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In today’s English Language class, We will be learning about Adjectives and Adverbs. We hope you
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STRUCTURE: Adjectives and Adverbs

Content:

What is an adjective?
Types of adjectives
Comparison of adjectives
What is an adverb?
Types of adverbs
Comparison of adverbs

An adjective tells us what something or someone seems like. It is used to describe a noun or pronoun.
Examples:

Tola is a beautiful girl.

It is rather warm in here.
Can I have five sweet buns, please?

Types of adjectives

1. Descriptive adjectives: These tell about the kind/quality of a noun or pronoun.

Example:

Pretty girl;

White roses;

Large sack;

Funny man. etc.

2) Adjective of number or quality: These usually come before nouns and show “how many” or
“how much” of the noun

Definite: One, eleven, double, second, both etc.

Indefinite: All, any, few, many, much, some, several, etc.

3) Demonstrative Adjectives: These point out nouns which follow them.

Example: this house; these forms; such games; that table; these boys

4) Interrogative adjectives: These adjectives ask questions and come before nouns.

Examples:

Which door?
 What present?

Whose shoes?

5) Possessive Adjectives: These show ownership or possession.

Examples:

My pen

Your ruler

His bicycle

Its leg

Comparison of Adjectives
Adjectives have three degrees of comparison.

These are:

The Positive: This is used when describing an object or a person only.

Examples:

She is tall

Musa is young and handsome.

Also:

She is as tall as her mother.

Musa is not as playful now as he was before.

The Comparative: This is used to compare two things (nouns)

 Examples:

Taller, younger, more beautiful, bigger, more expensive e.t.c.

The superlative: This is used to compare more than two nouns

Examples:

Tallest, youngest, most beautiful, biggest, most experienced, e.t.c.

ADVERB

An adverb is a word used to describe or modify a verb, that is, how, where, or when, an action is
performed.

An adverb can also modify an adjective, another adverb, a whole sentence or a prepositional phrase.

Examples:

She is very
He ran very
 Actually, we don’t know.
The ball flew right through the window.

Types of adverbs
1. Adverbs of manner: These describe “how” actions are performed.

Examples

Happily, easily, loudly, well e.t.c.

2. Adverbs of time: These describe “when” actions are performed.

Examples

Soon, then, now, before, since, already e.t.c.

3. Adverbs of place: These describe “where” actions are performed.

Examples

Here, there, everywhere, nowhere.

4. Adverbs of degree: These describe “how much” actions are performed.

Examples

Almost, much, only, quite, very, too, so, rather, etc.

5. Adverbs of frequency: These describe “how often” actions are performed.

Examples

Once, twice, again, almost, often.

6. Adverbs of interrogation: These are used in questions.

Examples

Where, when, how

7. Adverbs of Negation
 Examples:

No, not, nothing, nowhere, never etc.

Comparison of Adverbs
Adverbs are composed in the same way as Adjectives.

Study the following example:

Positive Comparative Superlative

Early Earlier Earliest

Far Farther Farthest

Fast Faster Fastest

Well Better Best

Much More Most

Soon Sooner Soonest

Badly Worse Worst

Easily More easily Most easily

Slowly More slowly Most slowly

Willingly More willingly Most willingly

Evaluation: Do practice exercise four, question 3, page 20 of English Grammar by P.O. Olatunbosun.

Reference: The New Student’s Companion for Secondary School; English Grammar by Olatunbosun.

Evaluation: Do practice 1 on page 41.

Reference: Effective English for JSS Book 3, page 243.

Reading Assignment: Read page 243 of the Effective English for JSS Book 3.

GENERAL EVALUATION /REVISION QUESTIONS

1. Write out five terms used in Agriculture and make sentences with them.
2. Rewrite the following using the comparative or superlative forms of the adjectives.
1. Mount Kilimanjaro is the (high) mountain.
2. He is the (good) Math teacher we have.
3. Is Emeka (popular) than his sister?
4. It was (cool) yesterday than today.
3. What are the functions of adverbs and adjectives?

Weekend Assignment: Do practice exercise nine on page 44 of English Grammar by P.O. Olatunbosun.

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as soon as possible.

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meet you there.

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