Transcript Subject - Notekhata

Presented By
Md. Habibul Islam Hamdu
Deprtment Of Marketing
Hamdard University Bangladesh
What is a sentence?
A sentence is a group of words that
expresses a complete thought.
Ex. This gift is for you.
Every sentence has two parts:
Subject
Predicate
Subject
The subject tells who or
what the sentence is about.
Complete subject:
My tutors are outstanding.
Simple subject:
Yvette is a tutor.
Predicate
Complete predicate:
words that tell what the
subject is or does
Verb: the key word of
the complete predicate –
also known as simple
predicate
Ex. The girl runs real fast.
Noun
Computer
Table
A noun is the name of a person, a
place, a thing, or an idea.
Kinds of Nouns
Proper Noun
 Mark
Common Noun
 sun
Abstract Noun
 love
Collective Noun
 class
Plural Forms of Nouns
Regular Plural
Nouns
Irregular Plural
Nouns
Bus -------buses
Student- students
Leaf ------leaves
Child----- children
Woman-- women
City ------ cities
Pronouns
A pronoun is a word that is used
in place of a noun.
Kinds of Pronouns
Subject
Relative
Object
Interrogative
Possessive
Demonstrative
Reflexive
Intensive
Kinds of Pronouns
Subject
I
You
He
She
It
We
You
They
Object
Me
You
Him
Her
It
Us
You
Them
Possessive Possessive
Adjectives Pronouns
My
Your
His
Hers
It
Our
Your
Their
Mine
Yours
His
Hers
Its
Ours
Yours
Theirs
Kinds of Pronouns
Reflexive Relative Interrogative Demonstrative
Myself
That
Who
This
Yourself Which
Whose
That
Himself Who
What
These
Herself
Whom
Whom
Those
Itself
Whose
Which
Ourselves
Yourselves
Themselves
Kinds of Pronouns
Indefinite
All
Anyone
Either
Few
Much
No one
Some
Such
Another
Anything
Everybody
Many
Neither
One
Somebody
Any
Both
Everyone
More
Nobody
Other
Someone
Anybody
Each
Everything
Most
None
Several
Something
Kinds of Verbs
Action - Ex. Dive
Linking - Ex. Am
Helping or auxiliary Ex. have, do, be
Verb Tenses
Present
Past
Future
Present Progressive
Past Progressive
Future Progressive
Present Perfect
Past Perfect
Future Perfect
Adjective
An adjective describes or
modifies a noun or pronoun.
Answers the questions:

What kind?
I like the long, green rectangle.
 Which one?
I want that dress.
 How many?
I see twelve circles.
Adverb
A word that modifies verbs, adjectives, or other
adverbs.
Answers the questions:
 When?




I will see you tomorrow.
Where? The dog is outside.
How? She worked happily.
To what extent or degree? They swam deeper
into the ocean.
In what manner? Mary sang beautifully.
Prepositions
A word that shows a relationship
between a noun or pronoun and some
other words in the sentence.
Example:
The students of this university are dynamic.
List of Prepositions
Along
Among
Around
As
At
Before
Behind
Below
Beneath
Beside
Besides
Between
Beyond
By
Despite
Down
Except
For
From
In
Near
More Prepositions
Of
Off
On
Onto
Out
Outside
Over
Past
Since
Through
Till
To
Toward
Under
Underneath
Until
Up
Upon
With
Within
Without
Compound Prepositions
According to
As of
As well as
Aside from
Because of
By means of
In addition to
In front of
In place of
In regard to
In respect to
In spite of
Instead of
On account of
Out of
Prior to
Conjunction
A conjunction is used to join words or
group of words
Kinds of conjunctions
Coordinating conjunctions
Correlative conjunctions
Subordinating conjunctions
Conjunctive Adverbs
Coordinating Conjunctions
A coordinating
conjunction connects
individual words or
groups of words that
perform the same
function.
Ex. I dance and sing.
And
But
Or
Nor
For
Yet
Correlative Conjunctions
A correlative
conjunction consists
of two or more words
that function
together.
Ex. Either Bill or Mary
wrote the poem.
Either...or
Neither…nor
Whether…or
Not only…but
(also)
both…and
Subordinating Conjunctions
Subordinating conjunctions introduce
subordinate clauses, which are clauses that
cannot stand by themselves as a complete
thought.
The subordinate conjunction connects a
subordinate clause to an independent clause,
which can stand by itself.
Ex. We will go whale watching if we have time.
List of Subordinating
Conjunctions
Time
After
As
As long as
As soon as
Before
Time
Since
Until
When
Whenever
While
Purpose
In order that
So that
That
List of Subordinating
Conjunctions
Manner
Cause
As
As if
As though
Because
Comparison
As
Tha
n
Subordinating Conjunctions
of Condition
Although
Even though
Though
As long as
If
Unless
Even if
Provided that
While
Conjunctive Adverbs
A conjunctive adverb is an adverb that
functions somewhat like a coordinating
conjunction.
Conjunctive adverbs usually connect
independent clauses.
Conjunctive Adverbs
A semicolon precedes the conjunctive
adverb, and a comma usually follows
it.
Ex. I have to clean my room; therefore,
I can’t go to the movies with you.
List of Conjunctive Adverbs
Accordingly
Also
Besides
Consequently
Finally
Furthermore
However
Indeed
Instead
Later
Moreover
Nevertheless
Otherwise
Still
Therefore
Thus
Interjection
An interjection is a word that expresses
strong feelings
It is followed by an exclamation mark (!)
List of Common Interjections
Really!
Whoops!
Good grief!
Honestly!
Good!
Oh!
What!
Well!
Sh!
Ugh!
Alas!
Yes!
Ahem!
My!
Please!
No!
Unbelievable!
Congratulations!
My goodness!
Acknowledgments
Faculty
Enrichment and
Educational
Technology Center
Zobeida Rosado
LAD
GRAMMAR WORKSHOP
Prepared by Professors Delia Serrano and Jennifer Soler
University of the Sacred Heart
Department of Humanities
copyright © August 2002