Grammer - Junior Secondary 2 - Adverbs

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TEACHER’S ACTIVITY

LEARNERS ACTIVITY

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INTRODUCTION

The teacher revises the previous lesson and introduces the new topic by defining adverbs and explaining the types of adverbs citing examples

An adverb is a word that gives more information about, modifies a verb. An adverb answers questions about the verb. It can tell how, when, where, how often or to what extent an action takes place.

Examples

1.   The generator works well(How well does it work? well)

2.   The documents are all inside(Where are the documents? inside)

3.   Bayo arrived late(When did he arrive? late)

4.   The man always drops off his children(How often does he drop his children? always)

5.   She has completely lost her mind(To what extent has she lost her mind? completely)

Adverbs may also modify an adjective or another adverb. An adverb that modifies an adjective or another adverb usually comes just before the adjective or adverb that it modifies.

Examples

1.   The woman is holding a very chubby baby(Very-adverb, chubby-adjective)

2.   She dances quite gracefully(quite-adverb, gracefully-adverb)

Types of adverbs

1.   Adverbs of time: tells you when something has happened e.g She washed her clothes yesterday

2.   Adverbs of frequency: tells you how often something happens e.g They go to church regularly

3.   Adverbs of duration: tells you how long something lasts or occurs e.g I am staying with my friends temporarily

4.   Adverbs of place: tells you where something happens or takes place e.g The man lives here

5.   Adverbs of manner: tells you how something happens or the circumstances in which something happens. They are usually formed by adding -ly to an adjective(carefully, hurriedly, quietly) e.g She walked out of the room quickly

6.   Adevrbs of degree: tells you the degree to which an action is performed. They are also usually formed by adding -ly to an adjective(fairly, remarkably, partly) e.g He is partly responsible for its failure

Learners observe, learn and participate

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EXPLICIT INSTRUCTION/TEACHER MODELLING

The teacher explains the forms of adverbs

There are many adverbs that are independent words such as very, quite, well, most, then, above, rather, there, seldom, close etc

However, you can form many adverbs by adding -ly e.g extremely, fortunately, deeply, loudly, surely etc.

Like adjectives, adverbs also use different forms to signify degrees of comparison

Learners observe, learn and participate

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EVALUATION

The Learners are asked to

1.   Define adverbs

2.   Discuss the types of adverbs using sentence examples

3.   Discuss the comparison and forms of adverbs citing sentence examples

- Learners observe, learn and participate

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CLASS-WORK

Learners are asked to answer exercise I and II on page 23-24 of the New Concept English for Junior Secondary School 2

Learners observe, learn and participate

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ASSIGNMENT

Learners are asked to answer Exercise III and IV on page 24 of the New concept English for Junior Secondary School 2

Learners participate

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CONCLUSION

The teacher marks their books, corrects it and commends the Learners