Francisco, an English teacher, introduces the 21st lesson of his "English from Scratch" course, which has progressed from the beginner to the basic level. He discusses the results of a previous test and thanks his students for their feedback and trust.
The lesson focuses on adjectives and adverbs, specifically adverbs of manner. Francisco explains that adjectives describe people or things, while adverbs describe actions. He provides six rules to form adverbs, including:
1. Adding "LY" to the end of an adjective (e.g., "bad" becomes "badly")
2. Changing the ending "LE" to "LY" (e.g., "simple" becomes "simply")
3. Adding "ALLY" to adjectives ending in "IC" (e.g., "specific" becomes "specifically")
4. Changing the ending "Y" to "ILY" (e.g., "easy" becomes "easily")
5. Changing the ending "UE" to "ULY" (e.g., "due" becomes "duly")
6. Handling irregular adverbs (e.g., "good" becomes "well")
Francisco provides examples and exercises to practice these rules, including identifying adverbs in sentences and distinguishing between adjectives and adverbs. He also discusses the nuances of certain adverbs, such as "good" vs. "well" and "bad" vs. "badly." The lesson concludes with Francisco encouraging his students to practice and share the lesson with others.
Here are the facts extracted from the text:
1. The speaker, Francisco, is teaching an English course from scratch.
2. The course has different levels, and the speaker is currently teaching the basic level.
3. The speaker had 162 students take a test on October 15.
4. The average score on the test was around 13-14.
5. Adjectives talk about people, their characteristics, and what qualifies a subject.
6. Adverbs talk about actions, how actions are done.
7. There are six rules for forming adverbs from adjectives.
8. Rule 1: Add "LY" to the end of the adjective.
9. Rule 2: Change the ending "LE" to "LY".
10. Rule 3: Add "ALLY" to the end of adjectives that end in "IC".
11. Rule 4: Change the ending "Y" to "ILY".
12. Rule 5: Change the ending "UE" to "ULY" in some cases.
13. There are irregular adverbs that do not follow these rules.
14. The adverb of "good" is "well".
15. The adverb of "fast" is not "fastly", but rather "quickly".
16. The adverb of "hard" is not "hardly" (which means "barely" or "almost"), but rather "hard".
17. Adverbs can be used to describe how an action is being done.
18. Adverbs can be used to expand vocabulary from one word to another.
19. The verb "add" is used to describe how adverbs add information to a verb.
20. The speaker is going to give a new practice for the students to improve their English skills.