Transcript English Grammar

English Grammar
Parts
of
Speech
Eight Parts of Speech
Nouns
Interjections
Adjectives
Conjunctions
A
person
A
place
A
thing
 An
idea
A noun can be:
 Common:
shop, school
 Singular/Plural:
 Proper:Bob,
 Collective:
boy/ boys
Mr Smith
crowd, swarm, flock
 Compound:
matchbox
 Uncountable:water,
flour
A word that carries the idea of
action or of being in a
sentence
Action
“be” verbs
&
taste
feel
sound
look
appear
become
seem
grow
remain
stay
EVERY SENTENCE MUST
HAVE
KINDS OF VERBS
 Action
verbs express physical or
mental action
A
linking verb connects a subject and
its complement
PRONOUNS
Generally pronouns stand for
(pro+noun)or refer to a noun, an
individual,or individuals, or to a thing
or things
KINDS OF PRONOUNS
Personal
 Demonstrative

Possessive
 Object
 Relative
 Interrogative
 Reflexive

I,you,she….
 This/That
These/those
 Mine,yours
 Me,you, him
 Who, what,which
 Who,what,which
 Myself, yourself

ADJECTIVES
Adjectives are words that describe or
modify another person or a thing in the
sentence
KINDS OF ADJECTIVES
Demonstrative
 Distributive
 Interrogative
 Possessive
 Qualitative
 Quantitative
 Comparative

This,that
 Each,every
 Which,what
 My,your
 Fat,thin
 Some,a few
 Bigger, the biggest

QUALITATIVE ADJECTIVES
QUANTITY
 QUALITY
 SIZE
 AGE
 SHAPE
 COLOUR
 ORIGINE
 MATERIAL

THE ROYAL ORDER OF ADJECTIVES
POSSESSION
 QUANTITY
 QUALITY
 SIZE
 AGE
 SHAPE
 COLOUR
 ORIGIN
 MATERIAL

ADVERBS
ADVERBS ARE WORDS THAT MODIFIES
A VERB
AN ADJECTIVE
ANOTHER ADVERB
KINDS OF ADVERBS
MANNER
 PLACE
 FREQUENCY
 TIME
 CERTAINTY
 DEGREE

PREPOSITIONS
LOCATORS IN SPACE AND TIME
Some Common Prepositions
aboard
about
above
across
after
against
along
among
around
at
before
behind
below
beneath
beside
between
beyond
by
down
during
except
for
from
in
into
like
of
off
on
over
past
since
through
throughout
to
toward
under
underneath
until
up
upon
with
within
without
CONJUNCTIONS
A CONJUCTION IS A WORD
THAT JOINS
WORDS
BUT
OR
THE INTERJECTION
AN EXCLAMATORY WORD THAT
EXPRESSES
EMOTION
PRESENTAZIONE
REALIZZATA DA
ANTONELLA GAROFALO
PER
MICROSOFT
PROGETTO DOCENTE