LESSON PLAN

DATE: 3.11.2010
TEACHER: GHEORGHE ALEXANDRA-MARIA
SCHOOL: SCOALA CU CLS. I-VIII VALEA LUNGA GORGOTA
CLASS: 7TH
TEXTBOOK: SHINE
TOPIC: ADVERBS OF MANNER
TIMETABLE FIT: 50’
MATERIALS: TEXTBOOK, NOTEBOOK, BLACKBOARD AND CHALK

LESSON AIM:
- KNOW WHAT ADVERBS OF MANNER ARE, HOW THEY ARE FORMED.

ACTIVITIES:
1. THE TEACHER CHECKS THE ABSENTS
2. THE TEACHER CHECKS HOMEWORK
3. THE TEACHER GIVES AN EXAMPLE: THE OLD MAN IS WALKING SLOWLY, AND UNDERLINES THE WORD
SLOWLY. THE TEACHER ASKS THE PUPILS WHAT THE WORD IS AND WHAT IT EXPRESSES.
4. THE TEACHER INTRODUCES THE PUPILS THE NEW TOPIC OF DISCUSSION AND PRESENTS THE FORM AND
USE OF THE ADVERBS OF MANNER:
Adverbs of manner say how something happens or is done.
Examples are: happily, angrily, slowly, carefully, fast etc.
 She walked slowly.
 John drove carefully.
 The soldiers fought bravely.

An Adjective vs. An Adverb for Manner

AN ADJECTIVE AN ADVERB OF MANNER

Use an adjective to modify the quality or Use an adverb to modify how a person
character of a noun. performs an action or activity.

He is an excellent tennis player. He plays tennis excellently.

He is a graceful athlete. He moves gracefully.

He is a smart player. He can easily outsmart his opponent.

He is a defensive player.  He will play defensively in tomorrow's game.

He is a professional athlete. He appears professionally.  appear – take part

 in a public event (an action)

He is an expert player. He appears expertly.  appear – seems  

  Adverbs are not used with stative verbs.
Word Forms: Adjectives to Adverbs 
ADJ. FORM + LY –Y  to  – ILY – LE   to  – LY – IC to – iCALLY

For most words, add

For words with more For words with more
-ly to the end of an For words ending in –
than one syllable than one syllable
adjective form to ic, replace –ic with –
ending in -y, replace ending in -le, replace
create an adverb word ically.
the -y with -ily. the -le with -ly.
form.

academic –
late – lately angry – angrily able – ably
academically

right – rightly busy – busily capable – capably acoustic – acoustically

hopeful – hopefully easy – easily idle – idly artistic – artistically

complete – completely happy – happily noble – nobly classic – classically

real – really lucky – luckily possible – possibly magic – magically

definite – definitely ready – readily probably – probably politic – politically

mature – maturely voluntary – voluntarily   tragic – tragically

ONE SYLLABLE EXCEPTIONS EXCEPTIONS
EXCEPTIONS
dry – dryly   (One subtle – subtly   – not public – publicly /
true – truly  
syllable - no change.) easily noticed publically

full – fully   coy – coyly  smile – smiley  

whole – wholly    sly – slyly   hole – holey    

rule(?) – unruly "an

  shy – shyly  
unruly crowd"
5. THE TEACHER THEN WRITES ON THE BLACKBOARD SEVERAL SENTENCES THAT THE PUPILS SHOULD FILL
IN WITH THE APPROPRIATE FORM OF THE ADVERB:

1. I agree with you . You're right. (complete, absolute)

2. I'm afraid I forgot to bring my camera. (stupid)
3. The work very . (hard)
4. My mum looked at me . (angry)
5. Here is very noisy, but today it is quiet. (usual, strange)
6. The students were behaving in the classroom. (noisy)
7. He apologised for his mistakes. (public)
8. It snowed for the three days. (continuous)
9. The play ended with the hero's death. (dramatic)
10. She arranged her room , everything in its place. (tidy)