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'' I was walking throught the forest. I saw a fox.'' | ''I was walking throught the forest. I saw a fox.'' | ||
''There was a house.'' | |||
They sound boring and lifeless. | |||
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Then I <span style="display: inline-block;background:yellow;padding:0.2em 0.5em;border-radius:0.2em;text-align: center;width: 5em;">suddenly</span> saw a <span style="display: inline-block;background:tomato;padding:0.2em 0.5em;border-radius:0.2em;text-align: center;width: 5em;">small</span> <span style="display: inline-block;background:tomato;padding:0.2em 0.5em;border-radius:0.2em;text-align: center;width: 5em;">red</span> fox. | Then I <span style="display: inline-block;background:yellow;padding:0.2em 0.5em;border-radius:0.2em;text-align: center;width: 5em;">suddenly</span> saw a <span style="display: inline-block;background:tomato;padding:0.2em 0.5em;border-radius:0.2em;text-align: center;width: 5em;">small</span> <span style="display: inline-block;background:tomato;padding:0.2em 0.5em;border-radius:0.2em;text-align: center;width: 5em;">red</span> fox. | ||
''There was an old house.'' | |||
''There was a really old house with a sagging roof and some broken windows in the attic. '' | |||
'''''Adjectives''''' describe nouns and '''''adverbs | '''''Adjectives''''' describe nouns and '''''adverbs''''' describe verbs or other adjectives /adverbs: | ||
''I was walking <span style="display: inline-block;background:yellow;padding:0.2em 0.5em;border-radius:0.2em;text-align: center;width: 5em;">quite</span> <span style="display: inline-block;background:yellow;padding:0.2em 0.5em;border-radius:0.2em;text-align: center;width: 5em;">carefully</span> and <span style="display: inline-block;background:yellow;padding:0.2em 0.5em;border-radius:0.2em;text-align: center;width: 5em;">slowly</span>through the <span style="display: inline-block;background:yellow;padding:0.2em 0.5em;border-radius:0.2em;text-align: center;width: 5em;">really</span> <span style="display: inline-block;background:tomato;padding:0.2em 0.5em;border-radius:0.2em;text-align: center;width: 5em;">dark</span> and <span style="display: inline-block;background:tomato;padding:0.2em 0.5em;border-radius:0.2em;text-align: center;width: 5em;">peaceful</span> forest. | ''I was walking <span style="display: inline-block;background:yellow;padding:0.2em 0.5em;border-radius:0.2em;text-align: center;width: 5em;">quite</span> <span style="display: inline-block;background:yellow;padding:0.2em 0.5em;border-radius:0.2em;text-align: center;width: 5em;">carefully</span> and <span style="display: inline-block;background:yellow;padding:0.2em 0.5em;border-radius:0.2em;text-align: center;width: 5em;">slowly</span>through the <span style="display: inline-block;background:yellow;padding:0.2em 0.5em;border-radius:0.2em;text-align: center;width: 5em;">really</span> <span style="display: inline-block;background:tomato;padding:0.2em 0.5em;border-radius:0.2em;text-align: center;width: 5em;">dark</span> and <span style="display: inline-block;background:tomato;padding:0.2em 0.5em;border-radius:0.2em;text-align: center;width: 5em;">peaceful</span> forest. | ||
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* rather | * rather | ||
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Version vom 28. April 2020, 17:57 Uhr
Some sentences may be correct and yet something is still missing:
I was walking throught the forest. I saw a fox.
There was a house.
They sound boring and lifeless.
Give more background information with attributes:
I was walking carefully and slowlythrough the dark and peaceful forest.
Then I suddenly saw a small red fox.
There was an old house.
There was a really old house with a sagging roof and some broken windows in the attic.
Adjectives describe nouns and adverbs describe verbs or other adjectives /adverbs:
I was walking quite carefully and slowlythrough the really dark and peaceful forest.
Adverbs of degree
Adverbs of degree are used to modify verbs, adverbs and adjectives. They tell us the intensity to which something happens.
- barely
- hardly
- narrowly
- scarcely
…
- fairly
- pretty
- quite
- rather
- somewhat
…
- absolutely
- completely
- deeply
- decidedly
- entirely
- extremely
- incredibly
- really
- very
Inversion
Sometimes you want to strenghten your point of view by putting the adverb first:
Little did I know ...
Never have I seen such wildlife.
Rarely do foxes show themselves.
Not only did she do ...
Interactive Exercises
The Test
We had an English test. I was almost finished when I saw a bird outside the window.
Its colorful feathers looked absolutely wonderful.
The bird was sitting on the window sill and I was barely moving.
I felt incredibly lucky to see such a beautiful creature but my teacher was terribly grumpy today.
- adverbs and adjectives
- Adverbs of degree
- Inversions
- Synonyms
- Mindmapping
