couldnt think of another excuse.

There was no clear answer.

I remember the main points in her speech.[only before noun] [A] ADJ n

Thats perfectly clear.

Quiet! The children are asleep.[not before noun] [F] v-link ADJ ADJ after v

The idea came from the students involved.There are bargains galore in the sales.[only after noun] [after n] n ADJ

However, not everybody agreed.

The children are playing upstairs.

We usually go to London in May.

The train will probably be late.

She was always kind to me.

ADJECTIVES ADVERBS-al political, reciprocal

-ate designate, appropriate

-ed surprised, determined

-ent different, persistent

-ward(s) homeward(s),

afterward(s)

-wise piecewise, otherwise



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-fuluseful, beautiful

-ing interesting, thrilling

-ish childish, bookish-ive effective, active

-less smokeless, motionless

-like catlike, boxlike

-ous continuous, serious-some troublesome,

awesome

-worthy trustworthy

-ablecapable, lovable

-ly friendly, motherly,

weekly

no suffix new, good, fast,

clean

-ly really, effectively,

weekly

no suffix soon, here, fast,

clean


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