Adverbs

1. English file Upper-
Intermediate
Unit 3B – Adverbs

2. • Discussion photos – What’s happening? (5 mins)
• Discussion questions – reading stories (10 mins)
• Reading (1) Short stories – new vocabulary (10 mins)
• Reading (1) Short stories – final sentence (5 mins)
• Grammar (1) – grouping types of adverbs (5 mins)
• Grammar (1) – highlighting adverb rules (10 mins)
• Grammar (1) – grouping types of adverbs (10 mins)
• Grammar (1) – Adverbs - presentation (5 mins)
• Grammar (1) – Adverbs - exercises (10 mins)
• Game / filler (10 mins) 80
• Listening / grammar – sound effects (5 mins)
• Vocabulary building – adverbs and phrases (15 mins)
• Pronunciation focus – word and sentence stress (10 mins)
• Speaking practice – discussing reading habits (10 mins)
• Vocabulary from the class quiz (5 mins)

4. • If you could meet any character from a book or a story, who
would it be and what would you ask them?
• What kind of stories do you prefer: funny, scary,
adventurous, or something else? Why?
• Have you ever read a book or story that changed the way you
think about something? What was it and how did it change
your perspective?
• If you could write a short story, what would it be about?
• What is the most interesting word you have learned from
reading, and what does it mean?
• Do you prefer reading physical books or digital ones? Why?

11. D. 'My divorce papers,' she replied angrily,
and turned away.

12. A. 'She's gone to have a facial in a nice, quiet
beauty salon.'

13. B. 'Mum! The internet's gone off!'

14. C. 'You have the right seat, but the wrong train.'

16. at once at last
carefully silently angrily
much
absolutely
unfortunately
always

18. 1. He speaks French and Spanish fluently.
2. I hardly ever use public transport.
3. I thought I’d lost my phone, but fortunately it was in my bag.
4. It ’s extremely important that you arrive on time.
5. When I find out, I’ll tell you immediately.

26. 1. a lot ✗ She liked the present a lot.
2. very late ✗, last night ✗ Mark came home very late last night.
3. after a few minutes ✓
4. badly ✗ A young man was badly hurt and was taken to hospital.
5. incredibly ✓

27. 6. a bit ✗ She’s a bit lazy about doing her homework.
7. almost ✗, fortunately ✗ I almost forgot your birthday, but fortunately,
my sister reminded me.
8. luckily ✗, straight away ✓ Luckily, we had taken an umbrella because it
started to rain straight away.
9. always ✓, healthily ✓, often ✓
10. apparently ✗ Apparently, John has been sacked.

30. 1. Their house was badly damaged in the fire last week.
2. Ben is often at his friend’s house in the evening.
3. My father usually has a nap in the afternoon.
4. Julia left early and she didn’t even say goodbye.
5. Martin always eats incredibly quickly.

31. 6. Apparently, his brother nearly died in a skiing accident.
7. We’re probably going to the cinema tonight.
8. I rarely send emails nowadays.
9. I’ve just bought a really beautiful new coat.
10. Eventually, Karen realized that she was never going to learn to drive.

33. In "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland", who constantly yells,
"Off with his head!"?
a) The White Rabbit
b) The Cheshire Cat
c) The Queen of Hearts

34. Which fairy tale character had a glass slipper?
a) Sleeping Beauty
b) Cinderella
c) Snow White

35. What is the primary food that the Very Hungry Caterpillar
eats?
a) Leaves
b) Apples
c) Cheese

36. In Aesop's Fable, "The Tortoise and the Hare", who wins the
race?
a) The Hare
b) The Tortoise
c) It's a tie

37. What is the name of the boy who never grows up in J.M.
Barrie's story?
a) Tom Sawyer
b) Peter Pan
c) Harry Potter

38. What type of animal is Aslan in "The Chronicles of Narnia"?
a) Lion
b) Bear
c) Wolf

40. 1 …had just left.
2 …suddenly the music stopped / the electricity went off.
3 …luckily, he found it in his pocket / it was in his pocket.

41. 4 …in fact, they have never met.
5 …it was raining (so) hard, etc.
6 …he was speaking incredibly fast / quickly.

