English. Parts of speech

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Adjectives

Adverbs

ADJECTIVES

Adjectives qualify or describe Nouns and Pronouns. They add interest and colour to sentences by describing or giving more information.

Explanation of Adjectives.

The adjective may come before noun:

The adjective (clever, diligent) boy won the prize.

The adjective may follow a linking verb (is, am, was, were):

The girl is adjective (clever, diligent)

We may form adjectives from nouns:

Jane is an athlete (noun). He is an athletic (adjective) boy.

She won the competition for her beauty (abstract noun). The beautiful (adjective) girl won the competition.

Paris has an interesting history (noun). It is an historical(adjective) place.

ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS

He’s a careful driver. He drives carefully.

He’s a quick worker. He works quickly.

Adjective + ‘ly’

Kinds of ADJECTIVES Descriptive adjectives or adjectives of quality commonly used adjectives. E.g. The loyal, creative, motivated child. Proper Adjectives Proper noun used as adjectives. E.g. The August winds are beautiful. Adjectives of quantity/number E.g. each, every, neither child… Adjectives of order

He came first/ second/last in the race. Demonstrative adjectives This/that book… Possessive adjectives My/his/her/their/our laptop Interrogative adjectives Which/what/whose lesson are we attending? Compound adjectives adjectives joined by hyphens are called compound adjectives: a well-deserved

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GRAMMER

TENSES

She walks.

VERBSA verb is a ‘doing’ or an ‘action’ word.

Focus will be on tenses. The three tenses:

Present, Past and Future

The tenses tells when the action takes places

PRESENT (TODAY) verb I paint a picture.

PAST (Yesterday) verb + ed I painted a picture.

FUTURE (Tomorrow) Will/shall + verb

I shall paint a picture.

The meaning of each tense is subtly different:

I shall go to Cape Town tomorrow. (Future simple tense)

I will be going to Cape Town tomorrow. (Future continuous tense)

I shall have gone to Cape Town tomorrow. (Future perfect tense)

PRESENT TENSESSINGULAR

I WALK

You walk

She walks

He walks

It walks

WE WALKYou walkThey walk

1st PERSON 2nd PERSON

3rd PERSON

Simple present tense sentences.(a) I eat lunch every afternoon.

(b) Max drives to work every day.

(c) We get up every morning.

(d) Kyle calls Mimi every weekend.

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HABITS = USUAL ACTIVITIES

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PRACTICE OF TENSES

We _____ television every day.

watch

watch watches

PRACTICE

My friend ____ her horse every day.

rides

ride rides

ReferencesaAzar,B.S & Hagen,S.A. (2007). Basic English

grammar. Pearson Longman.

Lutrin,B & Pincus, M.(2004). English handbook and study guide. A comprehensive English Reference book. South Africa: Birnam Park.