NounsWords that identify a person‚ idea or thing.woman‚ tree‚ love‚ city‚ computer ‘Naming’ words | Types of noun Common: refers to things in general friendship‚ dog‚ night‚ road‚ education Proper: a specific person/place/thing Edinburgh‚ Asia‚ Clare‚ Tuesday‚ Big Ben Concrete: something that exists physically dog‚ road‚ Asia‚ Big Ben‚ computer Abstract: intangible idea love‚ friendship‚ education‚ time Collective: groups of people or things audience
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expression of thoughts in spoken words. The exchange of spoken words is a conversation and there are 8 different parts of speech. Noun- names a person‚ place‚ or thing Pronoun- takes the place of a noun Verb- identifies action or state of being Adjective- modifies a noun Adverb- modifies a verb‚ adjective‚ or other adverb Preposition- shows a relationship between a noun (or pronoun) and other words in a sentence Conjunction- joins words‚ phrases‚ and clauses Interjection- expresses emotion
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possessive nouns‚ some quantifiers‚ some interrogatives‚ and some numerals. So‚ determiner (or D) is an umbrella term for all of these. Determiners occur with a noun to specify which noun is meant or whose it is. If you are a native speaker‚ you know how to use the indefinite article a and the definite article the. For non-native speakers‚ figuring out their use is very difficult. There are four demonstratives in English: this‚ that‚ these‚ and those‚ with the first two for singular nouns and the
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decided or settled; awaiting conclusion or confirmation PREP Your confirmation number is pending. I am undecided if to have a party or go shopping. 5. Criticize‚ verb To find fault with My mom criticize me about everything. Censure 6. Gesture‚ noun A motion of the limbs or body made to express or help express thought or to emphasize speech That was a very friendly gesture. I signaled for help. 7. Innate‚ adjective Possessed at birth; inborn Tiger Woods has innate ability to play golf
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SPEECH A term in traditional grammar for the eight categories* into which words are classified according to their functions in sentences: Nouns -The part of speech (or word class) that is used to name or identify a person‚ place‚ thing‚ quality‚ or action. Pronouns - A word (one of the traditional parts of speech) that takes the place of a noun‚ noun phrase‚ or noun clause Verbs - The part of speech (or word class) that describes an action or occurrence or indicates a state of being. There are two
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Vocabulary S k ill S u b -s k ills Nouns fo r people and relationships; adjectives to describe character Listening Recognizing Listening adjectives from Section 4 th e ir endings; MCQs w orking out the meaning of words from listening context Page num ber 6 2 H ealth Nouns fo r sym ptom s; verbs fo r treatm ents Reading Recognizing synonyms and collocations Reading T/F/NG 10 3 Education Nouns for academic subjects; verbs fo r academic
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what people KNOW when they know a language we know what people know by what they DO sometimes what people DO does not indicate what they KNOW **much of a language is IMPLICIT‚ we are not conscious of what we know communication transferring thoughts from one mind to another indirect means (can’t directly transfer mind-to-mind) speaker: information source‚ transmitter‚ signal listener: receiver & destination knowledge of a language formulate thought find correct words put correct
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offensive to good taste‚ esp. as being excessive; overdone or gross 2.disgusting; sickening; repulsive 3.excessively or insincerely lavish 4.encompassing all aspects; comprehensive 5.abundant or copious Synonym: insincere Antonym: reasonable hankering- (noun) A longing; craving Synonym: urge Antonym: reasonable nonplussed- (verb) to render utterly perplexed; puzzle completely Synonym: astonish Antonym: explain punctilious- (adjective) extremely attentive to punctilious; strict or exact in the observance
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classes or parts of speech or form classes. The classification is based on meaning‚ form and function. In the English language we have the Open class and Closed class. The Open class is one which new words can be added easily. This class includes nouns‚ verbs‚ adjectives and adverbs. The other is closed class where new words can not be added easily and this includes: determiners‚ enumerators‚ interjection‚ conjunctions and pronouns. The word ‘round’ has deferent meanings depending on the context
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bring (a country or people) under control by force: Charles went on a campaign to subdue the Saxons. continuum |kənˈtinyo͞oəm| noun (pl. continua |-yo͞oə| ) [ usu. in sing. ] a continuous sequence in which adjacent elements are not perceptibly different from each other‚ although the extremes are quite distinct: at the fast end of the fast-slow continuum. spur |spər| noun 1 a device with a small spike or a spiked wheel that is worn on a rider’s heel and used for urging a horse forward. • a hard
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