by sheila_admin | Oct 8, 2012 | The ICAL TEFL Blog
Generally speaking – and there are exceptions – adverbs can come in 1 of 3 positions in a sentence: 1) At the beginning: Hurriedly I got dressed. Never go there again! Always look on the bright side of life. 2) Between the subject and the verb: I...
by sheila_admin | Jul 25, 2012 | Parts Of Speech
Adverbs of Time are those adverbs which tell us when something happened. For example: now, then, later, yesterday, today, tonight, tomorrow, etc. Position The position of a typical adverb of time within a sentence varies according to the relevance the speaker wants to...
by sheila_admin | Jun 17, 2012 | Lesson Plans & Activities, Parts Of Speech
Act an Adverb is a simple game which you can play with different levels and ages of class. It is based around the meaning and use of different adverbs. Preparation Prepare a set of flashcards, each of which has an adverb on it, e.g. happily quietly sadly...
by sheila_admin | Jun 16, 2012 | Parts Of Speech
An Adverb Phrase (sometimes known as an Adverbial Phrase) is – as you might guess – simply a group of words which act in exactly the same way (grammatically speaking) as a single adverb. For example, here’s a sentence with a single adverb: The police...
by sheila_admin | Jun 16, 2012 | Parts Of Speech
An adverb modifies a word, phrase, or sentence. It tells us more about them and changes the meaning slightly. Often we say it tells us how something happens: They are waiting for the metro. They are waiting patiently for the metro. In this example above, the adverb...