Grade

ENGLISH
QUARTER 2 – MODULE 1
Composing clear and coherent sentences using
appropriate grammatical
structures: - Order and degrees of regular adjectives.
Name: _________________________________________ Date: _____________
Grade/Section: ___________________________________ Score: ____________

ENGLISH 6 MODULE 1
QUARTER 2

MELC: Distinguish various types of information/factual text

K to 12 BEC CG: EN6LC-IIa-3.2

Objective:
Compose clear and coherent sentences using appropriate grammatical structures:
- Order and degrees of regular adjectives.
EN6G-IIa-5.5, EN6G-5.2

SUBJECT: ENGLISH 6
QUARTER 2
Module No. 1

Title of the Activity: Composing clear and coherent sentences using appropriate grammatical
structures: - Order and degrees of regular adjectives.
PART 1. Introduction
An adjective tells about or describes a noun or a pronoun. It gives a clearer picture of a
noun or a pronoun.
Number adjectives tell the number of the nouns modified. Descriptive adjectives
describe the kind, size and shape of the noun. Color adjectives tell the color of the thing
described.
When several adjectives describe the same noun in a sentence, they follow this order:
number, quality or kind, and color.
Adjectives can tell us how many, what size, what shape, what kind, how old, or what
color a noun is / nouns are.
Examples:
blue lagoon beautiful maiden tiny insect
round table three roses young actress

Adjectives also describe or denote the qualities of something, as in bountiful flora and
one-kilometer marathon.
Many adjectives have no common form, but they may be derived from other words using
suffixes such as:
1. From verbs: care + -ful = careful step

live + -able = livable environment

act + -ive = active members

2. From nouns: environment + -al = environmental concern

odor + -less = odorless surroundings

progress + -ive = progressive place

Adjectives may be made up of two or more words, hyphenated, and unhyphenated, as in:
painstaking campaign fast-growing vines
easygoing citizen well-fed animals
poorly maintained drainage high-powered engine

When expressions referring to time, distance, and measurement are used as adjectives,
they are transformed into compound adjectives. Note some changes.
a drive for three days → a three-day drive
a lot of two hundred square meters → a two-hundred-square-meter lot
an aircraft with two seats → a two-seater aircraft
 Adjectives may be attributive or predicative depending on their positions in the sentence.
1. An attributive adjective comes before a noun (N).
Like a victorious Olympian, Fidgety Hipon did all kinds of jumps and sprints.
Adj. N

2. A predicative adjective comes after a linking verb (LK) and other copular verbs, such
as seem, appear, and feel.
The kingdom was majestic.
LV Adj.

Using Adjectives in a Series

Sometimes we use more than one adjective to describe a person, a place, or an object.
There should be a correct order of adjectives when they are used in a series
Read the following sentences:
1. My friend gave me three lovely red Holland tulips on my birthday.
2. The last five brave young Filipino soldiers in Iraq make us proud.
3. Those twelve big round colorful balloons add joy to the festivity.
4. Our teacher told us to bring two dozen multicolored popsicle sticks.
5. I eat one delicious red Fuji apple every night before I go to bed.

Notice how adjectives are arranged when they come in a series.

What What What How What

Which one? How many?
size? shape? kind? old? color?
Noun
Noun
Determiner Ordinal Cardinal Size Shape Quality Old Color Modifier

1. three lovely red Holland tulips

2. The last five brave young Filipino soldiers

3. Those twelve big round colorful balloons

two multi-
4. popsicle sticks
dozen colored

5. one delicious red Fuji apple

Can you tell where this is?

The Banaue Rice Terraces

Have you visited the Banaue Rice Terraces recently? This “Eighth Wonder
of the World” used to be well cultivated and productive. These rice terraces are
the highest, best built and the most extensive in the world. They are the second
most popular tourist destination in Cordilleras after Baguio. Now they are slowly
deteriorating from their former wondrous appeal. In less than a decade, Banaue
might lose its attraction unless the government helps in its maintenance and
preservation. Due to economic problems, many young Ifugaos who tend the
terraces are now looking for better-paying jobs in the lowlands.

Do you think the government can do something to preserve the Banaue Rice
Terraces?
What can the people living near the vicinity do to save it?
As a pupil, what can you do to help preserve our tourist spots?
 The following sentences are taken from the selection. Study how adjectives are used in
making comparison. Note the form of the underlined adjectives.
1. This “Eighth Wonder of the World” used to be well cultivated and productive.

 The adjectives describe noun without making comparison.

2. These rice terraces are the highest, best built and the most extensive in the world.

 The adjectives compare the rice terraces with all other rice terraces in the world.

3. They are the second most popular tourist destination in Cordilleras after Baguio.

 The adjective compares the Banaue with other tourist destinations in Cordilleras.

As shown in the above examples, adjectives can be used to compare the qualities or
characteristics of things, animals, persons, situations or events. There are degrees of
comparison.

Three Degrees of Comparison.

1. Positive degree makes no comparison. It is used to describe only one person, place or
thing.

Example: Kimberly is a studious girl.

2. Comparative degree is used to compare two persons, places, or things.

a. Unequal comparison shows that one of the two items, persons or group being
compared has a greater or lesser quality or characteristic.

Example: Math is easier than English.

b. Equal comparison shows that the two items, persons, or groups being compared
are equal or of the same quality or characteristic.

Example: The lady is as excited as the contestant.

