WRITING SKILL - DAILY ROUTINES

1. COMPOSITION MODEL: A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A STUDENT

My name is ……. and I am …years old. I live in … and I am a student at … secondary school.

Every day, I get up at …  and I have ……. for breakfast. After that, I have a shower. Later, I get dressed and I go to school. I am good / bad at …., because ……. My favourite subject is …. because (I think) it’s …. I also like … During break time, I always + V (Present Simple) in the playground but this week I + V (Present Continuous) because of the exams.

When I get home, I have lunch. I + (adverb of frequency) take a nap. In the afternoons, I do homework. In the evenings I usually play / go / do + sport. I love it because it is ... and ... I can + V + sport + (adverb of manner).

Then, I go back home and I have dinner. I + (adverb of frequency) watch TV at night. I read before I go to sleep, because I love reading books / I don’t read before I go to sleep, because I am + (adverb of frequency) very tired.

That’s a typical day in my life. My everyday life is ordinary / simple, but I love / like it, especially at the weekends. This weekend my family and I + V (Present Continuous). Isn’t it great?

ACTIVITIES

1. Correct the mistakes:

1. Everys days I get up at seven o'clock.

2. Then have lunch.

3. I love play football.

4. I am good in Science.

5. I do my homeworks.

6. My subject favourite is French.

7. I watch TV in night.

8. I never am very tired.

9. I can go skating goodly.

10. I have twelve years old.

2. Write a composition about your daily routine, using this model as a guide.  

3. Ask your partner about his / her daily routines and write a similar composition about him / her in the third person singular.

GRAMMAR - ADVERBS OF MANNER

USE: 

Adverbs of manner describe how actions happen or how things are done. But:

BE, BECOME, FEEL, GET, LOOK and SEEM are used with adjectives, not adverbs.

POSITION:

- We put adverbs of manner after the verb when there is no object: She runs rapidly.

 - We put them after the verb + object: Miguel speaks English perfectly.

- With verbs of movement we put them after adverbial phrases of place: I go home early.

- In questions, we put them at the end of the sentence: Doesn’t she play the piano beautifully?

FORMATION:

In general, we form adverbs of manner by adding –ly to the adjective: slow → slowly.

Adjectives ending in consonant + y, change y to i+-ly: happy → happily.

Adjectives ending in –e don’t omit it: brave → bravely. Except: true →truly, due → duly.

Adjectives ending in –able /-ible change the –e to –y: probable → probably.

IRREGULAR ADVERBS: fast → fast, far → far, hard → hard, high → high, late → late, good → well.

Nora drives fast. We travelled far. They work hard. The athlete jumped high. She never comes late. 

Attention! Adjective "good": My friend is a good football player. → Adverb "well": My friend plays football well.

COMPARISON OF ADVERBS:

- Adverbs ending in -ly form the comparative of superiority with MORE and the superlative of superiority with MOST:

slowly → more slowly →  most slowly

happily → more happily → most happily

carefully → more carefully → most carefully

- One-syllable adverbs form the comparative of superiority adding -ER and the superlative of superiority adding -EST:

fast→ faster →  fastest

late→  later → latest

hard→ harder → hardest

high → higher → highest

- Some adverbs form the comparative and superlative forms of superiority irregularly:

badly → worse →  worst

well →  better → best

far → farther /further→ farthest/furthest

- All the adverbs form the comparative of inferiority with LESS and the superlative of inferiority with LEAST:

slowly → less slowly →  least slowly

happily → less happily → least happily

carefully → less carefully → least carefully

fast → less fast →  least fast

- All the adverbs form the comparative of equality using AS... AS

late →  as late as 

badly → as badly as