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NAME OF TEACHER COORDINATING: AZUH N. CYRIL

TERM/WEEK: SUMMER/ WEEK 3

SUBJECT: ENGLISH LANGUAGE

CLASS: SS1

IST TOPIC: GRAMMAR: ADJECTIVAL PHRASE/FUNCTIONS

E-NOTES:

Adjectives are an important part of speech. They are describing words that add to the meanings of, or tell us more about the nouns and pronouns in a sentence. Examples of adjectives are: brilliant, vibrant, gigantic, brown, brave etc. Adjective phrases are groups of words that describe nouns or pronouns in sentences. This adjective in an adjective phrase can be found at the start, middle or end of the rephrase. This adjective phrase can appear before the noun or pronoun it describes in a sentence. Examples of adjectival phrases are: red hair, brown bag, straight blond hair, very interesting etc.

Sentences:

a. She has a red hair.

b. He owns a brown bag.

c. The man likes straight blond hair.

FUNCTIONS:

The adjectival performs two functions:

1. ATTRIBUTIVE FUNCTION: This is when it precedes or comes before the noun in a noun phrase. Examples:

a. His father is a very happy man. (Very happy man.)

b. She is an ugly looking woman. (Ugly looking woman)

NB. (Very happy and ugly looking) precede the nouns man and woman.

2. PREDICATIVE FUNCTION: This happens when the adjective phrase follows a linking verb and describes the preceding subject. Example:

a. The dog is very smart. (Very smart) follows the verb is, and complements the subject The dog.

b. She was quite timid. (Quite timid follows the linking verb ‘was’ that complements the subject ‘She’.

EVALUATION

1. What is an Adjectival Phrase? 5marks

2. Write out five sentences indicating Attributive and five indicating Predicative functions of adjectival phrases (ten in all). 10 marks

3. Identify the adjective phrases in the following sentences:

1. Have you ever seen an elephant with a white skin?

2. He was wearing a crown made of gold.

3. There I met a girl with blue eyes.

4. Wild beasts in small cages are a sorry sight.

5. A man with a long beard came to see me.

6. We visited many villages without any inhabitants.

7. A friend in need is a friend indeed.

8. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.

9. He was a young man of great promise.

10. In a low voice, he narrated the tale of his adventures.

DATE DUE FOR SUBMISSION: 4TH MAY, 2020

SUBMISSION EMAIL: language@.ng

COORDINATING TEACHER’S EMAIL: cyrilazuh@

NOTE: PLEASE INDICATE THE NAME OF YOUR TEACHER IN YOUR RESPONSE

SECOND TOPIC: SUMMARISING IN A GIVEN NUMBER OF SENTENCES [SSCE TYPE SUMMARY WRITING]

E-NOTES:

Summary writing in SSCE is very technical, therefore, care must be taken to learn the dos and don'ts. It is important to read the given passage and understand what the passage is about. Secondly, it is essential to read the summary question or questions with the purpose of decoding the keywords in them. This is important because your response will be geared towards satisfying the requirements of the keywords. SSCE summary requires you to respond in specific number of sentences as stated in the question.

SUMMARY GUIDELINES:

a. Read the passage with concentration

b. Identify the relevant points in each of the paragraphs.

c. Write your summary using simple sentence.

d. One valid point in each sentence.

e. Avoid examples, quotations, materials not in the passage and mindless lifting.

f. Be original

EVALUATION

1. What is Summary?

2. Read the passage on page 19 – 20 [old edition] in your New Concept English textbook titled “Between Morality and the Law” and answer the summary questions on it.

MODE OF SUBMISSION: Copy the notes into your English notebook and write out your answers to the questions into your notebook as well. It will be assessed when we resume.

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