3. Superlative degree is used to compare 3 or more persons, things or places.

Example: Our classroom is the cleanest room in the building.

Rules in forming the adjectives in the different degrees of comparison.

1. Use the base form for the positive degree.

Examples:
bright + er = brighter
 fast + er = faster
dark + er = darker

2. Add -er to one or two syllable adjectives in the comparative degree and -est in the
superlative degree.

Examples:

bright + est = brightest

fast + est = fastest

dark + est = darkest

3. Change y to i then add er or est to adjective ending in y.

Examples:
scary → scarier → scariest

noisy → noisier → noisiest

lovely → lovelier → loveliest

4. Add more or most to the positive forms of multisyllabic in the comparative and
superlative degrees.

Examples:
diligent → more diligent → most diligent

clever → more clever → most clever

successful → more successful → most successful

Things to remember in using comparative and superlative adjectives (regular):

1. Do not use both more and -er or most and -est in one word.

Examples:

Not: more harder but: harder

most colorfullest most colorful

2. The comparative forms of adjective are always followed by than.

Examples.

Jasper Dave is taller than Joshua.

Tony is a slower runner than Ronnie.

 3. The superlative forms of adjective are always preceded by the.

Examples:

My mom is the kindest person I know.

Libya has the highest temperature of all.

PART II. PRACTICE EXERCISES

EXERCISE 1
A. Direction: Rewrite the adjectives in the correct order.
1. Two hundred American young lonely soldiers
_______________________________________________________

2. One orphan five-year-old hungry-looking guy

________________________________________________________

3. A plastic white broken old large chair

________________________________________________________

4. Two Malaysian square dining glass new tables

_______________________________________________________

5. A sixty-seater double-decked red new handsome bus

_______________________________________________________

B. Direction: Read these sentences. Are the adjectives arranged properly?

If not, rewrite the sentences to make it correct.

1. My mother bought (a kilo of yellow juicy) mangoes.

___________________________________________________________

2. My sister brought home (cute white two) kittens.

___________________________________________________________

3. I eat (delicious red one Fuji) apple every night before I go to bed.
___________________________________________________________

4. Our teacher told us to bring (multicolored two dozen popsicle) sticks.

___________________________________________________________

5. (brave six Filipino young) soldiers received the medal.

___________________________________________________________
 EXERCISE 2

A. Encircle the adjective in the sentences. Write P if it is positive, C if comparative and

S if superlative.

_____ 1. Can you help an old man who lost his way?
_____ 2. My teacher gave a complete explanation of the lesson.
_____ 3. The new student in the school made more interesting sketch than mine.
_____ 4. Sonia could not understand the more complicated problem.
_____ 5. Luzon is the biggest island among the three main islands in the Philippines.

B. Read these sentences carefully. Choose the correct form of adjectives.

1. Solomon is the __________ king of all.
a. wise c. wisest
b. wiser
2. Yogurt is __________ than candies.
a. delicious c. most delicious
b. more delicious
3. Mayon Volcano is the __________ volcano for me.
a. most majestic c. majestic
b. more majestic
4. My father is an __________ man.
a. industrious c. most industrious
b. more industrious
5. I was the __________ when my friend graduated with honors.
a. happy c. happiest
b. happier
PART III. SUMMATIVE EVALUATION
A. Directions: Arrange the adjectives properly to make the following sentences
grammatically correct. Write your answer on the blank.

1. My dog gave birth to (black three adorable) puppies.

_____________________________________________________________
2. (short interesting two) stories won the story writing contest.
_____________________________________________________________
3. That (dark handsome tall) man looks mysterious.
_____________________________________________________________
4. (chocolate delicious freshly-baked) cookies always satisfy my hunger.
_____________________________________________________________
5. Somebody sent me (a red dozen long-stemmed lovely) roses.
_____________________________________________________________
B. Write the appropriate form of adjective in the parenthesis to complete each of the
sentences.
(difficult) 1. HEKASI is not as _______________ as Science.
(strict) 2. My parents are _______________ than hers.
(lazy) 3. Michelle is even _______________ than her twin sister.
(intelligent) 4. James is the _______________ boy in the class.
(strong) 5. Hercules was the _______________ man in the world.
Answer Key:
Exercice 1
A. 1. Two hundred lonely young American soldiers
2. One hungry-looking dirty five-year old orphan girl
3. A large old broken white plastic chair
4. Two new square glass Malaysian dining tables
5. A new sixty-seater double-decked handsome red bus
B. 1. My mother bought a kilo of juicy, yellow mangoes.
2. My sister brought home two cute white kittens.
3. I eat one delicious red Fuji apple every night before I go to bed,
4. Our teacher told us to bring two dozen multicolored popsicle sticks.
5. Six, brave, young Filipino soldiers received the medal

Exercise 2
A. 1. old - P B. 1. c
2. completed - P 2. b
3. more interesting sketch - C 3. a
4. more complicated - C 4. a
5. biggest - S 5. c

References:
A. Books
1. Joy in Learning English 6, pp. 99-101, 117-119 & Teacher’s Guide
2. English for You and Me 6 (Language), pp. 109-110 & 128-131 – Teacher’s Guide
3. English for All Times 6 (Language), pp. 214-219 – Teacher’s Guide

B. Online and Other Sources

https://www.degrees-of-regular-adjectives
https://www.oder-regular-adjectives

Prepared by:
TIRSO S. TABILIN
Master Teacher I