Quickly, well, hard

What's in the lesson

1. 1Warm-up
2. 2In this lesson
3. 3Listen: the judges’ commentsListening comprehension
4. 4What does it mean?Grammar exercise
5. 5Find the adverbsGrammar exercise
6. 6Adverbs of mannerGrammar rule
7. 7Adjective or adverb?Grammar exercise
8. 8Notes from a driving teacherGrammar exercise
9. 9Find the mistakeGrammar exercise
10. 10Questions for your teacherGrammar exercise
11. 11Say it naturallySpeaking practice
12. 12You're the judgeSpeaking practice
13. 13About youGrammar exercise
14. 14Wrap-up

Homework

1. 1Homework: the school playGrammar exercise
2. 2Homework: where does it go?Grammar exercise
3. 3Homework: find the mistakeGrammar exercise
4. 4Homework: a performanceDiscussion

Two slides from the lesson

Warm-up

A few questions about you before we start.

1. Do you watch talent shows on TV? Which ones?
2. Can you sing or dance? How well?
3. When did you last watch a live show? Was it good?

Grammar rule

Adverbs of manner

How did she do it? Adjective → adverb

Adjective	Adverb	Spelling
polite, nervous, sad	politely, nervously, sadly	+ ly
careful, beautiful	carefully, beautifully	-ful → -fully
happy, angry, busy	happily, angrily, busily	-y → -ily
gentle, terrible	gently, terribly	-le → -ly
good	well	a new word
fast, hard, late	fast, hard, late	the same word

Adjective or adverb?

Adjective: with a noun, or after be	Adverb: with a verb (How?)
She's a patient teacher.	She explains things patiently.
The band is good.	The band plays well.
a fast train · hard work	The train goes fast. · We trained hard.

Where? After the verb, or after the verb + its object: He smiled nervously. He read the letter nervously. Not between the verb and its object: not He read nervously the letter. -ly adverbs can also go before the verb (He nervously opened it), but well, fast and hard go only after.

Watch out: not fastly or goodly. hardly is a different word: it means almost not (I hardly slept = I slept very little). lately means recently, not late. After be, use an adjective: She is quiet. (not She is quietly) And friendly and lovely are adjectives, not adverbs.