Objective: The overarching learning goal is to confidently master the function and application of adverbs in English. Learners should understand how adverbs modify verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs to provide additional information about the "how," "when," "where," or frequency of an action. The aim is to enhance linguistic precision in both written and oral communication.

Content and Methods: The worksheet initially presents the theoretical foundations of adverbs, focusing particularly on their formation (e.g., the "-ly" suffix) and the various categories such as adverbs of manner, time, frequency, and degree. The methodological implementation involves a didactically structured sequence of tasks: starting with the conscious differentiation between adjectives and adverbs in short sentences, identifying adverbs within a cohesive narrative text and actively converting adjectives into their corresponding adverbial forms. To reinforce syntactic accuracy, the material also includes sentence unscrambling exercises, where learners practice the correct positioning of adverbs within a sentence structure. Through this mix of theoretical introduction, recognition tasks, and productive writing exercises, a deeper understanding of action modification is fostered.

Competencies:

• Linguistic Competence: The ability to correctly form adverbs and use them to provide detailed descriptions of actions and qualities.
• Syntactic Accuracy: Ensuring correct word order when using adverbs in complex sentences.
• Reading Competence: Identification and decoding of descriptive word types in various text contexts.
• Analytical Competence: Differentiating between adjectives and adverbs based on their grammatical function.

Target Group and Level:

A1