martes, 30 de agosto de 2011

List of Adverbs (2nd graders, Colegio Mirador)

1.     accidentally
2.    afterwards
3.    almost
4.    always
5.    angrily
6.    annually
7.    anxiously
8.    awkwardly
9.    badly
10. blindly
11.  boastfully
12. boldly
13. bravely
14. briefly
15. brightly
16. busily
17. calmly
18. carefully
19. carelessly
20.cautiously
21. cheerfully
22.clearly
23.correctly
24.courageously
  1. crossly
  2. cruelly
  3. daily
  4. defiantly
  5. deliberately
  6. doubtfully
  7. easily
  8. elegantly
  9. enormously
  10. enthusiastically
  11. equally
  12. even
  13. eventually
  14. exactly
  15. faithfully
  16. far
  17. fast
  18. fatally
  19. fiercely
  20. fondly
  21. foolishly
  22. fortunately
  23. frantically
  24. gently
  1. gladly
  2. gracefully
  3. greedily
  4. happily
  5. hastily
  6. honestly
  7. hourly
  8. hungrily
  9. innocently
  10. inquisitively
  11. irritably
  12. joyously
  13. justly
  14. kindly
  15. lazily
  16. less
  17. loosely
  18. loudly
  19. madly
  20. merrily
  21. monthly
  22. more
  23. mortally
  24. mysteriously
  1. nearly
  2. neatly
  3. nervously
  4. never
  5. noisily
  6. not
  7. obediently
  8. obnoxiously
  9. often
  10. only
  11. painfully
  12. perfectly
  13. politely
  14. poorly
  15. powerfully
  16. promptly
  17. punctually
  18. quickly
  19. quietly
  20. rapidly
  21. rarely
  22. really
  23. recklessly
  24. regularly
  1. reluctantly
  2. repeatedly
  3. rightfully
  4. roughly
  5. rudely
  6. sadly
  7. safely
  8. seldom
  9. selfishly
  10. seriously
  11. shakily
  12. sharply
  13. shrilly
  14. shyly
  15. silently
  16. sleepily
  17. slowly
  18. smoothly
  19. softly
  20. solemnly
  21. sometimes
  22. soon
  23. speedily
  24. stealthily
  1. sternly
  2. successfully
  3. suddenly
  4. suspiciously
  5. swiftly
  6. tenderly
  7. tensely
  8. thoughtfully
  9. tightly
  10. tomorrow
  11. too
  12. truthfully
  13. unexpectedly
  14. very
  15. victoriously
  16. violently
  17. vivaciously
  18. warmly
  19. weakly
  20. wearily
  21. well
  22. wildly
  23. yearly
  24. yesterday

martes, 10 de mayo de 2011

Phonetics


Students from 4th Grade
Colegio Mirador

I.- Practice pronunciation, exercises in classroom. 

The fat cat sat on the man’s hat
ə fæt kæt sæt ɒn ðə mænz hæt/
Steve keeps the cheese in the freezer
/stv kps ðə iːɪz ɪn ðə frzə/
It’s best to rest, said the vet
ts best tə rest | sed ðə vet/
I ate an apple and a banana in a cinema in Canada
/aɪ eɪt ən æpəl ənd ə bənænə ɪn ə sɪnəmə ɪn kænədə/
It’s hard to park a car in a dark car park
ts hɑːd tə pɑːk ə kɑːr ɪn ə dɑːk kɑː pɑːk/
Tim bit a bit of Kitty’s biscuit
/tɪm bɪt ə bɪt əv kɪtɪz bɪskɪt/
John wants to watch Walter wash the dog
/dʒɒn wɒnts tə wɒtʃ wɒltə wɒʃ ðə dɒg/
My mother’s brother’s my uncle; my uncle’s son’s my cousin
/maɪ mʌðəz brʌðəz maɪ ʌŋkl̩ | maɪ ʌŋkl̩z sʌnz maɪ kʌzn̩/
That cook couldn’t cook if he didn’t look at a cook book
/ðæt kʊk kʊdn kʊk ɪf i dɪdn lʊk ət ə kʊk bʊk/
Sue knew too few tunes on the flute
/suː njuː tuː fjuː tjuːnz ɒn ðə fluːt/
The girl heard the nurse work
ə gɜːl hɜːd ðə nɜːs wɜːk/
Laura’s daughter bought a horse and called it Laura
/lɔːrəz dɔːtə bɔːt ə hɔːs ən kɔːld ɪt lɔːrəz/