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© Capital Community College English Grammar Part of Speech Language is my life.! Language is my freedom Language is my inspiration What is grammar? Is the whole system and structure of a language or of languages in general

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  • 1. English Grammar Part of Speech Language is my life.! Language is my freedom Language is my inspirationWhat is grammar? Is the whole system and structure of a language or of languages in general Capital Community

2. Parts of SpeechNounsInterjectionsAdjectivesConjunctions 3. Word that names APersonAPlace A Thing An Idea 4. Kinds of Nouns Common Nouns boy girlSingular Nouns boy girlSingular Possessive boys girlsProper Nouns John Mary Plural Nouns boys girls Plural Possessive boys girls 5. A word that expresses action or otherwise helps to make a statement be verbs & taste feel sound look appear become seem grow remain stay 6. Every sentence must havea Capital Community 7. Kinds of Verbs Action verbs express mental or physical action.He rode the horse to victory.Linking verbs make a statement by connecting the subject with a word that describes or explains it.She has been sick. 8. The pronoun is a word used in place of one or more nouns. It may stand for a person, place, thing, or idea. Indefinite Pronouns anybody each either none someone, one, etc. 9. Modifies or describes a noun or pronoun.Did you lose your address book? Is that a wool sweater? Just give me five minutes.Answers these questions: 10. Modifies or describes a verb, an adjective, or another adverb.Answers the questions:He ran quickly. She left yesterday. We went there. It was too hot!To what degree or how much? 11. Interrogative Adverbs introduce questionsHow did you break your leg?How often do you run? Where did you put the mouse trap? 12. A preposition introduces a noun or pronoun or a phrase or clause functioning in the sentence as a noun. The word or word group that the preposition introduces is its object. They received a postcard from Bobby telling about his trip to Canada. 13. The prepositionnever stands alone! object of preposition prepositionobjectYou can press those leaves under glass. can have more than one objectHer telegram to Nina and Ralph brought good news.object can have modifiers It happened during the last examination. 14. Some Common Prepositions aboard about above across after against along among around at beforebehind below beneath beside between beyond by down during except forfrom in into like of off on over past since throughthroughout to toward under underneath until up upon with within without 15. The conjunction A conjunction is a word that joins words or groups of words.orbut 16. The interjection is an exclamatory word that expresses emotion Goodness! What a cute baby!Wow! Look at that sunset! 17. PRESENT TENSE BE The verb BE has three forms: AM, IS, ARE,which we have to use according to the pronoun or subject. TO BEOccupationsNounsAdjectivesPlaces 18. AFFIRMATIVE SENTENCES SubjectVerb FormExampleIAMI am a teacher.YouAREYou are a student.HeISHe is in the lab.SheISShe is my sister.ItISIt is a city.WeAREWe are friends.TheyAREThey are doctors. 19. Irregular Nouns which do not form the plural in this way Woman - Women Child - Children Sheep - Sheep Child - children Man - men Ox - oxen Deer - deer Series - series Sheep - sheep Species - species Mouse - mice Person people Cactus - Cacti 20. The Interjection words which express the emotions WOW Goodness OOPSThe interjection is a special word which is simply added to a sentence to convey an emotion. It has no grammatical relationship to the other parts of the sentence; in other words, it could be removed with no effect on the correctness of the sentence. It is generally followed by an exclamation mark. It is also rare in academic writing, except in direct quotations. Some interjections are: Ouch, Oh no, Hey, Eh, Ah, My God All curse words, used by themselves, are interjections. 21. Some common prepositions At, By, On, To, For, Of, Through, Up, Off, Onto, Up to, In, Within, Across, Into, Along, Behind , BelowI'm tired __ waiting for you. 2. He hasn't smoked ___ ages. 3. Nina is good __ running. 4. I'm looking ___ my keys. Has anyone found them? 5. They dream __ moving to South Africa. 6. This song was written __ Madonna 7. You can look the word __ in a dictionary. 8. I can't come to the party. Don't wait ___ me. 9. She had problems __ reading the instructions. 10. The police car chased the robbers _______ the streets. 1. 22. Reference Nakmura,A,.2014.EnglishGrammar,Shesha,V,.2010.English StockRStructures(1980) ofGrammar,TheGradeEglishEffectTwolanguageProfessor ofChildren.ofTeaching Manitoba,teacher linguisticSentence Canada.at atprince thePatterns ERICofSongklaUniversity onthedocumentUniversityofColombiaWrittenSentencenumberED208414.