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To the Sweet End

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To the Sweet End

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Would you mind closing the door…

Do you promise not to tell?

Run into

Look it up

Adjectives                                             adverbs

Cold                                                        coldly

Happy                                                     happily

Beautiful                                                beautifully

Serious                                                   seriously

Quiet                                                      quietly

Good                                                      well

Fast                                                         fast

 

She looked at me coldly.

The children play happily in the snow. I danced happily on my birthday.

She sings beautifully.  She is beautiful. I can’t sing beautifully.

They are serious students. They study seriously. Let’s have a serious conversation. Let’s talk seriously about this.

She is quiet in class. They are listening quietly. They will listen to you quietly. Teenagers are not often quiet.

I am not a fast driver. I don’t drive fast.  It’s more important to be a fast learner, and not a fast driver. You should learn fast, but you are not supposed to drive fast.

I am a good driver. I drive very well.

 

Good friend

Speak quietly

Sing well

Talk seriously

Drive fast

 

Modal Verbs

It’s cold outside. You – should – put on your coat.

Please turn off the TV. You must/have to finish your homework first.

Students   can’t/must not smoke on campus.

Students take notes. Students don’t have to take notes, but you should.

Must

You must be cold. You’re wearing your coat.

Why did he fall asleep in class? He must be exhausted

Teapot    with a whistle

Grandmother

Ugly

Waterproof           jacket     large

Sewing machine                   buttonhole

Clear instructions in the manual

Soul                        sole

Was late                                 stepped on interviewer’s foot  clumsy

Spilled the coffee

Didn’t seem interested in giving Alex a job

Comparative and superlative

A big table                             a bigger table        the biggest table

A beautiful girl

a more beautiful girl

She is the most beautiful girl I have ever seen.

She is the most beautiful girl in my class.

This is the most exciting news I have ever seen.

Inexpensive          economical           comfortable

I am looking for a car that is more comfortable and more economical than my old car.

J has two children. How old is your younger girl? His younger girl is 5 years old.

M has three children. How old is your youngest child? My youngest is 9 years old.

As    as                                                                    the same as

A boy and a girl                                    twins

My boy is the same age as my girl. They are twins.

My boy is as old as my girl.

My boy is taller than my girl.  My girl is not as tall as my boy. My girl is not the same height as my boy.

She failed her driving test.

The battery of her mother’s car was dead.

Her sister’s minivan.

Slammed on the brakes

Practice driving and come back in 6 months

In a couple of weeks

Horn                                       honk

A pedestrian crosswalk

He screamed

  1. Very
  2. So
  3. Enough
  4. Too

The results of the exam are very important.

It is  so  cold that I’m wearing a coat in class.

My son is old enough to get a driver’s license.

She is 90 years old. She is too old to drive in traffic.

I was too frightened to go into the kitchen.

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