Download English Language Basics: Understanding Parts of Speech, Nouns, Pronouns, and Verbs and more Slides Mathematics in PDF only on Docsity! READING AND WRITING The Rudiments of English: ¢C v The Parts of Speech v The Subject-Verb Agreement VY The Pronoun-Antecedent Rule vf ENTRANCE ONY DO NOT | NOUN Two Classification: a. Common noun - iS anoun that refers to people or things in general. b. Proper noun -iS a name that identifies a particular person, place, or thing. a i Types: 1. Concrete noun - refers to people and to _ objects’ that exist physically and can be perceived. 2. Abstract noun - refers to ideas, qualities, and conditions - thi that cannot be seen or touched and things wh have no physical reality. g -Success seems to come easily to certain people. -This is of great importance. -He received an award for his Draven a i © Functions of Nouns: a. Subject Roses are the flowers of love. b. Direct object | finally bought a new phone. c. Indirect object C Max gave Carol another chocolate. a i d. Object of preposition Roses are the flowers of love. e. Adverb The train leaves today. f. Adjective The office building faces the mall. C g. Possession The lion’ < PRONOUN Types: a. Personal pronouns he, they b. Demonstrative pronouns this, these c. Interrogative pronouns C hich, who ————————S Dg. Reflexive and Intensive pronouns itself, himself, themselves | burnt myself on the stove this morning. | painted it myself. John bakes all the bread himself. C The dog bit itself. a «VERB Y Action verb | run faster than David. He does it well. She thinks about poetry all day long C a © No-Action Verbs She looks gorgeous. Jane seems an honest person. The cake tastes good. -are non-be verbs that link a grammatical subject to an adjective. a Simple Present Simple Past Simple Future | read nearly Last night, | will read as . every da |read an entire imuchas|Ican this ¥ Cay. novel. year. Present Past Future Continuous Continuous Continuous . | was . l am reading | will be Shakespeare at ree Bo Eoear reading Nathaniel the moment. Hawthorne soon. night. Present Perfect Past Perfect Future Perfect | have read so many books | can’t keep count. | had read at least 100 books by the time | was twelve. | will have read at least 500 books by the end of the year. readingsince | was four years old. year before my sister learned to read. Present Perfect Past Perfect Future Perfect Continuous Continuous Continuous | had been . | have been reading for at least al will have been reading for at least two hours before dinner tonight. < ADJECTIVE - modifies a noun or pronoun. Three Degrees: 1. Positive Adjective -a normal adjective that’s used to describe, not compare. This is good soup. > | am funny. « ADVERB -modifies a verb, adjective, and another adverb. He runs fast. She sings beautifully. The girl is very beautiful. C He runs very fast. go Adverb of Time - answers the question when. He came yesterday. (When did he come?) | want it NOW. (When do | want it?) C a on. Adverb of Place - answers the question where. Two cars are park outside. (Where were two cars parked?) They looked everywhere. (Where did they C look?) a < PREPOSITION -indicates the ~ relationship between a noun and the other words of a sentence. -Prepositions with two or more words are called phrasal prepositions. of, on, in, at, into, by, for C a gy CONJUNCTION Y Coordinating -FANBOYS - (for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so) C a «Y subordinating - because, since, after, while, whereas, until, unless, etc. Y Correlative -both...and — - either...or -neither...nor -notonly...but also a
