UNIT 2C

AEF4 Week 10

Week 10What are we doing?

Listen to some musicGo crazy with adverbsPractice some pronunciationDo group work on the

advertising techniques we have studied so far.

Music Time

Jaron David Lowenstein is an American singer who formerly recorded with his identical twin brother, Evan, in the musical duo Evan and Jaron.

This song reached the Top 15 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts.

Jaron and the Long Road to Love

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Minimal Pairs

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Unit 2C - Incredibly Short Stories

Page 28 - Mini Sagas are 50-word stories.

A) Match the stories with these titles (one is not used):Generation Gap The Last Laugh Good

intentions In the Cards Meeting the Boss

B) Take turns and explain the stories to your partner(s).

Part C: Look at the highlighted adverbs/adverbial phrases in the stories and list them in the following:

Time:

Manner:

Frequency:

Degree:

Comment:

Adverbs and adverbial phrases

Part C: Look at the highlighted adverbs/adverbial phrases in the stories and list them in the following:

Time: immediately, early, last year,five minutes later

Manner: angrily

Frequency: always

Degree: unbelievably, increasingly, so

Comment: unfortunately

Adverbs and adverbial phrases

Tip: For non -ly adverbs such as even, ever, just, etc., are often put in the

mid-position

(before the main verb).

For example:

“Don’t even think about dating such an ugly guy!”

Part d) Use your instinct and put the adverbs into the sentences.

Page 134, part C) a) Underline the adverb(s) /

adverbial phrase(s) and correct any wrong sentences.

b) Put the adverbs in parentheses in the common position for each sentence.

2C Answers

1.She likes theater very much. / She really likes theater.

2.late , yesterday3.The ambulance arrived immediately.4.They usually go jogging after work.5.extremley, last night6.They won the game easily because they

played so well.7.I almost forgot your birthday.8.Luckily we had taken an umbrella.9.always , healthily10.Apparently he’s been fired from his job.

2C Answers

1.The building was badly damaged in the fire last week.

2.Obviously we need to do something quickly.3.Ben is often at his friend’s house in the

evening.4.She just walked and didn’t even say good-

bye.5.He always drives extremely fast.6.She danced beautifully at the ballet last

night.7.Luckily she wasn’t seriously injured when

she fell.8.Apparently he nearly broke his leg when he

was skiing.9.My father usually sleeps a little in the

afternoon.

Page 29

Listen to some sound effects or short dialogues. Then use the adverb in bold to complete each sentence.

1. When he got to the bus stop, the bus had just left.

2. They were having a party when…

3. He though he had lost his boarding pass, but…

4. The woman thought Andrea and Tom were friends, but, in fact, …

5. The driver couldn’t see where he was going because…

6. The Chinese man couldn’t understand the other man because…

Page 29

Listen to some sound effects or short dialogues. Then use the adverb in bold to complete each sentence.

1. When he got to the bus stop, the bus had just left.

2. …suddenly, the lights went out / there was suddenly a power outage / the lights suddenly went out / etc.

3. …luckily, he found it in his pocket.

4. …they hardly know / knew each other.

5. …it was raining (so) hard, etc.

6. …he talked / was talking incredibly fast/quickly.

Vocabulary Match each pair of adverbs with a pair of sentences.

Confusing adverbs and adverbial phrases

right now / actually ___especially / specially ___

ever / even ___hard / hardly ___

in the end / at the end ___late / lately ___

near / nearly ___still / yet ___

Vocabulary Match each pair of adverbs with a pair of sentences.

Confusing adverbs and adverbial phrases

right now / actually _5_especially / specially _4_

ever / even _8_hard / hardly _1_

in the end / at the end _3_

late / lately _2_near / nearly _6_

still / yet _7_

Now work together and decide which adverb goes with each sentence.

Vocabulary Help!

Confusing adverbs and adverbial phrases

hard = not easy; hardly = almost nothinglate = not early; lately = recentlyat the end is usually used with events;in the end is used to mean negotiation or discussionsspecially goes with verbs (specially designed, specially made); especially = in particularactually means the same as in fact, or to tell the truth.*Sentences like I haven’t found a job yet and I still haven’t found a job mean more or less the same, but the use of still is often used in spoken English to show a stronger feeling.

VocabularyNow work together and decide which adverb goes with each sentence.

Confusing adverbs and adverbial phrases

1 hardly, hard2 late, lately3 At the end, In the end4 especially, specially5 actually, right now6 nearly, near7 yet, still8 never, even

Pronunciation

Page 29, part 3

a)Underline the stressed syllables

c) Underline the stressed words in

each sentence.

d)Practice each sentence with a

partner

Homework:

Still got some time?I eat eel while you feel ill.

The sixth sick sheik’s sixth sheep’s sick.