GRADE 2 : GRAMMAR : WEEK 4

NEW APPROACH

WEEK/TERM: THIRD TERM /WEEK 4

CLASS: Grade 2

DATE: 26th June, 2020

SUBJECT: Grammar

TOPIC: Adverbs and Comparison of Adverbs

Reference:   THE MASTERING ENGLISH BOOK – PAGES 59 TO 61.

Brief explanation

An adverb is a word that describes other parts of speech like verbs and adjective. Adverbs are words like: carelessly, slowly, greedy, frequently, immediately, suddenly, carefully, sweetly etc.

Making Sentences Using Adverbs

1. She handles things carelessly.
2. They passed the test easily.
3. He shouted loudly.
4. The woman walked slowly.
5. We call frequently.

Comparison of Adverbs

Adverbs have three degrees of comparison namely positive comparative and superlative. We use the word “more” before the positive form, to get the comparative form of an adjective and the word “most”, to get the superlative form. That is to say some adverbs can be compared using ‘more’ at the comparative level and ‘most’ at the superlative level.

	Base or Positive	Comparative	Superlative
1.	angrily	more angrily	most angrily
2.	freely	more freely	most freely
3.	quietly	more quietly	most quietly
4.	gladly	more gladly	most gladly
5.	terrible	more terrible	most terrible
6.	sweetly	more sweetly	most sweetly
7.	brightly	more brightly	most brightly

Exercises/Assignment

1. What is an adverb?
2. Compare the following adverbs: Carefully, slowly, frequently, under the headings Base or positive, comparative and superlative, as in the examples given above.

Read page 61 of your Mastering English book, to have more ideas of comparison of adjectives. You may also do the exercises that follow on page 61 to page 62.