Lesson 1 What is an Adverb Adverbs An adverb is a word that describes a verb Tell how when or where the action happens Many end in ly Common Adverbs How fast hard together happily quietly ID: 616602
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Unit 7: Adverbs and Prepositions
Lesson 1: What is an Adverb?Slide2
Adverbs
An
adverb
is a word that describes a verb.
Tell how, when, or where the action happens.
Many end in –
ly
. Slide3
Common Adverbs
How: fast, hard, together, happily, quietly
When: tomorrow, later, next, often, again
Where: here, there, inside, far, upstairs, forwardSlide4
Examples
Keith and Tina hurried downtown.
Subject:
Verb:
Adverb:
They easily found Grove Street Park.
Subject:
Verb:
Adverb:Slide5
Unit 7: Adverbs and Prepositions
Lesson 2: Comparing with Adverbs Slide6
How to Compare with Adverbs
For most adverbs, add –
er
to compare two things and –
est
to compare three or more things.
For longer adverbs, add more or most before the word. Slide7
Examples
Late, later, and latest
Often, more often, and most often
Early, earlier, and earliest Slide8
Examples
Does Adam swim _____ than Barb? (often)
I get into the water _____ of all my friends. (slowly)
Josh always swims _______ than Kyle does. (straight)
I do the side stroke _____ that I do the crawl. (easily) Slide9
Unit 7: Adverbs and Prepositions
Lesson 3: Adjective or Adverb?Slide10
Adverb or Adjective?
Remember:
Adverbs usually have –
ly
Adjectives describe nouns; adverbs describe actions
Good
is always an adjective;
well
can be an adjective or an adverb. Slide11
Practice
The ballet company performed (good, well).
The dancers’ movements were (graceful, gracefully).
The star ballerina spun (rapid, rapidly) on her toes.
The audience clapped (loud, loudly) at the end. Slide12
Unit 7: Adverbs and Prepositions
Lesson 4: Negatives Slide13
What is a negative?
Negative:
words that mean “no” or “not”
Contractions that are formed with the word “not” are also negatives.
A sentence should only have ONE negative; do not use double negatives! Slide14
Practice
Didn’t you (ever, never) see a three-ring circus?
Isn’t (anybody, nobody) watching the high-wire act?
There isn’t (anything, nothing) underneath the wire.
Our friends at home (had, hadn’t) none of the fun. Slide15
Unit 7: Adverbs and Prepositions
Lesson 5: PrepositionsSlide16
What is a Preposition?
Preposition:
relates another word in the sentence to the noun or pronoun that follows the preposition.
Object of the preposition:
the noun or the pronoun that follows the preposition. Slide17
Examples
About down during
Above except for
Across from in
After inside into
Along near of
Around off on
At out outside
Before over past
Behind through up
Below to with
Beside under without
By untilSlide18
Practice – Page 256
Scientists study tools from the
past
.
When was the tool used by
people
?
Was it made for a special
purpose
?
What does the tool tell us about
them
? Slide19
Practice – Page 256
They have found dolls in their special searches.
These dolls were made from corn cobs.
Ancient people must have lived near their sites.
Their children probably played with the small dolls.
The dolls can be seen at several museums. Slide20
Unit 7: Adverbs and Prepositions
Lesson 6: Prepositional Phrases Slide21
What is a Prepositional Phrase?
Prepositional phrase
: made up of a preposition, the object of the preposition, and all of the words between them.
We packed the fruit in our knapsacks.
Preposition: in
Object of Prep: knapsacks
Whole phrase: in
our knapsacks Slide22
Practice
How would you travel across a river?
You might cross at a shallow place or a rocky spot.
Bridges are a better solution to the problem.
On bridges, traffic moves safely and easily.
The George Washington Bridge is used by many travelers. Slide23
Unit 7: Adverbs and Prepositions
Lesson 7: Pronouns in Prepositional Phrases Slide24
Remember:
A pronoun is a word that takes the place of a noun.
A prepositional phrase has a preposition and an object of the preposition.
When the pronoun is the object of the preposition, then you should use an object pronoun. Slide25
Practice
My brothers wouldn’t clean the house without my sisters and (I, me).
Cleaning the garage was a good job for Marcy and (he, him).
In the garage, an old toy box was found by Marcy and (I, me).
The toys had belonged to Karen and (him, he).
With Larry and (she, her), I carried the box to the yard. Slide26
Unit 7: Adverbs and Prepositions
Lesson
8
: Adverb or Preposition?Slide27
Adverb or Preposition?
Some words could be used as both.
If the word begins a prepositional phrase, then it is a preposition.
If the word describes the action, it is an adverb. Slide28
Examples
Above along around
Below by down
In inside near
Off over out
Outside under up Slide29
Practice
Anita looked
around
the button shop.
Her large blue button had fallen
off
.
Buttons were displayed
along
the counter.
She saw the right button
under
the glass. Slide30
Practice
She was curious and went in.
In every corner, she saw strange, wonderful things.
Sarah walked around.
A wooden box beside the vase caught
Sarah’s attention.