Composing Clear and Coherent Sentences

Lesson Using Appropriate Grammatical Structures

1 (Degrees of Adjectives)

What’s In
What do you call to the words that describe?
Underline the adjectives in each sentence:
1) My father bought a new car last December.
2) The green tree looked very healthy.
3) There can be up to ten players in the basketball court.
4) Mr. Henderson’s eldest son goes to college.
5) Huge trees grow along the roads.

What I Need to Know

After going through this module, you are expected to:

 Compose/Construct own sentences. EN5G-IIg-5.2

 Speak clearly with self-confidence.
 Read sentences with correct pronunciation and phrasing.
 Write simple sentences using degrees of comparison of
adjectives.

What’s New

A B C

1. Which apple is big?

2. Which is bigger?
3. Which is the biggest?
 An adjective is a word that describe a person, an animal, a place
a thing or an event. There are different degrees of adjectives used in
comparing something. These are positive, comparative and superlative.
The positive form is used when nothing is being compared.
Example:
My mother’s perfume is expensive.
The comparative form is used when two persons, groups, or things
are being compared.
Example:
My mother’s perfume is more expensive than my father’s perfume.
The superlative form is used when three or more persons, groups or
things are being compared.
Example: My mother’s perfume is the most expensive perfume in our
house.
The comparatives of many adjectives with one or two syllables are
formed by adding -er to their positive form. Their superlatives are formed
by adding – est to the positive
Example:
older – older - oldest bright – brighter – brightest
The comparatives and superlatives of multi-syllable adjectives are
formed by adding more or less and most or least to the positive form.
Examples:
Ana is more beautiful than Josefa.
Mary Anne is the most beautiful girl in the class.
Some adjectives are compared by both methods.
Example:
worthy more worthy most worthy
Some adjectives are irregular.
Examples:
good better best
little less least

What is It
Presentation:
A- Complete the table with the comparatives and the
Positive Comparative Superlative
1.noisy
2.far
3.colorful
4.considerate
5.sweet

B - Use the words in the comparative degree in a sentence:

 1. _____________________________________________________

2. _____________________________________________________

3. _____________________________________________________

4. _____________________________________________________

5. _____________________________________________________

Activity 1 – Give the correct form of the adjective in the parenthesis

to complete each sentence.

1. It is the (delectable) _____________________meal I have ever tasted.

2. She served us (tasty) ____________________ roasted chicken.

3. She cooked beef stew for my (kind) ___________ brother.
4. I guess my mother is the (good) ______________ cook in the whole world.
5. Mario is (tall) ____________________than his twin.

Activity 2: Construct your own sentence using the pictures:

(tall)

1. Answer: _________________________________(comparative)

(sweet)

2. Answer. ______________________________ (superlative)

(generous)
 3. Answer: _____________________________(positive)

(difficult)

4. Answer:______________________________________(comparative)

(pretty)

5. Answer_______________________________________(superlative)

Activity 3 – Describe each pictures using the degrees of comparison:

1._______________________________
(famous) (superlative)
 2. __________________________________
(beautiful) (comparative)

3..________________________________
(rich) (superlative)

4. ____________________________________
(brave) (positive)

5. ____________________________________
(cheap) (comparative)

What’s More

Write the correct answers on the blank:

1. Apples are
____________________________than chips. (healthy)

2. Elephants are __________________________than bears. (big)

3. This is the ____________________________ castle in Britain. (old)

4. Its the________________________________rule of all. (difficult)

5. Bikes are ____________________________ than cars. (slow)

6. My mother is a _______________________woman. (kind)

 7. Sandy is _____________________________than Tamara. (thin)

8. This pupil is the________________________in the class. (clever)

9. The tiger is __________________________than a fox. (heavy)

10. Kenyans are _________________________sprinters. (good)

What I Have Learned?

Adjective comes in 3 degrees of comparison. One can describe a

person, place, animal, thing or event using the positive, comparative and
superlative degrees.

Use the following adjectives in a sentence:

1. late = ____________________________________

2. near = ____________________________________

3. bad = ____________________________________

4. young=_____________________________________

5. important =__________________________________

What I Can Do

Write 5 sentences that describe any object you have at home.

Composing Clear and Coherent Sentences

Lesson Using Appropriate Grammatical Structures
2
(Subordinate and Coordinate Conjunctions)

What’s In
Read the items below. Identify each conjunction used:

1. Albert practiced hopping although he had only one leg.

2. He practiced flying while others were playing.

3. Nico wanted to rest whereas Albert wanted to fly more.

4. More mountains maybe denuded if people will continue cut

trees and practice kaingin.

5. You can be a member of a Glee Club because you have a

good singing voice.

What I Need to Know

After going through this module, you are expected to:

 Compose/Construct own sentences. EN5G-IIh-8.3

 Use conjunctions correctly.
 Speak clearly with self-confidence.
 Read sentences with correct pronunciation and phrasing.
 Write simple sentences using degrees of comparison of
adjectives.

What’s New
 A conjunction is a word used to connect clauses or sentences
or to coordinate words in the same clause. A conjunction can be
subordinate conjunction or coordinate conjunction.

Subordinate conjunction – joins a subordinate (dependent) clause to a

main (independent) clause.
Examples:
although because before if how
since once till until where

It was raining and hence I took an umbrella.

Coordinate conjunction – joins words, phrases or clauses having similar

grammatical structure.
Examples:
but and or so
nor yet for

He bought a book and a pen.

What is It

Presentation:
A - Combine each pair of sentence using a subordinate conjunction from
the word bank:

after before although whenever while even though

since until where when that because

1. The teacher let us listen to music. We worked on our papers.

2. I cannot find a good restaurant. I can eat for a good price.

3. She can visit her grandma. Her family travels to Florida this
summer.

4. Michael wants to go to school. He can find a good job.

5. It is crazy. We have three tests on Friday

B. Read each sentence. Determine which one of your answer choices is

 being used as coordinating conjunction. Circle your response:

Activity 1 – Use the following conjunctions in a sentence.

