ADDING INTERESTING ADVERBS

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Do not use the same adverb twice.

I opened the refrigerator as _______________ as I could,

looking _______________ for food, for something really good.
I ______________ searched the shelves up and down and all around,
but nothing special caught my eye. Nothing tasty could be found.
As I _______________ closed the refrigerator door,
my stomach growled _______________. It wanted more.
Feed me! Feed me! it seemed to say.
Im waiting _______________for food to come my way.
What about my diet? I whispered to it in pain.
Tomorrow is another day! it answered.
Choose one:
* You can begin it then!
* You can start it again.
* Ill tell you when!
* Diets arent for men!
* Youve already started ten!
1. Read your own story to your group. Make a group list of all the adverbs your group has found.

Teacher: Do it frontally on the board.

2. Read the story without any adverbs. What is the difference?

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3. Add two adverbs in each space. Does this make the story more
interesting or not? Why?
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4. Who is telling this story? __________________________________________
Why do you think so? ____________________________________________

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What food or kinds of food do you think the speaker was looking for?
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What would you look for? ____________________________________
Write a letter to the speaker about his/her diet or about diets in general.

Dear ______________,
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Yours, ____________________