THE WAY WE ARE

Introducction.

In Unit 1, you learn how to……

• Use manner and adjectives to talk about people’sbehaviour and personality

• Use adverbs like extremely to make adjectives andadverbs stronger

• Add prefixes to adjective to make opposites

• Use always with a continous verb to decribe individualhabits

• Use at least to point out the positive side of a situation.

UNIT 1

Manner adverbs vs adjectives

Structure verb + manner adverb

Example

I drive carefully in the city.

Structure adjective + noum

Example

I´m a impatient person

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Regular adverbs (Add ly)

Patient patiently

Careful carefully

Easy easily

Automatic automatically

Irregular adverbs

Good well

Late late

Fast fast

Hard hard

In conversation the most common-ly manner adverbs arequickly, easily, differently, automatically, slowly, properly, badly, strongly, and carefully.

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Circle the correct words

1. I listen to people carefully / careful.

2. I’m a quiet/ quietly person.

3. I get impatient/ impatiently in long lines.

4. I take school and work seriously/ serious

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Describe a People do you admire

My mom is Blanca. She’s incredibly friendly and totallyhonest, she always help to the other people.

She hate the lies and the people dishonest, but my momalways is reliable and geneourus

I think so my mom is the best in the world

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Adverbs before adjectives and adverbs

Rulers

Use incredibly, extremely, very, really, so, pretty, and fairlyto make some adjectives and adverbs stronger.

Example

She’s incredibly generous

He’s very reliable

She’s a extremely friendly

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Rulers

Use absolutely or really (but not very) with adjectives thatare already very strong.

Example

She’s really fanatastic

He’s absolutelly marvelous

Rulers

The expression at all makes negative stronger

Example

He’s not unfriendly at all

Rulers

Completely and totally mean 100%

Example

He’s completely friendly

My mom’s completely reliable

Adjectives prefixes

Patient impatien

Considerate insconsiderate

Friendly unfriendly

Reliable unreliable

Honest dishonest

Organized disorganized

In conversation people use really and pretty much moreoften in conversation than in writting

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The expression always is use for describing individual habits

Structure

Subject+to be + always+ verb ing + complement

Example:

I’m always learning English

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The expression at least can use to point out the positive side of a situation.

Example:

Yeah,at least she apologizes. My girlfrien never saysshe’s late

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Your personal profile

Example:

1. I was born in Riobamba

2. I study in Unach

3. I cant be very competitive

4. I cant be very friendly

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