Lesson 5

 Comparing Adverbs
 Differentiating Adverbs and Adjectives
 Junctures
 Sports News
 Picture Perfect
 Sports Activity
 Learning Objectives

o Compare Adverbs correctly

o Recognize the difference between Adverbs and Adjectives
o Note details in a sportscast listened to.
o Describe different forms and conventions used in print materials.
o Be familiar with different sports.
 Comparing Adverbs

Vince runs fast. (Positive form)

James runs faster than Vince. (Comparative form)

Among the players, Glenn runs the

(Superlative form)
fastest.

There are three degrees of comparison in adverbs – the Positive,

the Comparative, and the Superlative.
The adverbs form their comparatives and superlatives using –er and –
est , and more and most.
Adverbs that end in –ly use the words more and most to form their
comparatives and superlatives.
The one-syllable adverbs use -er in the comparative form, and --est in
the superlative form.

Absolute Comparative Superlative

early earlier earliest
fast faster fastest
hard harder hardest
high higher highest
late later latest
loud louder loudest
near nearer nearest
soon sooner soonest
Adverbs which end in --ly or have three or more syllables
each form the comparative with more and the superlative
with most.

Absolute Comparative Superlative

angrily more angrily most angrily
brightly more brightly most brightly
dimly more dimly most dimly
freely more freely most freely
gladly more gladly most gladly
heavily more heavily most heavily
loudly more loudly most loudly
quietly more quietly most quietly
sweetly more sweetly most sweetly
terribly more terribly most terribly
 Some adverbs form the comparative and the
superlative irregularly.

Absolute Comparative Superlative

badly worse (than) worst (the)
far farther farthest
far further furthest
little less least
much/many more most
well better best

Examples:
 Of the two teddy bears, which do you
like better?
 This has to be the farthest I have ever
walked in my life.
Remember..

The comparative form is used to compare two things.

Examples:
 We must not reach there later than 7 o’clock.
 You speak more loudly than a loudspeaker.
 Sirius shines more brightly than all the other stars.

The superlative form is used to compare three or more things.

Examples:
 He arrived the earliest, so he had to wait for the others.
 Why do you have to speak the most loudly of all at the
meeting?
 Of all the girls, your sister sang the most sweetly.

It is not correct to use –er and more together, or -

est and most together.
Examples:
Incorrect: The tree is more taller than the giraffe.
Correct: The tree is taller than the giraffe.
Incorrect: This turkey is the most oldest in the farm.
Correct: This turkey is the oldest in the farm.
 Differentiating Adverbs and Adjectives

Adjectives vs. Adverbs: What’s The

Difference?

What is an adjective?
An adjective is a word that modifies a noun or pronoun. In general, the purpose
of an adjective is to describe a noun or pronoun by stating its characteristics or
by providing more information about it. For example, in the sentence She has a
big dog. The adjective big tells us that the dog (a noun) is large in size and mass.

What is an adverb?
An adverb is a word that modifies a verb, an adjective, a clause, or even another
adverb. In general, adverbs provide more information that answer questions
such as When?, Where?, How?, and Why?

When modifying verbs, adverbs can come before or after the word
that they modify:
He read quietly.
He quietly read.
 Differentiating Adverbs and Adjectives

The main way to figure out if a word is being used as an

adjective or an adverb is to check the word that it modifies. If it
is modifying a noun or a pronoun, it is an adjective.
If it is modifying anything else, it is an adverb.

Adjectives only modify nouns and pronouns, while Adverbs

modify verbs, adjectives, clauses, or other adverbs.
Adverbs do not modify nouns or pronouns.
 Juncture in Speaking
Juncture, in linguistics, is the manner of moving (transition) between
two successive syllables in speech. An important type of juncture is
the supra-segmental phonemic cue by means of which a listener can
distinguish between two otherwise identical sequences of sounds
that have different meanings.

People can usually distinguish the word

juncture in contrastive twins of word pairs such
as play nice and plain ice.

Junctures and pauses are just the same they

are both the stop of speaking.

Juncture – is a pause or slightly delay in a

continuous flow of speech
Pauses – are intervals of silence between or
with in words, phrases or sentences.
 Sports News
Sports writing can take the form of a news piece that reports on a
recent game or a feature article that profiles a team or player. By
appealing to both sports fans and other readers, sports articles
capture emotions and action through interviews and descriptions
while also presenting objective statistics about the subject.
Regardless of the topic, good sports writing combines strong
research with vivid detail to bring the personalities and drama of
athletics to life.

Craft an Eye-catching Opening

Your lead paragraph should grab the
audience's attention and reveal the article's
genre to readers. If you're writing a feature
article about a team or player, you might open
with a sentence that reveals something about
the subject's accomplishments or personality.
 Picture Perfect

It can be used by anyone to describe

anything that is flawless or, more loosely,
is beautiful or high-quality.
Choosing Sports Activity

Hockey

Cricket
End of our Lesson 4