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Lecture 4

Lecture 4. 1 . Prepositions 2. Possessive adjectives and pronouns 3. Comparative & superlative Ms. Rasha Ali 3. Lesson One: Prepositions. A preposition is a part of speech that shows a relationship between two things. Location (on, under, in) Timing (before, after, during)

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Lecture 4

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  1. Lecture 4 1. Prepositions2. Possessive adjectives and pronouns3. Comparative & superlativeMs. Rasha Ali3.

  2. Lesson One: Prepositions • A preposition is a part of speech that shows a relationship between two things. • Location (on, under, in) • Timing (before, after, during) • (in, at, on) • Direction (from, toward, to)

  3. Lesson One: Prepositions (cont.) The mouse is on the table. Two things: mouse + table Relationship: one is on the other On is a preposition!

  4. Lesson One: Prepositions (cont.) The mouse is under the table. Two things: mouse + table Relationship: one is under the other Under is a preposition!

  5. Test Your Knowledge 1 Which word is a preposition? The pizza in the oven is mine. pizza in oven mine Check the list of prepositions.

  6. Test Your Knowledge 2 Which word is a preposition? The girl by the door is my sister. girl by door my Check the list of prepositions.

  7. Lesson 2: Prepositional Phrases Let’s look again at the sentences you practiced with. The pizza in the oven is mine. The girl by the door is my sister. The runners raced around the track.

  8. Lesson 2: Prepositional Phrases in the oven by the door around the track These are prepositional phrases. Prepositional phrases start with a preposition and end with the object of a preposition.

  9. Test Your Knowledge 4 Identify the prepositional phrase. I sat with my mom. I sat with with my with my mom

  10. Test Your Knowledge 5 Identify the prepositional phrase. After gym class, we got a drink. After gym After gym class After gym class, we

  11. Lesson three: • Possessive adjectives: Possessive adjectives are determiners or pronouns that modify a noun by attributing possession. Examples: • That is my car. • This is your car. • This is hernotebook. • This is his pencil. • These are their seats.

  12. Possessive pronouns: Possessive pronouns replaces a noun or another pronoun. They are used to make a sentences less repetitive. Examples: • That car is mine. • The book is his. • The seats are ours. • The notebook is hers.

  13. Examples: Adjectives and possessive adjectives… • The first sentence is written with adjectives: • Angela has long, straight, dark hair. • This second sentence has possessive adjectives: • My sister left her cell phone inside our dad’s car.

  14. Examples: Nouns and pronouns… • Consider this first sentence that is written with nouns and pronouns: • Mary was very excited when the famous singer, Ricky Martin gave her a kiss when she was at his concert. • This second sentence is written only with nouns: • Mary was very excited when the famous singer, Ricky Martin gave Mary a kiss when Mary was at Ricky Martin’s concert.

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  16. Practice: Choose the correct answer… • That is ours. • Possessive pronoun • Possessive adjective • His favorite book is “ Green eggs and Ham”. • Possessive pronoun • Possessive adjective

  17. Practice: Continue… • These books are mine, not yours. • Possessive pronoun • Possessive adjectives • Brad is their son. • Possessive pronoun • Possessive adjectives

  18. Practice: Continue… • The dog is biting its tail. • Possessive pronoun • Possessive adjectives • The dog could not find its squeaky toy. • Possessive pronoun • Possessive adjectives

  19. Bibliography: • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Possessive_adjective • http://www.quia.com/ • http://www.uottawa.ca/ • http://www.wikipedia.org/

  20. COMPARATIVE AND SUPERLATIVE ADJECTIVES

  21. COMPARATIVE ADJECTIVES We use the comparative to compare two people, places or things. Short adjective + ER. old older young  younger CVC + ER (the final consonantisdoubled) big bigger hot  hotter Short adjectiveended in –Y  -IER easy  easier heavy  heavier Long adjective: MORE + long adjective exciting  more exciting beautiful  more beautiful Irregular adjectives good  better bad  worse • We use THAN afterthecomparativeform of theadjective. • John is taller than Mary. • A Ferrari is more expensivethan a Fiat.

  22. Complete the following sentences. Use the comparative form of the adjectives in brackets. • Tiny is (tall) than Sky. • Sky is (good) at basketball than Tiny. • Tiny is (fast) than Sky. • Sky is (popular) than Tiny. • Sky’s feet are (big) than Tiny’s feet.

  23. Complete the following sentences. Use the comparative form of the adjectives in brackets. • Tiny is TALLER than Sky. • Sky is BETTER at basketball than Tiny. • Tiny is FASTER than Sky. • Sky is MORE POPULAR than Tiny. • Sky’s feet are BIGGER than Tiny’s feet.

  24. SUPERLATIVE ADJECTIVES We use the superlative to compare more than two people, places or things. Short adjective + EST. old theoldest young  theyoungest CVC + EST (the final consonantisdoubled) big thebiggest hot  thehottest Short adjectiveended in –Y  -IEST easy  theeasiest heavy  theheaviest Long adjective: THE MOST + long adjective exciting  the most exciting beautiful  the most beautiful Irregular adjectives good  the best bad  the worst • We use THE beforethesuperlativeform of theadjective. • John isthetallest. • A Ferrari isthemostexpensive car .

  25. Complete the following sentences. Use the superlative form of the adjectives in brackets. • Al is (short). • Ed is (thin). • Al is wearing (colourful) clothes. • Ed is (tall). • Joe is (smart).

  26. Complete the following sentences. Use the superlative form of the adjectives in brackets. • Al is THE SHORTEST. • Ed is THE THINNEST. • Al is wearing THE MOST COLOURFUL clothes. • Ed is THE TALLEST. • Joe is THE SMARTEST.

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