137 3 Role models GRAMMAR 33 Verbs and adverbs Read the text: She heated some lima beans and ham she had in the icebox, made the cocoa, and set the table. The woman did not ask the boy anything about where he lived, or his folks, or anything else that would embarrass him. Instead, as they ate, she told him about her job in a hotel beauty-shop that stayed open late, what the work was like, and how all kinds of women came in and out, blondes, red-heads, and Spanish. Then she cut him a half of her ten-cent cake. a) Find the verbs in the past tense. Divide them into two groups, regular and irregular verbs. Write them down. b) Use verbs from both groups to write at least five sentences of your own. c) Rewrite this part of the text in the present simple. In what way does the reading experience change when you write the paragraph in the present simple instead of the past simple? Write a short explanation. If you like, you can start like this: When I read the text written in the present simple, I … d) There are a few examples of adverbs that express time and place in the text. Examples: in, out and late Come up with at least four more examples of adverbs that express time or place. Write them down. e) Use two adverbs that express time and two adverbs that express place and include them in sentences of your own. If you need to revise adverbs, look at page 265 in the Reference section. Hæfniviðmið • Sýnt góð tök á orða- forða, meginreglum málnotkunar og notað tengiorð við hæfi.
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