ENGLISH GRAMMAR

ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS

Adjectives and adverbs with the same form.
ADJECTIVES and adverbs are modifiers. Adjectives modify nouns and noun substitutes, while adverbs modify, mainly, verbs, adjectives and other adverbs.

In this exercise about adjectives and adverbs with the same form, can you tell if the words in italics are adjectives or adverbs?

1. The skilful magician pulled a hat with a wide brim out of a fluffy little rabbit.
2. The avid punster read from his collection of puns: “Finding it wide open, the burglar climbed intruder window.”
3. It was a pretty silly idea – his invention of an egg opener.
4. “I wanted to get you a pretty dress,” the burglar says to his wife, “but the darn shop was still open!”
5. He says jestingly to her, “You must be dead tired from all the running you did in my dream last night.”
6. The naughty boy said he put a dead mouse in his sister’s bed because he couldn’t find a toad.
7. Mother Cat says to her kitten, “Stay away from danger. You have only nine lives!”
8. The hummingbird is the only bird that can fly backwards.
9. “I just don’t know what went wrong. According to the cookbook, this is supposed to be a delicious dish.”
10. She wore her wedding ring on the wrong finger because she married the wrong man.
11. Whenever she is down, she cheers herself up by going on a shopping spree.
12. Did you write down your score for this test?

Answers 1. adjective 2. adverb 3. adverb 4. adjective 5. adverb 6. adjective 7. adverb 8. adjective 9. adverb 10. adjective 11. adjective 12. adverb

English Language Society

Advisors for English Language Society (ELS)
Encik Azam bin Hasim
Puan Norfadzillah bt Ahmad Sobri
Puan Rosminah bt Ahmad Ihsan
Puan Shuhana bt Azizan
Puan Siti Rosni bt Ahmad

YEARLY PROGRAMMES FOR 2009

1. Scrap Book and Word Tag project for both of Level 1 and Level 2 pupils.
2. English Week in April which carrying the activities related to English Language subject.
3. A Paragraph A Day Programme for Level 2 and A Word A Day Programme for Level 1.
4. English Speaking Day on every Thursday for the whole year.
5. Get pupils to involve in the co-academic activities such as the story telling competititon and
the public speaking competition as well.

Meeting

First English Panel Meeting
Date : 1st January 2009
Time : 11.00 a.m.
Venue : Staffroom
Present : En.Azam b Hasim
Pn.Fauziah bt Zainul
Pn.Norfadzillah bt Ahmad Sobri
Pn.Zaiton bt Mohd Noor
Pn.Aslinda bt Musa
Absent : Pn.Azizah bt Ghazali (UPSR Improvement Committee meeting)
Pn.Jamirul Kaissa bt Jaafar (UPSR Improvement Committee meeting)