February 2
General Syntax.
Warm-up
Grammar
Practice
Task 1. Find the mistakes in the sentences (if there are any) and correct them.
- The ambulance arrived immediately
- My friends go usually jogging after work.
- My mom always eats at the canteen.
- My parents forgot about my birthday almost.
- Yesterday my dad was late for work.
- We are going to be unfortunately late.
- Molly likes very much the theatre.
- The children go rarely to bed before 11.30.
- My sister was tired extremely last night.
- They easily won the match because they had played brilliantly.
- We luckily took an umbrella.
Task 2. Put the adverbs in the correct place:
- I didn’t know my dad was busy (so).
- I haven’t met my school friends I left school (since ).
- Molly shows good manners (always).
- Is Megan tired after classes? ( usually )
- Sarah copies her homework from other students ( never).
- Greg left school (two years ago).
- My parents have lived all their life (happily).
- It’s pleasant to walk on a good day (so).
- Why do you speak coldly to other people? (so)
- The new boss shows off in front of other people ( never).
- Have you decided what course to take? (yet)
- Where do you buy clothes? (usually).
- It rained hard the whole day (yesterday ).
- He has broken my favorite glass vase (just).
- When they arrived, we had had dinner (already).
- The horror film was frightening (so).
- She’s been put in a difficult situation (never, such).
- The coffee is not strong (enough).
- You are wearing beautiful shoes (such).
- Paula is late for classes (sometimes).
Task 3.
Extra task
Translate the sentences in English and put the adverbs in the correct place:
1. heroically (Пожарные сражались с огнем героически.)
2. gently (Нужно мягко растягивать руки.)
3. publicly (Мистер Блэк публично извинился.)
4. unexpectedly (Такси неожиданно остановилось.)
5. easily (Она смогла с легкостью открыть дверь.)
6. weekly (Моя любимая газета публикуется еженедельно.)
7. noisily (Обезьянки шумно играли в клетке.)
8. awfully (Я ужасно сожалею о том инциденте.)
9. badly (Тэд плохо написал тест.)
10. loudly (Оркестр играл слишком громко.)
Watching and discussing
https://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-best-kindergarten-you-ve-ever-seen-takaharu-tezuka