Competitive Forms of Adverbs
ENGLISH STUDIES
______ TERM
WEEK ______
PRIMARY 6
THEME: Grammatical Accuracy
TOPIC: Comparative Forms of Adverbs
PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES: By the end of the lesson, the pupils should have attained the following objectives (cognitive, affective and psychomotor) and be able to use comparative forms of adverbs correctly.
INSTRUCTION MATERIALS: Charts containing comparative and superlative.
METHOD OF TEACHING – Choose a suitable and appropriate methods for the lessons.
Note – Irrespective of choosing methods of teaching, always introduce an activities that will arouse pupil’s interest or lead them to the lessons.
REFERENCE MATERIALS
- Scheme of Work
- 9 – Years Basic Education Curriculum
- Course Book – MacMillan Brilliant Primary English Book 6, page 120 C 4, 5, 6, 7 and other relevant materials.
- All Relevant Material
- Online Information
CONTENT OF THE LESSON
COMPARATIVE FORMS OF ADVERBS
We can use the suffixes er and est to make comparison with adverbs. For example, the following are adverbs: early, late, fast, hard, close, far, soon, etc.
There are three forms of comparison:
- Positive
- Comparative
- Superlative
Comparison with -er/-est
Positive Comparative Superlative
- Fast faster fastest
- High higher highest
Comparison with more – most adverbs ending on -ly (except: early)
Positive Comparative Superlative
Carefully more carefullythe) most carefully
Irregular adverbs
Positive Comparative Superlative
- Well better best
- Badly worse worst
- Much more most
- Little less least
- Far farther farthest
PRESENTATION
To deliver the lesson, the teacher adopts the following steps:
- To introduce the lesson, the teacher revises the previous lesson. Based on this, he/she asks the pupils some questions;
- Gives examples of the comparison forms of adverbs;
- Pupils’ activities – Identify the comparison forms of adverbs.
- Guides pupils to use the comparative forms of adjectives and adverbs;
- Pupils’ activities – Use comparative forms in sentences.
LESSON EVALUATION – Pupil to complete the sentences.
- The boy gets up _________ (early) than his friend.
- His writing is _________ (neat) than his brother’s.
- I’ll see you _________ (soon) than you expect.
- This is _________ (bad) than the first two.