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Noun - ANSWER -A person, place, thing, or idea
verb - ANSWER -Verbs describe an action, or the state of a subject..An action
word.... Eat, sleep, jump, watch.
adjective - ANSWER -A word that describes a noun...Pretty, ugly, expensive.
Pronoun - ANSWER -A word that takes the place of a
noun...........I/we/you/she/he/it/they
Adverb - ANSWER -A word that describes a verb..with reference to place, time,
manner or degree..Quickly, slowly (time)Very, thoroughly (degree)
Preposition - ANSWER -A word that shows the relationship of a noun or pronoun
to another word.They can exist as single words, or as prepositional phrases which
contain several words together, for example:
In, on, under, behind, in front of.
Conjuction - ANSWER -words that are used to join together sentences, ideas,
phrases or clauses....
connecting words such as and,but, or
Interjection - ANSWER -small comments that have specific meanings often
caused by strong emotions.
A word that expresses emotion.....Oh dear, uh oh, huh
concrete objects - ANSWER -things which can be held or touch
Proper nouns - ANSWER -are the particular names of
people/places/organizations, and come with a capital first letter, for example,
,'Jack', 'London', and 'Asia'. Proper nouns will usually be taught after regular nouns,
as they require additional instruction to capitalize the first letter.
acting out the verb - ANSWER -showing video clips, or clear images
verbs can be organized - ANSWER -Action
Stative
Transitive
Instransitive
Auxiliary
Modal
Regular
Irregular
Action Verbs - ANSWER -are used to describe actions and movements. They're
also known as 'dynamic verbs',........Speak, play, work, eat, go.
Stative Verbs - ANSWER -These verbs describe a state instead of an action -
they're often associated with verbs covering thinking, feeling, sensing or owning.
Examples include:
Like, hate, want, see, hear, believe, imagine, remember and appreciate.
Transitive verbs - ANSWER -are those which are accompanied by a direct object,
for example:
The phrase "I love..." has to be followed by something; "I love puppies/ice-
cream/my mother". Just the phrase "I love" on its own doesn't make sense.
Intransitive verbs - ANSWER -don't need to be accompanied by an object to make
sense, for example:
"She laughed." or "We talked." are full sentences that don't need any extra
information.
Auxiliary Verbs - ANSWER -are used to support the 'main' or most dominant verb
in a sentence.three most common auxiliary verbs in English are "be", "do" and
, "have", and they are often used for grammatical reasons, rather than introducing a
direct change to a sentence's meaning.
He is reading a book.
Modal Verbs - ANSWER -are a type of auxiliary verb which express ability,
permission or possibility. Examples of common modal verbs are:
Can, could, might, must, should, will and would......
it can help to group them by theme, for example:
Ability - teach can and its past tense, could, as in "I couldn't play the piano but now
I can."
Permission - teach can and may, as in "Can I/ May I open a window?"
Possibility - introduce could, may, might and will as a way to talk about
possibilities or certainties in the future.
Obligation - discuss the difference between could, should and must and compare
how strongly the speaker feels. "You could ask the doctor about your rash", "You
should ask the doctor about your rash" and "You must ask the doctor about your
rash" all have a different sense of urgency.
Phrasal Verbs - ANSWER -are made up of several words together are known as
phrasal verbs. They are usually formed with a verb combined with an adverb or
preposition. Examples include:
Take off, look into, get away with, or put up with.
Regular verbs - ANSWER -are those which simply need the addition of "ed" at the
end of the word, to be used in the past, or past participle tenses.
wanted
Irregular verbs - ANSWER -don't follow this rule - instead the past forms are all
different.
eat ate eaten