My first teaching blog

Hello lovely students and welcome to my brand new shiny teaching blog! Here you can (hopefully!) review work we did in class, view your homework assignments and more! 

Let's start with today's class, Friday February 8th 2013. Today you took your weekly test and we studied adverbs. Here are the rules...

We use adverbs to describe verbs. For example,

The teacher is angry  (noun + to be + adjective) 

Here angry describes the teacher.

The teacher shouts angrily (noun + verb + adverb) 

Here angrily describes the shouting.

Some more examples...

George studies lazily and forgets his homework regularly 

Here lazily describes studying and regularly describes forgetting.

Louise ate quickly and messily while her boyfriend watched her disgustedly

Here quickly and messily describe eating and disgustedly describes watching.

There are some rules to remember when you are making adverbs...

Most adjectives = add ly        

strong = strongly

jealous = jealously

mysterious = mysteriously

Adjectives ending in le = take away the e and add y

Comfortable = comfortably

fashionable = fashionably

Enjoyable = enjoyably 

Adjectives ending in y = take away the y and add ily

Happy = happily

Crazy = crazily

Hungry = hungrily

Remember... some adjectives do NOT change when they are used as adverbs, for example,

Hard

Diamonds are very hard stones (hard = adjective)

Terri hit Jane hard on the nose (hard = adverb)

Fast

Lilly is a very fast runner (fast = adjective)

The cat moved fast when the dog arrived (fast = adverb)

Another tip... the adverb for good is well.

I am a good driver (good = adjective)

I drive well (well = adverb)

For homework this weekend I have asked you to watch this youtube clip of my favourite British soap opera Eastenders. I have given you a transcript of the scene along with some questions.

This homework is due on Monday. Have a great weekend!