Week 5 Notes

Adverbs vs. adjectivesThe man walks.The man walks ←quickly. (adverbs)The tall and skinny→ man walks ←quickly.(adjectives)

The tall and skinny (adjectives) man walks quickly(adverbs) at the small and quiet (adjective) man.He walks quickly or slowly at him. Adjective - quietAdverb - quietly

100 Common Adjectives in English1. afraid2. alive3. angry4. annoyed5. annoying6. apart7. bad8. beautiful9. big10. boring11. broken

12. busy13. cheap14. clear15. close16. closed17. cold18. cool19. dangerous20. dark21. dead22. different

23. done24. dry25. early26. easy27. empty28. excited29. exciting30. expensive31. fake32. false33. Far(further)

34. fast35. few36. fine37. finished38. first39. flat40. free41. full42. good43. great44. happy45. hard46. hard47. heavy48. high49. hot50. huge51. interesting52. large53. last54. last55. late56. light

57. light58. little59. long60. low61. many62. mean63. near64. new65. next66. nice67. noisy68. old69. old70. open71. poor72. pretty73. quick74. ready75. real76. rich77. right78. sad79. safe

80. same81. short82. slow83. small84. soft85. special86. strange87. strong88. sure89. surprised90. tall91. tiny92. tired93. together94. true95. ugly96. warm97. weak98. wet99. wrong100. young

Comparative

Formula = Noun(subject) + verb + adjective + than + object. Tom +is + taller +than + Sam.

3 Rules of Comparative Adjectives1. One syllable

Tall (comparative) = tallerTom is taller than Sam.

2. Two syllables with “y”Heavy (comparative) = heavierTom is heavier than Sam.

3. 2 or more syllablesHumble (comparative) = more humbleTom is more humble than Sam.

Common irregular comparative/superlative adjectivesGood, better (comparative), best (superlative)

Tom is a good student.Larry is a better student than Tom. (comparative)Frank is the best student. (superlative)

Bad, worse (comparative), worst (superlative) Fun - Fun, more fun (comparative), most fun (superlative)

Today is warmer than yesterday. (comparative)The USA is bigger than Haiti. (comparative)The ocean is more beautiful than the classroom.

Comparing positive vs. negative What is the opposite of more?Less is the opposite of more. Chicken is more delicious than coffee.Coffee is less delicious than chicken.

Comparing equal things

Haiti is as beautiful as the U.S.A.

Mary is as tall as Bob.

Prepositions of Time and Location

Prepositions of time examplesOn March 2nd.In the afternoon.

In winter

On July 27th.

In 1996

In the New year (Many Americans say in, on, or at)

On New Year’s Day. (January

1st)

At 3:30 PM

On Thursday afternoon (part of the day)

On Saturday night

At midnight (specific time)

At Easter (Americans don’t say

this “On Easter”)

On Easter Sunday

At lunch time

On Christmas Day

On Saturday

At 6

On the weekend

At Christmas (Christmas is a

specific holiday “time”)

*Americans say “on

Christmas”.

On Wednesday

At night

In the night

In the daytime

In 2010

In December, 2010 (month = in)

On December 25th, 2010. (day/date = on)

Extra Notes

Article “A’ vs. Article “The” vs. No Article

Key word - RelativeThe phone = a specific phone- The phone is on the desk (your phone).

A phone = more general- A phone is on the desk. (I don’t know who’s phone it

is)

Phones are important to many people.- (Category (uncountable) of things).

Pronunciation of “t” as “d” in the middle of wordsEx 1. Seventeen = pronounced seven-”t”een. Tiger, pronounced “t”igerEx. 2, Seventy = pronounced seven”d”y, Betty = Be”dd”y

College vs. UniversityIn Canada, a college is 2 years. In the USA, a college is 4 years. (A college is a school that studies one specific skill)Many colleges in one school is a University.UCF in Orlando (University of Central Florida) 40,000.In the USA, community college is 2 years.

Vocabulary (pronunciation of three syllable words)

Strong (alphabet sound), Regular, Weak (Regular U sound), Silent, irregular

12. Benefit - A good benefit of studying at home is you will learn faster. 13. Century (cen-chur-ey) - 100 years14. Character (kare-ic-ter) -

1. Mickey Mouse is a character from Disney World. 2. Patience helps you have good character (things about you that are good or bad).

15. Clearly (clere-ly) - I was not thinking clearly when I decided to eat McDonalds. 16. Consider (verb) - To think about something. I considered eating Mcdonalds because I wasn’t thinking clearly. 17. Development - In Florida, we call a group of houses created by the same company a “development.”

Write one paragraph in English.

What you will do tomorrow.

My Father will wake me up at 5:30 tomorrow. I will take a shower and cook some food. I’m going to wear my blue jeans and black shirt. I will have my breakfast at 6:30 a.m. and then am going to walk to the bus stop.

To be + ____ing = Present ContinuousI am walking. Present continuous.I remember seeing the man at the bus stop. (simple present)I like soccer. (simple present)I like playing soccer. (simple present)I am playing soccer. (present continuous)

ABCDEFG - letter(s) Cat - Word I like cats. (sentence) A group of sentences (paragraph)

How do you spell “borrow”?You spell it, b-o-r-r-o-w.

What is the opposite of up?The opposite of “up” is “down”.

What’s the opposite of “borrow”?The opposite of “borrow” is “lend” .

Can you lend (give) me a pencil?May I borrow (take) a pencil.

What does “complain” mean?“Complain” means, “to communicate a negative opinion.”

Which do you prefer?Which (choose) do you prefer, coffee or tea?I prefer….I prefer coffee, but I also like tea.