3rd July 2020
IELTS students need to know an incredibly wide array of adverbs so, with that in mind, here’s an exercise which can be easily adapted as a team game. Complete the sentences with suitable adverbs. Piece of cake, right ?
Use a thesaurus and dictionary to boost your vocabulary.
Word Fill
Adverbs of manner & ‘but’, ‘so’ and ‘even though’
(Fast or quickly – both can be used as adverbs, fast more for speed, quickly for time e.g. the animal runs fast and eats quickly.)
Note: ‘well’, ‘fast’ and ‘hard’ are irregular adverbs of manner.
Use a positive adverb for (+) and a negative one for (-)
Example: She sings (+) beautifully but plays piano (-) terribly.
It is raining (-) heavily so I will bring an umbrella
I will go along with you ……I am not really hungry
……….I am not hungry, I will go with you to KFC
Grabbike is cheap …..they drive so (-).
She failed her test ……..she studied (+)
Do I look like Batman ? Then why are you speaking so …..(-)
We have learnt many idioms ….that is just the tip of the iceberg.
He loves music …much ….he sings (-).
She never eats the food ………she works there.
……..she speaks English very (+), she is afraid to speak to westerners.
Thay Paul's Notes 
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I wish I could write songs as catchy !
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Yep, it is fairly catchy. Not sure your class could follow it, at least not the early students but it’s a fun teaching tool.
I remember seeing it regularly on Saturday morning cartoons.
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Unfortunately, my students find listening incredibly difficult … I have to use early 60s pop with easy lyrics, for example, I used The Beatles to demonstrate “I wanna hold yer hand,” – how we REALLY speak !
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Trust me, I understand. I know some Spanish, but I couldn’t follow a Spanish song to save my life, LOL.
Maybe they simply lack motivation however. 😀
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Hahah – those were the gold old days !
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