Parts of Speech part 3prepositions, determiners, interjections

Jean TheumaELP0200

Adapted from: https://www.englishclub.com/grammar/parts-of-

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• Prepositions

Prepositions

Used to explain the relationship between other elements in the sentence.

• He balanced the hat on his finger.

Prepositions can be time, place or movement or dependant prepositions.

• He was here in summer.

• She put it in the cupboard.

• He ran towards the road.

• It all depends on what you mean.

Prepositions of time

• _______

• _______

• _______

• _______

months, seasons, centuries, parts of the day, years

days, celebration days, dates

time, ‘night’, periods of days

Adverbs of time e.g. ‘last…’, ‘this…, ‘next…’, ‘today’, yesterday’, …

Prepositions of time

• __IN__

• __ON_

• __AT__

• ___/__

months, seasons, centuries, parts of the day, years

days, celebration days, dates

time, ‘night’, periods of days

Adverbs of time e.g. ‘last…’, ‘this…, ‘next…’, ‘today’, yesterday’, …

Prepositions of place

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Prepositions of place

• _______

• _______

• _______

• _______

Specific addresses or general locations e.g. home, work,…

Names of streets, avenues, …

Land areas e.g. towns, countries, continents, states, …& Specific areas e.g. the classroom, the car, …

Adverbs of place e.g. ‘upstairs’, ‘inside’, ‘downtown’, …,

Prepositions of place

• ___AT__

• ___ON__

• ___IN__

• ___/__

Specific addresses or general locations e.g. home, work,…

Names of streets, avenues, …

Land areas e.g. towns, countries, continents, states, …& Specific areas e.g. the classroom, the car, …

Adverbs of place e.g. ‘upstairs’, ‘inside’, ‘downtown’, …,

Dependant prepositions

• Are prepositions which are very commonly associated with particular words. They have no intrinsic meaning.

Nouns and prepositions– Hope for, approval of, fondness for, interest in

Adjectives and prepositions– Sorry for, capable of, happy about, married to

Verbs and prepositions– Prepare for, think about, trust in, belong to

Add the correct preposition

• Nouns and prepositionsawareness _________belief __________concern __________grasp ________hope ________need _______participation __________reason __________success _______understanding ________

Add the correct preposition

• Adjectives and prepositionsafraid ________angry ________aware ________careless ________familiar _______interested_______made ________proud _________similar________sure _________

Add the correct preposition

• Verbs and prepositionsask ________ask ________bring ________care ________find ________grow ________look ________pay ________study ________talk ________work ________worry ________

Add the correct preposition - answers

• approval ofawareness ofbelief inconcern forconfusion aboutdesire for

• fondness forgrasp ofhatred ofhope forinterest inlove of

• need forparticipation inreason forrespect forsuccess inunderstanding of

• apologize forask aboutask forbelong tobring upcare forfind out

• give upgrow uplook forlook forward tolook upmake uppay for

• prepare forstudy fortalk aboutthink abouttrust inwork forworry about

• afraid ofangry ataware ofcapable ofcareless aboutfamiliar with

• fond ofhappy aboutinterested injealous ofmade ofmarried to

• proud ofsimilar tosorry forsure oftired ofworried about

Identify the prepositions

• In the 1950s, we began work on the third edition. By then many new foods had become available, and those introduced in wartime had disappeared from the market. Haynes had left, and Dr Southgate joined us. He, with the help of a technician, J. Adams, was responsible for analysing more than 100 new foods for the same constituents as we had previously done.

• McCance R. A. & Widdowson E.M., (2015) The composition of food, Royal Society for Chemistry, London

Answers

• In the 1950s, we began work on the third edition. By then many new foods had become available, and those introduced in wartime had disappeared from the market. Haynes had left, and Dr Southgate joined us. He, with the help of a technician, J. Adams, was responsible for analysing more than 100 new foods for the same constituents as we had previously done.

• McCance R. A. & Widdowson E.M., (2015) The composition of food, Royal Society for Chemistry, London

• Determiners

Determiners

• Used to describe what or which things are being talked about.

• Determiners can be general or specific -

Specific: the house, my cat, those flowers,

General: a car, another person, any book,

• Specific determiners are:

The definite article: the

Possessives: my, your, his, her, its, our. Their, whose

Demonstratives: this, that, these, those

Interrogatives: which

• General determiners are:

a, an, any, another, other

Zero article - with plural countable nouns or uncountable nouns

Distributives: all, both, half, either, neither, each, every

Numbers: one, 4, around a thousand,

Interrogatives: what

Use the correct determiner

• ________ children need affection.

• ________ child needs affection.

• ________ child was given a teddy bear.

• You can give the teddy bear to ________child you want.

• Bears can be given to ________of them.

all any each every

answers

• __all__ children need affection. (whole group)

• __every__ child needs affection. (a series of members in a whole group)

• __each___ child was given a teddy bear. (individuals in a whole group)

• You can give the teddy bear to __any__ child you want. (unspecific individual from a group)

• Bears can be given to _all/each/any__ of them.

Put in the missing determiners

Enzyme from Bacteria able to Destroy Penicillin

Fleming noted that growth of B. coli and number of bacteria belonging to colityphoid group was not inhibited by penicillin. observation has been confirmed. further work has been done to find cause of resistance of organisms to action of penicillin.• Abraham E. P. & Chain E. (1940) Nature/available:

http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v146/n3713/abs/146837a0.html, accessed 09/09/2016

answers

An Enzyme from Bacteria able to Destroy Penicillin

Fleming noted that the growth of B. coli and anumber of other bacteria belonging to thecolityphoid group was not inhibited by penicillin. This observation has been confirmed. Further work has been done to find the cause of the resistance of these organisms to the action of penicillin.• Abraham E. P. & Chain E. (1940) Nature/available:

http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v146/n3713/abs/146837a0.html, accessed 09/09/2016

Put in the missing determinersFood related illness and death in US

To better quantify impact of foodborne diseases on health in United States, information from multiple surveillance systems and sources was compiled and analyzed. Known pathogens account for estimated 14 million illnesses and 1,800 deaths. Pathogens, Salmonella, Listeria, and Toxoplasma, are responsible for 1,500 deaths year, more than 75% of caused by known pathogens; while unknown agents account for remaining 62 million illnesses and 3,200 deaths. Overall, foodborne diseases appear to cause more illnesses but fewer deaths than previously estimated.

Adapted from: Mead P.S., Slusker L., Dietz V., et al (1999) US National Library of medicine/available: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2627714/, accessed 09/09/2016

answersFood related illness and death in the US

To better quantify the impact of foodborne diseases on health in the United States, information from multiple surveillance systems and other sources was compiled and analyzed. Known pathogens account for an estimated 14 million illnesses and 1,800 deaths. Three pathogens, Salmonella, Listeria, and Toxoplasma, are responsible for 1,500 deaths each year more than 75% of those caused by known pathogens; while unknown agents account for the remaining 62 million illnesses and 3,200 deaths. Overall, foodborne diseases appear to cause more illnesses but fewer deaths than previously estimated.

Adapted from: Mead P.S., Slusker L., Dietz V., et al (1999) US National Library of medicine/available: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2627714/, accessed 09/09/2016

• Still to come….quantifiers

• Interjections

interjections

• Used to express emotion or strong feelings.

• Followed by an exclamation mark or a comma.

Hey! Don’t do that!

Oh, that is terrible.

• These are not used in academic writing.