Section One Parts of Speech AL Diagnostic Tests Nouns Lessons and Activities Pronouns Verbs Adjectives Adverbs CO PY R IG Review Activities Final Tests HT Prepositions Conjunctions Interjections ED 3 MA TE RI Diagnostic Tests 5 Name Date Period Score % DIAGNOSTIC TEST 1 PARTS OF SPEECH For each underlined word in the following sentences‚ identify and then write the part of speech on the line next to the number. Each part of speech is
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1522 Word families: building possibilities... Words often come in families. You can expand your vocabulary by becoming familiar with these word families and this can also enable you to become a more fluent speaker and writer of English. If you know all the possible words within a word family‚ you can express yourself in a wider range of ways. For example‚ if you know the verb and the noun forms related to the adjective boring‚ you can say: • The lesson was boring. • The lesson bored me. • That
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in computer technology have given rise to many new nouns: Internet‚ website‚ URL‚ CD-ROM‚ email‚ newsgroup‚ bitmap‚ modem‚ multimedia New verbs have also been introduced: download‚ upload‚ reboot‚ right-click‚ double-click The adjective and adverb classes can also be expanded by the addition of new words‚ though less prolifically. On the other hand‚ we never invent new prepositions‚ determiners‚ or conjunctions. These classes include words like of‚ the‚ and but. They are called CLOSED word
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subject to predicate‚ or helps the main verb make sense in a sentence. An adjective (ADJ) - An adjective is a word that modifies a verb‚ an adjective‚ or another adverb. Adverbs answer which one‚ what kind‚ how many‚ or how many. An adverb (ADV) - An adverb is a word that modifies a verb‚ an adjective‚ or another adverb. Adverbs answer to where‚ when‚ how‚ or to what extent. A preposition (PREP and OP) - A preposition is a word that shows the relationship of a noun or pronoun to another
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languages. For example‚ Japanese has as many as three classes of adjectives where English has one; Chinese‚ Korean and Japanese have nominal classifiers whereas European languages do not; many languages do not have a distinction between adjectives and adverbs‚ adjectives and verbs (see stative verbs) or adjectives and nouns[citation needed]‚ etc. This variation in the number of categories and their identifying properties entails that analysis be done for each individual language. Nevertheless the labels
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UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG Department of Languages and Literatures / English Autumn 2010 ENGLISH GRAMMAR (EN1A01 & EN1A04) Theoretical background‚ exercises and study questions by Andreas Nordin ENGLISH GRAMMAR (EN1A01 & EN1A04) Theoretical background‚ exercises and study questions This compendium accompanies the 3rd edition of Greenbaum & Nelson‚ An Introduction to English Grammar (Longman). The compendium provides additional theoretical discussions of certain topics of English grammar
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Learning the Eight Parts of Speech Is a Must Every single word can be categorized into one of eight word groups‚ or parts of speech. All eight are listed below‚ along with a very short definition of each. Click on each of them to get a more in-depth explanation of what each one does. Also‚ sometimes examples help us understand a concept. For this reason‚ you can also click on "list of..." to see examples of each part of speech. If you’d rather watch videos to soak up all of this information
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means linking‚ connecting or unifying sentences. How do we make our writing coherent ? Transition signals or Connectives are words that keep the thought of the discourse flowing smoothly from sentence to sentence. They may be adjectives‚ adverbs‚ or simply group of words that signal a shift‚ continuation‚ addition‚ contrast of ideas or sequence of time or steps. 1. Meanwhile in Japan‚ their capital city‚ Tokyo‚ was once named Edo. 2. Jose‚ however‚ was a bit nervous‚ and as he
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nation and to one’s own self. However‚ this simple rule of nature has been crippled by the ever growing menace of child labour. If one conceives the idea of child labour‚ it brings before the eyes the picture of exploitation of little‚ physically (adverb) tender‚ illiterate and under nourished children working in hazardous (ADJECTIVE) and unhealthy (ADJECTIVE) conditions. Child labour is a situation in which young children are employed to work on firms‚ homes‚ mines and hotels. The practice is common
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(within a sentence) without both subject and verb. For example‚ He is laughing at the joker. A phrase functions as a noun‚ verb‚ adverb‚ adjective or preposition in a sentence. The function of a phrase depends on its construction (words it contains). On the basis of their functions and constructions‚ phrases are divided into various types i.e. noun phrase‚ verb phrase‚ adverb phrase‚ adjective phrase‚ appositive phrase‚ infinite phrase‚ participle phrase and gerund phrase. 1-Noun Phrase A noun phrase
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