42. Dad

43. a. near = close to, nearly = almost
b. late = near the end of a period of time, lately = recently

45. late
late
lately
At the end
in the end
especially
specially
actually
At the moment
nearly
near
yet
still
ever
even

46. ideally
basically
obviously
gradually
apparently
certainly
eventually

54. Class 2

55. • Discussion photos – Reading for pleasure (5 mins)
• Discussion questions – Reading for pleasure (10 mins)
• Listening (1) The necklace – Part 1 (10 mins)
• Listening (1) The necklace – Part 2 (10 mins)
• Listening (1) The necklace – Part 3 (10 mins)
• Listening (1) The necklace – Story end / discussion (5 mins)
• Speaking practice – hypothetical situations (10 mins)
• Game / filler (10 mins) 70
• Writing skills – Stories – New vocabulary (5 mins)
• Writing skills – Stories – Using adjectives / adverbs (5 mins)
• Writing skills – Stories – Creating dialogue (5 mins)
• Writing skills – Stories – Time expressions (5 mins)
• Speaking practice – Personalised speaking (10 mins)
• Vocabulary from the class quiz (5 mins)
• Speaking practice – long turn practice (10 mins)

57. • What book or story has brought you the most joy, and
what about it did you enjoy?
• Is there a book or genre you think is overrated? What is
it, and why do you feel that way?
• How do you choose what books to read for pleasure?
• What's your favourite place and time to read, and why
does it work well for you?
• How do you think technology (like e-readers or
audiobooks) has changed the way we read for pleasure?
• Do you think reading habits are changing in our society?
How so, and is it for the better or worse?

63. 1. she was socially ambitious, but poor.
2. she was jealous of her life of luxury.
3. he had got an invitation to a party at the Ministry.
4. she had nothing to wear to the party.
5. his wife didn’t want to go to the party and he had gone to a lot of trouble to get
the invitation.
6. he had already saved the money for himself.
7. she didn’t have any jewellery.
8. she lent her a beautiful necklace to wear.

65. 1. Yes, she did. She was the prettiest of all, all the men admired her, she danced all
night.
2. They walked and then got a cab.
3. That she had lost Madame Forestier’s necklace.
4. Her husband went out to look for the necklace.
5. They decided to buy another necklace.
6. They used their savings and borrowed the rest.
7. She reacted coldly and told Mathilde she should have returned the necklace
sooner.

69. 1. They moved to a small attic with no servant. She had to do all the
housework and shopping, and wear worn-out clothes.
2. He worked in the evening and at night.
3. They had paid everything back that they owed.
4. Mathilde now looked like an old woman.

70. The moral of the story is
that you should be happy with
what you have.

71. Speaking
Hypothetical situations

72. What would you do if.........
• your friend asked you to join a book club?
• you had to choose one book for a trip?
• you had a write a book about something?
• You could read any magazine (real or new)?

73. ?
A) 28% B) 48% C) 68%

74. The most famous book thief
In his entire criminal career,
Steven Bloomberg stole
________ rare books from
268 libraries. The total value
of the stolen is estimated to
be over $20 million!
23,000
A) 2300 B) 23,000 C) 230,000

75. ?
A) 10 B) 20 C) 30

76. The M6 toll road in
Birmingham is 26 miles of
a 6 lane motorway.
_____________ copies
of Mills and Boon novels
were acquired and then
pulped at a recycling firm
to make the top layer of
the motorway.
2.5 million
A) 25,000 B) 250,000 C) 2.5 million

77. ?
A) 18,000 B) 180,000 C) 1.8 million

78. The Holy Bible,
Quotations from
Chairman Mao Tse-
Tung and
____________ are
the 3 most read
books in the world.
Harry Potter
A) LOTR B) GOT C) Harry Potter

82. quite
well
aggressive frequently
new
fond quick
immediately
An hour
later

83. ‘I want to talk to you about an
email you sent,’ Mr Simpson said
coldly.

84. At
as
later
One
in

88. Speaking
Personalised activity

89. Talking about you
• You are going to answer some questions
about your experiences with your reading.
• You will take it in turns to answer a
question.
• The other person should ask TWO follow
up questions about what they have said.
• You will do this twice each.

90. Think about a time when....
•(A)You read a book at school that you
really enjoyed.
-(B)Ask 2 follow up questions about
what they said
•(A) You read something interesting to
your children.
- (B) Ask 2 follow up questions about
what they said

91. Think about a time when....
•(A) You went shopping for books or
magazines.
- (B) Ask 2 follow up questions about
what they said
•(A) You started reading something
you couldn’t put down.
- (B) Ask 2 follow up questions about
what they said

94. Speaking
Activity 2
Long turn practice

95. I’m going to give you a topic......
• Student A – I’m going to give you a topic
• I’d like you to talk about it for up to 2 minutes
• You will have one minute to prepare and make
notes.
• Student B – Think about some questions you can
ask student A after they have finished.
• You can write these questions down if you want to.

96. Describe a book / something you read that
had a major influence on you
You should say:
• what the name of the thing and its author
• how you first heard of it
• what the main topics are
• and explain why it had a major influence on
you.

97. Now change roles

98. Describe a book / something you read that you
enjoyed because you had to think a lot.
You should say:
- what this was
- why you decided to read it
- what reading this it made you think
about
- and explain why you enjoyed reading it.