Adverb Modifying Adverbs: Please Move My Things (Listen + Speak)

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Please Move My Things

Movers are moving the furniture very carelessly. The homeowner is mad. Listen to a conversation and learn how an adverb modifies another adverb. Then, practice adverbs with the AI Tutor.

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Please Move My Things

(1) Danika:

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Hi, are you the [vocab word=mover]mover[/vocab]?

A mover moves things for you.

(2) Mover:

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Yes, we are the movers.

(3) Danika:

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Great. The boxes are all [vocab word=packed]packed[/vocab]. There are some [vocab word=delicate]delicate[/vocab] things. Please move them very carefully. The [vocab word=piano]piano[/vocab] is my mother's piano. Please move it especially carefully.

"very" is an adverb of degree. "carefully" is an adverb of manner.

(4) Mover:

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No problem. Marc, let's move the [vocab word=dining table]dining table[/vocab], first.

(5) Danika:

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The [vocab word=hallway]hallway[/vocab] is [vocab word=narrow]narrow[/vocab]. Please move it really slowly...

The adverb "really" modifies (helps) the adverb "slowly".

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(Scratching sound)

(7) Mover:

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Oops.

"Oops" = "Oh!" or "I made a mistake!"

(8) Danika:

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Oh, my... Look at my [vocab word=wall]wall[/vocab]!

(9) Mover:

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Sorry! I will [vocab word=repair]repair[/vocab] it later for you.

"will fix" is the future tense of "fix". Later (after the move), the mover will fix the wall.

(10) Danika:

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Okay, fine.

(11) Mover:

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Let's move the [vocab word=fish tank]fish tank[/vocab] next.

"next" is an adverb.

(12) Danika:

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Be careful. There's a light above the fish tank. Please [vocab word=lift]lift[/vocab] it very gently and slowly...

"very" modifies the adverbs "gently" and "slowly".

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(The light falls off)

(14) Mover:

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Oops.

(15) Danika:

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Oh, my... Look at my light!

(16) Mover:

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Sorry! We will repair it later for you.

(17) Mover:

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Where is the piano?

(18) Danika:

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It's in that room. The right [vocab word=foot]foot[/vocab] is [vocab word=loose]loose[/vocab]. Don't move it too fast...

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(The foot falls off)

(20) Mover:

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Oops.

(21) Danika:

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Okay, stop. How often do you move delicate things? You don't do it often, do you?

"You don't do it often, do you?" means "You don't do it often, right?" It's a question, but Danika knows the answer already.

(22) Mover:

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Don't worry. We move delicate [vocab word=furniture]furniture[/vocab] very frequently.

"often" is the adverb of frequency. You put it before the verb ("move") or at the end of the sentence.

(23) Danika:

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How often do you break them?

(24) Mover:

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Well, we don't break them too often. We very rarely break anything! Really rarely!

"We rarely break anything" is a positive sentence. But, "rarely" means you don't usually break things. So, the sentence is almost like a negative sentence. That's why we say "We rarely break anything", NOT "We rarely break something."

(25) Danika:

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Somehow, I don't [vocab word=believe]believe[/vocab] that...

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Please Move My Things

(1) Danika:

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Hi, are you the [vocab word=mover]mover[/vocab]?

A mover moves things for you.

(2) Mover:

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Yes, we are the movers.

(3) Danika:

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"very" is an adverb of degree. "carefully" is an adverb of manner.

(4) Mover:

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No problem. Marc, let's move the [vocab word=dining table]dining table[/vocab], first.

(5) Danika:

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The [vocab word=hallway]hallway[/vocab] is [vocab word=narrow]narrow[/vocab]. Please move it really slowly...

The adverb "really" modifies (helps) the adverb "slowly".

(6) :

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(Scratching sound)

(7) Mover:

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Oops.

"Oops" = "Oh!" or "I made a mistake!"

(8) Danika:

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Oh, my... Look at my [vocab word=wall]wall[/vocab]!

(9) Mover:

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Sorry! I will [vocab word=repair]repair[/vocab] it later for you.

"will fix" is the future tense of "fix". Later (after the move), the mover will fix the wall.

(10) Danika:

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Okay, fine.

(11) Mover:

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Let's move the [vocab word=fish tank]fish tank[/vocab] next.

"next" is an adverb.

(12) Danika:

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Be careful. There's a light above the fish tank. Please [vocab word=lift]lift[/vocab] it very gently and slowly...

"very" modifies the adverbs "gently" and "slowly".

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(The light falls off)

(14) Mover:

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Oops.

(15) Danika:

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Oh, my... Look at my light!

(16) Mover:

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Sorry! We will repair it later for you.

(17) Mover:

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Where is the piano?

(18) Danika:

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It's in that room. The right [vocab word=foot]foot[/vocab] is [vocab word=loose]loose[/vocab]. Don't move it too fast...

(19) :

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(The foot falls off)

(20) Mover:

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Oops.

(21) Danika:

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Okay, stop. How often do you move delicate things? You don't do it often, do you?

"You don't do it often, do you?" means "You don't do it often, right?" It's a question, but Danika knows the answer already.

(22) Mover:

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Don't worry. We move delicate [vocab word=furniture]furniture[/vocab] very frequently.

"often" is the adverb of frequency. You put it before the verb ("move") or at the end of the sentence.

(23) Danika:

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How often do you break them?

(24) Mover:

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Well, we don't break them too often. We very rarely break anything! Really rarely!

(25) Danika:

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Somehow, I don't [vocab word=believe]believe[/vocab] that...

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Lesson Vocabulary

believe (Verb)	To think that something is true or real.
delicate (Adjective)	Something that is easy to damage or break.
dining table (Noun)	A table at which you eat meals.
fish tank (Noun)	A glass container in which you keep fish.
foot (Noun)	The bottom or end of an object.
furniture (Noun)	Things such as chairs, tables, and beds that you use in a house.
hallway (Noun)	An area just inside the front door. Some doors of other rooms open in the hallway.
lift (Verb)	To move something from a lower to a higher position.
loose (Adjective)	Not fixed in place tightly.
mover (Noun)	Someone who helps people move their things to a new house.
narrow (Adjective)	Having a small distance from one side to the other.
packed (Adjective)	Filled with people or things.
piano (Noun)	An instrument for music with keys.
repair (Verb)	To fix a broken thing to make it work again.
wall (Noun)	One of the sides of a building or a room.

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