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Virtuosos

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English, World Languages

8th - 9th Grade

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13 Slides • 15 Questions

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Virtuosos

Adverbs in English

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Niccolò Paganini

The first pop star...?

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Multiple Choice

TRUE or FALSE:


Paganini came from a rich family.

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True

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False

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Multiple Choice

TRUE or FALSE:


He was living at home when he wrote his ‘Caprices’.

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True

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False

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Multiple Choice

TRUE or FALSE:


His concerts were exciting to watch.

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True

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False

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Multiple Choice

TRUE or FALSE:


He earned £16,000 in 1831 while he was touring Italy.

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True

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False

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Multiple Choice

What is an adverb?

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Adverbs are verbs

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Adverbs describe nouns (people and objects)

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Adverbs describe how something happens and how an action develops.

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Adverbs are words that describe how people is physically

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Multiple Choice

How do we generally form an adverb?

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Adding -er + -est to the adjective

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Adding more + the most to the adjective

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Adding -ing to the adjective

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Adding -ly to the adjective

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How do they describe it?

Most tell the following:

  • How (easily, quickly, suddenly)

  • When (always, eventually, sometimes)

  • Where (far, nearby, south, there)

  • How much (quite, rather, very)

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Examples of "How"

  • The balloon easily rose.

  • The balloon's burner roared loudly.

  • Carefully, we climbed into the big basket.

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Multiple Choice

What is the adverb in the following sentence?


The captain warmly welcomed us.

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captain

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warmly

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welcomed

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us

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Examples of "When"

  • Recently, we flew in the balloon.

  • Soon, the huge balloon filled with hot air.

  • Sometimes, we watch the balloons fill up.

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Multiple Choice

What is the adverb in the following sentence?


Occasionally, it will be unsafe to travel.

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occasionally

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will be

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unsafe

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travel

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Examples of "Where"

  • We flew the balloon westward.

  • We drifted eastward in the brisk breeze.

  • We traveled farther than anyone else.

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Multiple Choice

What is the adverb in the following sentence?


We are traveling nearby this time.

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we

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traveling

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nearby

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time

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Examples of "How Much"

  • We were very excited.

  • It was a rather fun trip.

  • I'm quite excited to fly again!

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Multiple Choice

What is the following adverb in the following sentence?


My parents and I were rather nervous.

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parents

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I

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were

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rather

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Now let's do some practice...

Choose the correct adverb to complete the text about Mozart! 

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Multiple Choice

Mozart came from a __________ musical family.

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very

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always

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incredibly

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brilliantly

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Multiple Choice

He could play the harpsichord ___________ at the age of three!

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hard

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never

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brilliantly

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very

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Multiple Choice

From the age of five, he was writing ____________difficult pieces of music, and by the time he was eight, he had become __________ popular all over Europe.

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sometimes/rarely

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extremely/incredibly

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very/always

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occasionally/hard

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Multiple Choice

He had a strange lifestyle – he __________ slept in the same bed for more than three nights.

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really

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unusually

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very

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rarely

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Multiple Choice

He wrote some __________ successful operas, but __________ became rich.

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highly/never

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strongly/occasionally

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often/very

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briliantly/usually

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Got some extra time?

The Secrets of Mozart's Magic Flute

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Virtuosos

Adverbs in English

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