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English 6 Week 3
English 6 Week 3
Did you notice the highlighted words in the dialogue? What are they called?
They are Adverbs of Intensity, also known as Degree Adverbs. Adverbs of degree tell us the intensity, concentration or even
the depth of a particular action. Adverbs usually modify verbs. Some adverbs of degree or intensity modify adjectives,
other adverbs or clauses. They answer the question how much? or to what extent?
Analyze how the sentences vary their meanings because of the degree adverbs.
The comparison of how tired the subject was, vary in intensity. Analyze the illustration below, what words are used to
modify or describe how tired the subject was?
1. I am a bit tired last week. (tired but not much)
She communicates noticeably well. (Noticeably describes the word well, which is an adverb.)
She almost finish the whole plate of pie. (The word almost modify the word finish which is a verb.)
➢ A degree adverb may express a high degree of a quality for an adjective. The degree adverb such may express a high
degree in an adjective phrase.
Nathasia is such an obedient girl. (The word extremely modifies the word dangerous while such describes the
word obedient, dangerous and obedient are both adjectives)
Read the selection and answer the given questions.
Agatha has a lot of hobbies and interests. She usually gets up early so she can run before work. She doesn't often have
time to play volleyball, but she occasionally goes on Saturdays during the summer.
She loves music. She always goes to choir practice on Wednesday evenings and sings in church on Sundays. She doesn't
have much extra money, so she rarely goes to concerts in the city.
She seldom watches TV because she likes doing things outside. She usually goes to the gym if it's raining outside. She isn't
often alone because she has a lot of friends.
She occasionally does something alone, but she usually does her activities with one of her friends. She's a happy woman!
COMPREHENSION CHECK:
1. What does Mary usually do if it’s raining outside?
2. How often does she practice choir?
3. How often does she watch television?
4. What kind of woman is Agatha?
5. Take a look at the underlined words. What do you call them?
6. What are those words implied?
Go back to the underlined words. What do you notice? You’re right! It tells how often the action is done. Can you identify
kind of adverb are those?
Adverb of frequency always describe how often something occurs, either in definite or indefinite terms. An adverb that
describes definite frequency is one such as weekly, daily, or yearly. An adverb describing indefinite frequency doesn’t specify
an exact time frame; examples are sometimes, often, and rarely. Also, never, usually, seldom, and always.
When using an adverb of frequency in the negative or in forming a question, place it before the main verb. For example: Do
you usually get up so late?
IV. LEARNING PHASES AND LEARNING ACTIVITIES
C.Engagement (Time Frame: 20 minutes)
Learning Task 1
A. Directions: Write clear and coherent sentences by supplying the missing adverb of degree. Do this in your notebook.
1. I _______________ had a time for relaxation since the pandemic began.
2. We are _______________ unsure about what tomorrow may bring. Completely hardly quite
3. We need to avoid giving___________ unfavorable comment to our front liners.
4. It is ___________dangerous to go out because of the pandemic. Extremely somewhat
5. People need to be ___________obedient to stop the spread of virus.
rather very
B. Directions: How often do you the following activities? Compose clear and coherent sentences using appropriate
grammatical structure: Adverbs of Frequency in answering these.
1. How often do you sing the Philippine National Anthem? _________________________________________________________.
2. How often do you raise your hand during class recitation? _________________________________________________________.
3. How often do you wear face mask? _________________________________________________________.
4. How often do you clean your house? _________________________________________________________.
5. How often do you help others? _________________________________________________________.
Learning Task 2
A. Directions: To compose clear and coherent sentences, Improve each of the given sentences by adding
appropriate degree adverbs. Rewrite each sentence in cursive, and remember to follow rules in sentence
writing. Number 1 is done for you.
1. The trip to the grocery store was long.
The trip to the grocery store was rather long.________________________
A. Directions: Read situation below then perform the given task. Hey Roberto, help her, by
explaining it to her.
have you
watched the
Friends Jackie and Roberto are talking about news today?
their current situation in the barangay, being put to I am quite
Enhanced Community Quarantine(ECQ), Jackie has a confused
little confusion about the situation. Through a dialogue, about ECQ.
B. Directions: Write 2-3 sentence out of the following pictures using the adverb of frequency.
1.__________________________
Seldom Everyday Sometimes Often Rarely Never
2.__________________________
3.__________________________
IV. LEARNING PHASES AND LEARNING ACTIVITIES
C. Assimilation (Time Frame: 2 minutes)
Recall the important ideas you learned from this lesson. Read the paragraph aloud while supplying the missing
ideas. Try grouping the degree adverbs based on their intensity.
Very extremely quite really moderately
Adverbs of _________ tell us the intensity, concentration or even the depth of a absolutely slightly rather fairly almost
particular action. completely nearly a little much too
❖ A degree adverb may be used to modify the intensity of an ____________.
❖ A __________ adverb may be used to modify the intensity of an action (verb).
❖ A degree adverb may express a high degree of a quality for an__________The
degree adverb such may express a high degree in an adjective phrase.
❖ Degree adverbs are usually placed right___________ the adjective, adverb or verb Not intense Not intense Not intense
that is modified.
❖ Adverb of___________ always describe how often something occurs, either in definite
or indefinite terms. An adverb that describes __________frequency is one such as
weekly, daily, or yearly. An adverb describing __________frequency doesn’t specify
an exact time frame; examples are sometimes, often, and rarely. Also, never,
usually, seldom, and always.
You heard from the news that children like you can be
Illustrated by Tom Ezekiel S. Garcia
a potential carrier of the virus while elderly people are
more susceptible to sickness. Everyday, you see a lot of
people in the community roaming around for no special
purpose. Help your community by creating a bill or
placard that will remind them to practice health habits
and to stay at home. Below is an example. You are
allowed to practice your creativity. Use degree/intensity
adverbs in writing your reminders.
Have fun and be of help!