Most confusing words

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• Most confusing words
• Adjective Adverb
• bad badly
• good well
• real really
• sure surely
• most most
• almost

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Good or Well

• Good is always an adjective it modifies a noun
  or pronoun.

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Good or Well

• Poetry is a good way to express your
  individuality.

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Good or Well

• Well is usually an adverb, modifying a verb, an
  adverb, or an adjective.
• Well is always an adjective when it refers to
  health.

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Good or Well

• Good poems can communicate ideas well.
• You can write poems even when you dont feel well.

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Real or Really

• Real is always an adjective it modifies a noun
  or a pronoun.

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Real or Really

• Reciting poetry is a real talent.

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Real or Really

• Really is always an adverb. It modifies a verb,
  an adverb, or an adjective.

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Real or Really

• If you really work at it, you can become good at
  it.

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Bad or Badly

• Bad is always an adjective it modifies a noun or
  a pronoun.
• Badly is always an adverb.

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Bad or Badly

• That wasnt a bad poem, but you read it badly.
• Oh, I feel bad about that.

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So What?

• These words are often misused in everyday speech
  and writing.

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1. The sport that I (real, really) enjoy is
soccer. 2. I am the goalie on the team, and I
think I am a (good, well) one. 3. In fact,
everyone on our team has been playing (good,
well) this season. 4. We have a couple of
forwards that can run (real, really) fast. 5. Our
defensive players have (real, really) powerful
kicks.
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Underline the correct word in parentheses in each
sentence. Label each word you choose as ADJ for
adjective or ADV for adverb. 1. Stretch your
muscles (good, well) before running. 2. The
pizza with pineapple tastes (good, well). 3.
Mark felt so (badly, bad) after gym class that he
went to the nurse. 4. The truck driver drove
(real, really) slowly so he could read the
addresses. 5. If your handwriting is (bad,
badly), why dont you enter your paper into the
computer?
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Closure

• Today you learned to correctly the commonly
  misused adjectives and adverbs in everyday speech
  and writing.

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Homework

• Due Tomorrow