Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Vocabulary's World "I"



PARTS OF SPEECH

v         NOUN
1. Noun Ending (suffixes)
o       -ity       : nationality, legality
o       -ment   : appointment, agreement
o       -ness    : happiness, illness
o       -ion      : television, action
o       -ation   : relation, transportation
o       -er/or   : educator, gardener
o       -ing      : finishing, understanding (gerund)

2. Position in Sentence
ü      A noun come after a determiner : determiner + noun
             Your bicycle
              This agreement


ü      Nouns come after one or more adjectives: adjective + noun
           The great restaurant         → great            : adjective
           A beautiful song               → beautiful       : adjective


3. Function in a Sentence
ü      Noun as a subject
Doctors work hard
Barbara is ugly
ü      Noun as an object
He likes coffee
My brother loves Sinta
ü      Noun as a subject and object
John is seeing Belinda
Flowers need water


Identification of Noun
Noun Gender
§         Waiter (man) – waitress (woman)
§         Actor (man) – actress (woman)

Noun Plurals
  • Book - Books
  • sandwich - sandwiches
  • brush - brushes
  • day - days
  • Woman – Women
  • Child - Children
Noun Phrase
ü      A noun come after a determiner : determiner + noun
§         An article       : an, a, the, any, some.
An apple
The office
§         A quantifier       : no, few, a few, many, much, some, etc.
Much money
Few minutes
§         A possessive    : my, your, his, her, our, their, Bob’s, Jessica’s, etc. Examples:
My belt
Your bicycle
§         A demonstrative     : this, that, these, those.
This agreement
The doctor
§         A numeral      : one, two, three, etc.
Five girls
Three pens
§         A question word     : which, whose, how many, etc.
Which dress do you like?
How many messages do you receive?


ü      Nouns come after one or more adjectives: adjective + noun
                        The great old Indonesian building
A beautiful small new green book

Compound Nouns
           Dining room
          Orange juice



v         ADJECTIVE
Possessive Adjective


       Ø      I           → my
       Ø      You      → your
       Ø      They     → their
       Ø      We       → our
       Ø      He        → his
       Ø      She      → her
       Ø      It          → its


         Demonstrative Adjective
§      This is beyond of the expectation.      → as a subject – singular
§      She makes those alone                      → as an object - plural

        Interrogative Adjective
§      What do you buy for Carla? → as an object
     I buy some snacks for Clara
§      Which come first? → as a subject
     Answer: An old man comes first.


          Indefinite Adjective
§      I met two boys. One has given me his phone number.
§      All is not good.
§      Robert doesn’t see anybody at home.

 


v         VERB

1.      Helping Verbs / Auxiliary Verbs

    

Primary helping verbs (3 verbs)

Person
To be
Present
Past
Future
Perfect
I
am
was
be
been
You
are
was
be
been
They
are
were
be
been
We
are
were
be
been
He
is
was
be
been
She
is
was
be
been
It
is
was
be
been


  • Have (have, has, had)
I/you/they/we → have/had
He/she/it → has/had

  • Do (do, does, did)
I/you/they/we → do/did
He/she/it → does/did

Modal helping verbs (10 verbs)

Ø      can, could
Ø      may, might
Ø      will, would,
Ø      shall, should
Ø      must/have to, had to
Ø      ought to

Semi-modal Verbs
Ø      Need
Ø      Dare
Ø      Used to

2. Main Verbs



§         Visit

§         Come

§         Run

§         Talk

§         Go

§         Sleep

§         Attend

§         Make

§         Lent



 

v         ADVERB

ü  Function
·         Modify a verb:
       - John speaks loudly.
·         Modify an adjective:
      - He is really handsome.
·         Modify another adverb:
      - She drives incredibly slowly.
ü     Form (-ly)
        • quickly
        • softly
        • strongly


Some adverbs have no particular form, for example:


        • very
        • never
        • always
        • often
        • seldom
        • still


ü                 Position
·         Front (before the subject):
       - Now we will study adverbs.
·         Middle (between the subject and the main verb):
       - We often study adverbs.
·         End (after the verb or object):
      - We study adverbs carefully.

Kinds of Adverbs

   Ø      Adverbs of Manner
             She moved
slowly and spoke quietly.

   Ø      Adverbs of Place
           She has lived
on the island all her life.

   Ø      Adverbs of Frequency
            She
often goes by herself.

   Ø      Adverbs of Time
            She tries to get back
before dark.

  Ø     Adverbs of Purpose
         She shops in several stores
to get the best buys.




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