GRAMMAR THROUGH STORIES

   Capital letters/Proper & common nouns/Adjectives/Adverbs
READ THE STORY
Once upon a time, there was a little girl named Red Riding Hood. She was very beautiful. She always wore a red dress with a red cap.
One day, her mother told her, "Take this basket of fruits to your grandmother. She is very sick. Take care on your way and do not talk to any strangers." Little Red Riding Hood set off in the woods on a bright morning. The sun was shining bright. The sky was clear. The air was cool and gentle wind was blowing. Birds were singing sweetly. Red Riding Hood saw colorful butterflies, beautiful flowers, red, pink, yellow daffodils and the blue sky. She was dancing and singing merrily on the way. All of a sudden, a wolf sprang up and asked her, "Where are you going, pretty girl?" Red Riding Hood forgot her mom's advice and replied, "I am going to see my grandmother who lives in the woods." The wolf was very wicked. He reached the grandmother's house before Red Riding Hood. He knocked the door. Old grandmother said, "Come in dear, the door is open." The wolf entered the house and locked up the Grandma in a cupboard. He then, put her clothes and got into her bed to pretend to be a grandmother.
When Red Riding Hood arrived, she knocked the door and came in. She wished her grandmother good health and asked in surprise:
"Oh, Grandma! What big eyes you have?"
"All the better to see you with," said the wolf who was disguised as Grandma.
"Oh, Grandma! What big ears you have?"
"All the better to hear you with," said the wolf.
"Oh, Grandma! What big hands you have?"
"All the better to hug you with," said the wolf.
"Oh, Grandma! What big teeth you have?"
"All the better to eat you with," said the wolf.
And so saying, the wolf jumped up to catch little Red Riding Hood. She screamed and shouted, "Help." A wood-cutter heard her voice and came running to Grandma's cottage. He chopped off the wolf with his axe and saved little Red Riding Hood and her grand-mother.
Little Red Riding Hood learnt a lesson and from that day onwards, always obeyed her mother.

The story is narrated in sentences to make the child aware of the Subject & Predicate. There are words in the story that describe the noun (Adjectives) making the child aware of Adjectives and supported Adjective word search (coming soon) help them to learn more.

Explain Adverbs : An adverb is a word that adds meaning to a verb, an adjective or another adverb. It tells when, where or how.

eg. She was dancing and singing merrily on the way (How? - merrily)

eg. We went to see a concert yesterday (when)
      Place the book over there. (where)
      The boy shouted loudly (how)
Large number of adverbs are formed from adjectives by adding 'ly'.
eg. quickly, easily, heavily, beautifully, eagerly, angrily
However, not all adverbs end in 'ly' like:
fast, soon, more, less, here, there, now, then, far, near, late, today, tomorrow, yesterday

Act the adverb: hopped (how) and play the action in the classroom

Pair the children with verb-adverb i.e. one child says "I ran" the other child completes filling the adverb "quickly"

Adverbs are classified as of : Time, place, manner, frequency, degree or quantity, affirmation and reason

Learn one eg. each and make more sentences:

Adverb of Time (show when)
eg. I heard the song yesterday

Adverb of Place (show where)
eg. My sister is out.

Adverb of manner ( show how or in what manner)
eg. The soldiers fought bravely.

Adverb of frequency (show how often)
eg. The postman called again.

Adverbs of Degree or quantity (show how much, or in what degree or extent)
eg. These mangoes are almost ripe / I am fully prepared for exams.

Adverbs of Affirmation and negation
eg. Surely, you are mistaken / He certainly went / I do not know him.

Adverb of reason
eg. He therefore left school.

Learn the following list:

Adjectives	Adverb
polite	politely
brave	bravely
careless	carelessly
foolish	foolishly
rare	rarely
slow	slowly
sad	sadly
timid	timidly
wide	widely
sure	surely
proper	properly
obedient	obediently
silent	silently
wise	wisely
successful	successfully
ready	readily
lucky	luckily
merry	merrily
lazy	lazily
calm	calmly