Review

Review

1. Prepositions

   • Prepositions are short words (on, in, to) that usually stand in front of nouns (sometimes also in front of gerund verbs)
     • In
       • Is in general
         • Centuries, decades, years, months, weeks-
           • Example
             • Let´s meet in April.
         • Time
         • Location
           • Country, city, neighborhood
             • Example
               • I live in London.
     • On
       • Is more specific
         • Time
           • Days, weekend
             • Example
               • Let´s meet on Saturday.
         • Location
           • Street, avenue
             • Example
               • I live on Main Street.
     • At
       • Is very specific
         • Time
           • Hours
             • Example
               • Let´s meet at 12 o´clock.
         • Location
           • Address, specific location
             • Example
               • I live at 32 Main Street.

2. Types of Adverbs

   • Adverbs of Frequency
     • Adverbs of frequency express “how often” something takes place. In other words, it explains the intensity of occurrence that an event happens.
       • Adverbs of frequency are usually in this form: Subject + Adverb + Verb
         • Example
           • The family rarely eat brown rice for dinner.
   • Adverbs of Manner
     • Express how something happens. In most cases for adverbs of manner, you can take an adjective and simply add -ly to form an adverb
       • Adverbs of manner tell us the way or how to do something. However, not all adverbs end with -ly. For example, the words ‘fast’ and ‘well’ describe verbs but do not end in -ly.
         • Example
           • The cat runs quickly.
   • Adverbs of Place
     • Describe “where” an action takes place. We usually find adverbs of place after the main verb.
       • Example
         • He walks downstairs to meet his father.
   • Adverbs of Time
     • They tell us when the verb happened or will happen. For example, “afterwards”, “every day” and “recently’ are adverbs of time and describe “when”.
       • On the other hand, adverbs of time can describe the duration of an event occurs. Also, it can show when an action is complete.
         • Example
           • Yesterday, we played in the basketball tournament.
   • Adverbs of degree
     • Adverbs that answer “how much” or to “what extent”  They usually modify other verbs, adjectives or adverbs making them stronger or weaker.
       • Almost, nearly, quite, just, too, enough, hardly, scarcely, completely, very, extremely.
         • Example
           • She’s almost always late arriving at school.