Week 11

1. AEF4 Week 11
UNIT 2C-2

2. Week 10
What are we
doing?
Listen to some music
Work on adverbs
Practice some pronunciation
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3. Music Time
"Fireflies" is the
debut single from
Owl City's album
Ocean Eyes.
Adam Young
described the song
as "A little song
about bugs and not
being able to fall
asleep at night."
Owl City - Fireflies

4. Minimal Pairs
A B
cart
tail
hour
cat
heart
worse
college
future
caught
toil
are
cut
art
worth
colleague
feature

5. Adverb Review
Time - explain when - now, today, tonight, yesterday…
Time can go at the end of a sentence: I haven’t been to Taipei lately.
Manner - how someone does something - happily, angrily, quickly…
After the verb or before the main verb with passive verbs:
The game was happily played by the young students.
Frequency - how often - often, always, usually, never…
Before the main verb/after be verbs: I usually shower at night.
Degree - how much - much, a little, extremely…
Before the adj/adv: I can’t date him because he’s very stupid.
Comment - give the speaker’s opinion - luckily, clearly, obviously…
Beginning of a sentence or clause, or after a comma at the end:
Surely you’re not going to marry such an ugly man, are you?

6. Page 29
Listen to some
sound effects or
short dialogues.
Then use the
adverb in bold to
complete each
sentence.
1. When he got to the bus stop, the bus
had just left.
2. They were having a party when…
3. He though he had lost his boarding
pass, but…
4. The woman thought Andrea and Tom
were friends, but, in fact, …
5. The driver couldn’t see where he was
going because…
6. The Chinese man couldn’t understand
the other man because…

7. Page 29
Listen to some
sound effects or
short dialogues.
Then use the
adverb in bold to
complete each
sentence.
1. When he got to the bus stop, the bus
had just left.
2. …suddenly, the lights went out / there
was suddenly a power outage / the
lights suddenly went out / etc.
3. …luckily, he found it in his pocket.
4. …they hardly know / knew each other.
5. …it was raining (so) hard, etc.
6. …he talked / was talking incredibly
fast/quickly.

8. Vocabulary
Match each pair of adverbs with a
pair of sentences.
Confusing
adverbs and
adverbial phrases
right now / actually ___
especially / specially ___
ever / even ___
hard / hardly ___
in the end / at the end ___
late / lately ___
near / nearly ___
still / yet ___

9. Vocabulary
Match each pair of adverbs with a
pair of sentences.
Confusing
adverbs and
adverbial phrases
right now / actually _5_
especially / specially _4_
ever / even _8_
hard / hardly _1_
in the end / at the end _3_
late / lately _2_
near / nearly _6_
still / yet _7_
Now work together and decide which
adverb goes with each sentence.

10. Vocabulary Help!
Confusing
adverbs and
adverbial phrases
hard = not easy; hardly = almost nothing
late = not early; lately = recently
at the end is usually used with events;
in the end is used to mean negotiation or
discussions
specially goes with verbs (specially
designed, specially made); especially = in
particular
actually means the same as in fact, or to tell
the truth.
*Sentences like I haven’t found a job yet and
I still haven’t found a job mean more or less
the same, but the use of still is often used in
spoken English to show a stronger feeling.

11. Vocabulary
Now work together and decide which
adverb goes with each sentence.
Confusing
adverbs and
adverbial phrases
1 hardly, hard
2 late, lately
3 At the end, In the end
4 especially, specially
5 actually, right now
6 nearly, near
7 yet, still
8 never, even

12. Pronunciation
Page 29, part 3
a) Underline the stressed syllables
c) Underline the stressed words in each
sentence.
d) Practice each sentence with a partner

13. Homework:
Online Homework: Unit 2C Quiz Prep
Also:
Bring a photo of yourself and/or your family from your childhood.
IF YOU FORGET, I WILL BRING A PHOTO FOR YOU.
TRUST ME, YOU DON’T WANT THIS…

14. Still got some time?
I eat eel while you feel ill.
The sixth sick sheik’s sixth sheep’s sick.