Lesson MMS-4
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Lesson goals
Learn about inversions, how to use them to improve formality and practice identifying as well as using inversions in sentences.
Lesson activities
Basic grammar repetition
Grammar lecture: inversions
Inversions practice
Basic: grammar worksheet
Basic grammar overview
Basic grammar overview
A subject is what a sentence is about.
Examples of subjects:
Pronouns: I walked to the convenience store. He spoke.
Nouns: The store was, in fact, a convenience store.
-ing form: When I was on my way to the store, my walking speed was fast.
A verb shows action and auxiliary (helping) verbs expresses time, emphasis, and more.
Examples of verbs and auxiliary verbs are:
Emphasis: Do you want some water from the convenience store?
Time: Have you had your walk yet?
Other helping verbs are: Be (am, are, is, was, were), can, could, do (did, does), have (had, has), may, might, shall, should, will would
Use adverbs to add details to a verb and explain when, where or how the action occurs.
Many adverbs are made by adding -ly to an adjective.
He was careful (adjective) when speaking. ➜ He spoke carefully (adverb).
Spelling rules when an adjective ends in:
-able or -ible. Change -e to -y: regrettable ➜ regrettably; horrible ➜ horribly
-y. Change -y to -ily: easy ➜ easily
-ic. Change -ic to -ically: frantic ➜ frantically.
Adverbs are categorised into how they describe the verb:
When: since, yet, never, lately, often, always, usually, recently, early, occasionally
Where: nearby, above, here, there, near, locally, everywhere, far
How: well, badly, normally, rarely, seldom, slowly, quickly, suddenly, fully, extremely
Exercise MMS-4a: identify and correct subject, verb and helping verb mistakes.
Time for the exercises: ~5 minutes
Write the answers in your notebook or whiteboard
I has been busy with my speech and I think I had had a good flow, even though I gotten very little sleep.
Because I looks at Youtube, I would have a better understanding and I learned my classmates abou what I have had seen.
We was in Stockholm this weekend and hiked into the nature. Ginas phone had no connection!
Exercise MMS-4b: create adverbs from adjectives
Time for the exercises: ~5 minutes
Write the answers in your notebook or whiteboard
For example, the adjective: quick (we add +ly to describe how the customer walks)
➜ Making sure to arrive before they close, the customer had to walk quickly.
Adjective: sad
Every day feels the same and, moreover, I lack the motivation to do anything, since I never try anything new.
Adjective: miserable
Even though it felt like I failed, my team cheered me up while my coach tried to make me focus on what I did well.
Adjective: intent
Because Sam held a speech on love, my afternoon was spent thinking about my family as well as my closest friends.
Grammar lecture
Inversions and adverbs exercises
Select between the two paths to improve your vocabulary, grammar and comprehension
The broader, less challenging, path - for students who want to grow using basic exercises.
The narrow, more challenging, path - for those who want to grow using advanced exercises.
Homework
Study the grammar Quizlet.
Exit ticket
Summarise the lesson and read your inversion sentences.