Module 1: Probing over ADJECTIVES/

MODIFIERS
INTRODUCTION

Good day learners!

How are you doing? Welcome to our first lesson. We will
be probing over a grammar lesson.
In this lesson, we will be talking about Adjectives/
Modifiers, which are words that modify a noun or a pronoun by
describing, identifying, or quantifying words. An adjective
usually precedes the noun or the pronoun which it modifies.
This lesson is a good tool for you to acquire the following skills:

1. identifies the adjectives used in the selections and the

words they modify.
2. distinguishes an appropriate adjective and transforms it
into the degree of comparison being asked.
3. writes an essay using adjectives.

Wishing you the best of luck! Keep moving and God Bless!

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 Before we proceed in the discussion of the topic,
kindly answer the pre- test below. Be sure to write your
answers in your Activity Tests notebook. After that, let your
facilitator check your work.

PRE- TEST ( Recognizing Adjectives)

Underline the adjectives in the following sentences. Draw an arrow from the adjective
to the noun it describes.

Ex. The purple and gold mountains lay in the distance.

1. The brown fox jumped over a lazy dog.

2. The eloquent speaker was awarded a gold medal.

3. Five high school students attended the national conference.

4. Mrs. Barcelon’s gray Toyota car is parked under the old acacia tree.

5. All typewritten compositions must be submitted this afternoon.

6. Tired and sleepy students cannot do their work well.

7. Bicolandia’s Mayon Volcano is well-known for its near perfect cone.

8. Polished rice has lost its Vitamin-rich bran.

9. Has each student received his own copy of the elocution piece?

10. Every athlete has to take special exercises to toughen his legs.

Are you through? So how do you find the pre-test? Is it easy? Or it is hard? Or
did you enjoy doing it? You don’t have to worry about your score. This test is given
not to test you and record your scores immediately but also to help us know what aspect
of the lesson you need to focus on.

Score Description
10 Exemplary
6-9 Excellent

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 0-5 Work harder for improvement

Before we proceed to the lesson proper, please observe and answer these
activities.

A. Yukio

a. Yukio is very helpful.

b. He lives in a peaceful village.
c. He saw a strange creature.

1. Look at sentence a, who is very helpful?

Look at sentence b, where does Yukio live?
Look at sentence c, what did Yukio see?

2. What kind of boy is Yukio?

What kind of village does he live in?
What kind of creature did he see?
What kind of words do they describe?

B. Write five adjectives/ modifiers describing the noun at the center of

the circle.

LIFE LOVE

GOD CITY

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 Hello!! Good that you were able already to reach this part. Please
pay a thorough attention to the content below in order for you to be able
to answer the needed activities thaw will follow.

LESSON PROPER

ADJECTIVES/ MODIFIERS
An adjective modifies a noun or a pronoun by describing, identifying, or
quantifying words. An adjective usually precedes the noun or the pronoun which it
modifies.

In the following examples, the highlighted words are adjectives:

The truck-shaped balloon floated over the treetops.

Mrs. Morrison papered her kitchen walls with hideous wall paper.
The small boat foundered on the wine dark sea.
The coal mines are dark and dank.
Many stores have already begun to play irritating Christmas music.
A battered music box sat on the mahogany sideboard.
The back room was filled with large, yellow rain boots.

DEGREE OF COMPARISON OF ADJECTIVES

  Positive Degree

The positive degree is used when simply describing persons or things.

Examples

 It is a small pencil.
 This is a thick book.
 The lion has sharp teeth.
 That is a beautiful dress.
 He is tall.

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Comparative Degree

The comparative degree is used when comparing two person or things.

Examples

 The elephant is taller than the horse.

 The shirt is longer than the shorts.

Superlative Degree:

The superlative degree of adjectives is formed by adding est to the adjective.

The superlative degree of adjective with two or more syllables is formed by adding
most before the adjective.

Examples  

Dado runs the fastest.

Christy is the most responsible person in the class.
 This is the longest pencil.

Positive              Comparative            Superlative

busy                   busier                     busiest

happy                 happier                   happiest

noisy                  noisier                     nosiest

pretty                 prettier                   prettiest

wealthy               wealthier                wealthiest

big                    bigger                     biggest

fat                    fatter                      fattest

hot                   hotter                     hottest

sad                   sadder                    saddest

thin                  thinner                   thinnest

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 Adjectives of more than two or more syllables form the comparative by using the
adverb “more”, and form superlative by using the adverb “most”. 

Positive              Comparative              Superlative

beautiful            more beautiful            most beautiful

courageous        more courageous        most courageous

difficult              more difficult              most difficult   

satisfactory        more satisfactory        most satisfactory      

useful                more useful                 most useful

Positive             Comparative           Superlative

good                 better                      best

bad                   worse                      worst

little                  less                         least

far                    farther                     farthest

many                more                        most

REMEMBER:

An adjective modifies a noun or a pronoun by describing, identifying, or

quantifying words. An adjective usually precedes the noun or the pronoun which it
modifies.

PONDER ON:

*Why do you think we need to study adjectives?

*Imagine your everyday life without adjectives? What will be the situation?

*Do you now realize how important adjectives are in our daily life??

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 Learning Check:

Choose the adjective from the box and translate it into the degree
required for each number.

 
happy ,      tall ,      good ,         strong ,      fat,
 
cold,      heavy ,     thin,     fast,     old,     large.

Example  

 Lead is the heaviest of all the metals. (Superlative degree)

1. This coffee is very weak. I prefer it a bit __________.  (  Positive Degree  )

2. The Wabash River flows __________ in spring than in fall.  ( Comparative )

3. Bill has bought a __________ car.  (  Positive Degree   )

4. The giraffe is __________ than the man.  (    Comparative Degree   )

5. Paul is the __________ boy in our class.  (   Superlative Degree   )

POST -TEST

WRITING A DESCRIPTIVE ESSAY

Write a descriptive essay creatively about a topic close to your heart using
adjectives/ modifiers. You may use variety of styles depending on your interest in
arts. You may use pictures, comic strip, images and etc. Do this in a long size bond
paper.

You may now take your mastery test after submitting your project.

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References:

*Serrano, Josephine (2011) English Communication Arts through Afro-

Asian Literature. Quezon City. SIBS Publishing House.

*Afuang, Precy et. al. (2006) Communication Arts in English. Xavier High
School

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