Second Term Lesson Note for Week
CLASS: Primary 3
SUBJECT: English Studies (Grammar)
TOPIC: Adjectives.
Duration : 80 minutes
Period : Double Periods
Reference Book :
- Nigerian Primary Pupils English , Book 3 by Learn Africa.
- Lagos State Unified Schemes of Work for Primary Schools, ( Primary 1 – 3)
- Online Resources
Instructional Material : Chart showing meaning and types of adjectives
Learning Objectives : By the end of the lesson learners will be able to
i. Define adjectives list examples
ii. Identify the types of adjective
Content :
An Adjective is a word that describes a noun or a pronouns. It tells us more about a noun or a pronoun.
Examples of adjectives are small, beautiful, tall, clean, fat, sweet, hot, clear, much cold, ten, five, blue, yellow, first, third, round, etc.
Classes of adjectives
1. Adjective of Colour : blue, red, green, yellow, white, pink, black, etc.
2. Adjective of number : one, five, seven, tenth, second, fourth, etc.
3. Adjective of quantity : little, much, few, small, tiny,
4. Adjective of quality : good, small, clever, beautiful, big, intelligent, handsome, etc.
5. Possessive adjectives : It shows what belongs to someone or something. E.g. my, mine, ours, their, her, his,
6. Demonstrative adjectives : this, that these and those
Presentation Steps :
Evaluation questions:
Underline the adjective in these sentences.
(1) The fat woman is my mother.
(2) A rat is a small animal.
(3) I live in a big house.
(4) Tola is a tall boy.
(5) He ate two apples.
(6) There are five bottles on the table.
(7) l didn’t spend much money on the toys.
(8) She wears brown sandals to school.
(9) How many stars are in the sky.
(10) He has four naira in his pocket.
Conclusion : At the end of the lesson, learners were able to answer the question correctly.
Assignment :
Pick out the adjectives in each of the following sentences.
1. The girl wore a yellow dress.
2. A tall man came here.
3. He ate ten mangoes.
4. The baker sells good bread.
5. He found the lost ball.
6. The large ship sank in the great storm.
7. A mouse is a small animal.
8. He gave an intelligent answer.
9. That is a forgotten issue.
10. The angry dog bit the boy’s left leg.