CLASS: SS ONE FIRST TERM 2014/2015 ENGLISH LANGUAGE

UNIT TOPIC: WORD CLASSES LESSON TOPIC: NOUNS AND ADJECTIVES

OBJECTIVES: At the end of the lesson, the students should be able to: 1.define word classes; 2.mention the different classes of words; 3. define and give examples of nouns; 4. define and give examples of adjectives and 5.identify nouns and adjectives in sentences.

INTRODUCTION Every word that occurs in a sentence belongs to one specific class or another. Word classes refer to the different groups to which words belong. The different word classes in English Language include: Noun, Pronoun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb, Preposition, Conjunction and Interjection.

NOUNS: A noun is a naming word. Examples: Oscar, Lagos, Tiger, Key, Air and so on. CHARACTERISTICS OF A NOUN: 1.A noun can occur before and after the verb in a sentence. E.g. a. The boy is clever.( before the verb “ is”) b. She killed the snake. ( after the verb “ killed”). 2.Most nouns ( the countable nouns) carry a plural marker-(-s/-es/-ies) e.g. Boys, boxes, lorries. 3.It shows possession. E.g. Mr Oscar’s cane. Joyce’ book. 4.It can be preceded by determiners. E.g. The boy, some water, several students, my house, a goat, an apple etc

ADJECTIVES: adjectives are words that qualify nouns and pronouns. Examples include: beautiful, slim, fat, poor, white, wicked and so on. For example: The boy is handsome. The rich man gave me a black belt. She is ugly.

EVALUATION 1.Put ______ in the coffee, but milk is not needed. A. Some four cubes of sugar. B. four cube of sugars. C. four cubes of sugars. D. four cubes of sugar. 2.John: “ Sir, what should we serve the guests?” Daddy: _____ A. Breads B. loaf of breads C. loaves of bread d. loaf of bread 3.Let the Jss one students pick up the ____ on the field. A. Pieces of paper B. piece of papers C. peaces of paper D. peace of papers 4.Many ____ candidate fails English as a result of flimsy mistakes. A. Some B. a C. very D. Much 5.He asked if I would like _____ more of the sweet potatoes. A. Many B. some C. no D. any 6.The day I won a visa lottery was the ____ day of my life. A. Happy B. very happy C. happiest D. happier 7.He played ___ than anyone else. A. Worse B. badly C. more worse D. worst 8.Ngozi is by far ___ of the girls. A. A most brilliant B. the most brilliant C. the more brilliant D. more brilliant 9.Our twenty year old car is ____ than most new cars. A. Much stronger B. strong C. more stronger D. strongest 10.Tade is the _____ of my sister’s three children. A. Less intelligent B. least intelligent C. last intelligent D. best intelligent

PLEASE NOTE: THIS EVALUATION FORMS PART OF YOUR CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT. THANK YOU.