Review of Verbs/Adverbs, Argumentative Essay and Dipthongs

English Language JSS3 Third Term

WEEK 3

Review of Verbs/Adverbs, Argumentative Essay and Dipthongs

Performance objectives

Students should be able to:

• Review of Verbs and Adverbs
• Argumentative Essay
• Diphthongs
• Figure of Speech

Content

A. Review of Adverbs and Verbs

An adverb is the part of speech (or word class) that is primarily used to modify a verb, adjective, or other adverb. Adverbs can also modify prepositional phrases, subordinate clauses, and complete sentences. In other words, adverbs tell us in what way someone does something. Adverbs can modify verbs (here: drive), adjectives or other adverbs.

POSITIONS OF ADVERB

An adverb that modifies an adjective (“quite sad”) or another adverb (“very carelessly”) appears immediately in front of the word it modifies. An…