Adjectives

Oral Presentation

Antonio Santi Giuseppe Meucci

     He was the inventor of the teletrophone named later on as the telephone and other technical innovations. He studied chemical engineering at the academy of performing arts in Florence; around 1854 Meucci contracted a telephone so that he could connect his office with his bedroom on the second floor because of his wife’s rheumatism. Even though he lacked money enough to patent he decided to present his invention to a company that not only didn’t play him but didn’t return his materials. On June 11, 2002 the congress of the U.S. approved the resolution 269 so that it acknowledge that the inventor of the telephone Meucci.           

Oral Presentation Group

Adverbs + Prepositions

Zuleika: Good afternoon my name is Zuleika and my partner’s names Omar and Myrna. Today we are going to talk about Adverbs and Prepositions. Now I’m going to leave you with Omar who is going to explain, what is an adverb?

Omar: An adverb is a word that modifies a verb, adjective and other adverbs. They can also modify a whole sentence and a prepositional phrase. Now Myrna is going to mention the kind of adverbs.

Myrna: There 4 kinds of adverbs: Manner, Place, Time and Degree Adverbs.

A.    Adverbs of Manner

§  They tell us the manner or way in which something happens.

§  They answer the question “how?”

§  Mainly modify verbs.

B.     Adverbs of Place

§  They tell us the place where something happens.

§  They answer the question “where?”

§  Mainly modify verbs.

C.     Adverbs of Time

§  They tell us something about the time that something happens.

§  They answer the questions “when?”or “how often?”

§  Mainly modify verbs.

D.    Adverbs of Degree

§  They tell us the degree or extent to which something happens,

§  They answer the questions “how much?” or “to what degree?”

§  Modify verbs, adjectives and other adverbs

Now we are going to pass over to the Prepositions. And Omar is going to explain, what is a preposition?

Omar: A preposition is a word governing, and usually coming in front of, a noun or pronoun and expressing a relation to another word or element. There 2 types of prepositions: prepositions of place and prepositions of time. Myrna is going to explain preposition of place.

Myrna: Preposition of Place:

o   Describes the position of a person or thing in relation to another person or thing.

o   For example:

·         On

·         Above

·         Over

·         In front of

·         Beside

·         Below

·         Under

·         Behind

Now Zuleika is going to explain to you Preposition of Time.

Zuleika: There 3 main preposition of time: at, in and on. We use:

Ø  at for a PRECISE TIME

Ø  in for MONTHS, YEARS, CENTURIES and LONG PERIODS

Ø  on for DAYS and DATES

This is all for today. Thank you for your time and attention. 

Things to do on September 17/18

CHECKLIST WORK

SEPTEMBER 17 AND 18

Ø  Change the name of the Blog

-The name of the blog is (your name) English Portfolio

       Ex.  Juana’s English Portfolio

Ø  Create the Pages to your Portfolio

-Welcome

-Autobiography

-Port-Blog

-Cook Book

-Essay

-A Cause to think of…

Remember to personalize your blog!!