1. before - __________________________

2. and - ____________________________

3. if - ______________________________

4. while - __________________________

5. unless - __________________________

Activity 2 – Underline the correct conjunctions for each sentence:

1. She picked daffodils (for, and) sunflowers which are usually

yellow.
2. I wanted to go over my friend’s house (but, unless) I had a lot
of homework.
3. My classmate didn’t study for the test (yet, nor) she still passed.
4. Sam lived in France for two years (but, so) he can speak French.
5. Apples are red (while, even though) oranges are orange.

Activity 3: Circle the conjunctions in each sentence. Write

coordinating or subordinating to indicate the type of
 conjunction:

_______________1. The chair is broken so we tried to fix it.

_______________2. We have a lot to do and no one wants to do any work.
_______________3. The car works after you put a gasoline in it.
_______________4. The shirt was white yet it looked yellow in the sunlight.
_______________5. Owen has a lot of friends, for he is kind and outgoing.

What’s More

What I Have Learned?

There are words used to connect dependent clause from independent

clause. These are conjunctions which comes in different types. Two (2) ofwhich are
subordinate and coordinate conjunctions
 Combine the two sentences using the given conjunctions:

1. It was cold outside. I wore a jacket. (so)

Answer: ___________________________________
2. We can have spaghetti for dinner. We can have chicken for dinner.
(or)

Answer: ___________________________________
3. She wore her rain coat. It was raining. (since)

Answer: ___________________________________
4. I ate everything on my plate.The food tasted wonderful. (because)

Answer: ___________________________________
5. I studied hard for my test. I still did not get an A. (although)

What Can I Do
Make your own sentences using the given conjunctions:

1. because - _____________________________________

2. since - _______________________________________

3. if - __________________________________________

4. until - ________________________________________

5. while - _______________________________________

Lesson Identifying Main Idea, Key Sentences

and Supporting Details of a
12 Given Paragraph
 What’s In
As stated in Animal Planet, the hippopotamus is the third
largest land mammal, after elephants and rhinoceroses. It grows
up to 16 ft. long and 5 ft. tall.

An average female hyppo can weigh around 1,400 kilograms,

and a hippo male can weigh up to 4,500 kilograms according to
San Diego Zoo.

 What is the main idea of the paragraph?

 What is the key sentence?

 What are the supporting details?

What I Need to Know

After going through this module, you are expected

 Identify the main idea of the paragraph. EN5RC-IIa-2.21

 Identify the key sentence of the paragraph.
 Identify the supporting details of the paragraph.
 Read paragraph correctly.
 Copy paragraph following proper indention and margin.

What’s New

Every paragraph has a main idea. It is the most important piece

of information that an author states implicitly or explicitly in order to let
you
know the concept of the paragraph
The sentence where you can find the main idea is called the
topic
sentence or key sentence. Though often found at the beginning of the
paragraph, the topic sentence may also be found in the middle or at the
end. The main idea is supported by the details found in the rest of the
sentences in the paragraph.
To find the main idea, the first thing you must do is to identify
the topic or the subject of the paragraph. Ask yourself the question,
What is the paragraph about?

The main idea is what the paragraph is about.

Independent Practice:

Identify the main idea and the key sentence in the paragraph:

Some volcanoes have stopped throwing hot

rocks, but they still smoke a little now and then. They
are “sleeping” volcanoes. They may wake up. Mt.
Pinatubo slept for a thousand years. When it woke up,
it threw so much hot melted rocks that buried many
towns

Main idea: _________________________________

Key sentence: ______________________________

What is It
Presentation:

Identify the main idea of the paragraph:

A – Main idea: __________________________________________

The seahorse is a very unusual animal. It’s head and neck

look
like a horse and its tail looks like the monkey’s. It can change its
colors, just like a chameleon. Its two eyes can move independently
of each other. While one eye looks under the water, the other may
look up at the surface. Moreover, it is the male seahorse, not the
female, that gives birth to a baby horse.
 B – Main idea: ___________________________________________

Some astronauts believe that asteroids resulted from a collision

between two or more small planets. Still others think the solar
system originated from swirling clouds of particles that once
surrounded the sun and that the asteroids are rocks that never came
together to form a planet. Indeed, there are many theories about
how asteroids originated.

Activity 1
Activity 2 – Find the key sentence of the paragraph:

Mango trees are among the easiest trees to start from a seed and care for.
The size and flavor of the fruit depend on the variety you choose, so be sure to choose a
variety you have tasted and wished to grow.

You can grow a mango tree in a pot to keep it small, or you can plant it in the
ground for a larger tree-either way, you’ll get to enjoythis juicy and exotic fruit year after
year.

Key Sentence: ________________________________________

Activity 3: Find the main idea and the supporting details of the paragraph.
What’s More
 What I Have Learned

Every paragraph has a main idea which is the main topic of the
paragraph. The sentence that contains the main idea is called the topic
sentence or key sentence. It expresses the central claim or idea of the
paragraph, thus drawing the reader to what the paragraph is about.
If you will be able to identify the main idea, key sentence and the suppor-
ting details, that indicates that you fully understood what the paragraph is
about.

What Can I Do

Directions: Read and understand the paragraph and fill the

graphic organizer below.

Many people become careless of the environment. As a result of this

behavior, floods are everywhere during typhoons. Consequently, people who live
near hilly areas are threatened by soil erosion. The earth experience global
warming which causes abnormality in climate. Water and air are becoming polluted
which affects the lives of other creatures. As a result, everyone is alarmed of
possible menaces which people themselves are making