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GRAMMAR Reviews

GRAMMAR Reviews . Important Notes to Study These reviews are the highlights of the lectures in the classroom. Week One Parts of Speech and Nouns Unit 4 . Lesson 1 . The function of different groups of words. Figures of Speech . Useful Construct sentences Punctuation

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GRAMMAR Reviews

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  1. GRAMMARReviews Important Notes to Study These reviews are the highlights of the lectures in the classroom.

  2. Week One Parts of Speech and Nouns Unit 4

  3. Lesson 1 The function of different groups of words Figures of Speech • Useful • Construct sentences • Punctuation • Common Language with professionals • HSAP

  4. Lesson 2 person, place, thing • Capitalization concrete Thing One: Common: General- lower Thing Two: abstract Specific- Capital Proper: Nouns • Two Types • Common • Proper

  5. Lesson 3 ---add an s • ch, sh, x, or z Add an es Add an s Change the y to an i and add es • Exception to the y rules: Family name or a product name: Add an s • Words that end in o Memorize the spellings • Add s to make abbreviations plural To make nouns plural Nouns • If the word ends in y, look at the letter before the y • vowel • consonant

  6. Lesson 4 Nouns made up of more than one word EX: brother –in-law add an s • When making compound nouns plural, ------------- on the important noun. Examples: brothers-in-law runners-up. mice oxen • tooth • child teeth • mouse • deer • ox • knife deer children knives • With some plural forms, you do have a choice : • Computer mouse • Cactus • Index • Bus • mice or mouses • cacti or cactuses • indices or indexes • Buses or busses dictionary • When in doubt, check a ______________. The first plural form listed is the one that is the most common. • A few nouns you just have to memorize Compound Nouns

  7. Week Two Unit 4

  8. Lesson 5 - Verbs verb A ________ is a word that _____________________, _____ another verb to a subject , _______ another verb or, or merely indicates ___________. shows action links helps existence

  9. Recognize the Types • Action • Linking • Helping

  10. Action Verbs Kick, swallow speak, build, close verb An ________ verb expresses __________ or________action. • Physical Action: ___________________________________________________ • Mental Action: _______________________________________ physical ponder, believe, consider, imagine mental

  11. Linking Verbs linking A ________ verb does not express action; it _____________ a word (a noun, pronoun, or adjective that identifies or describes the subject) in the _____________ to the ___________. links predicate subject

  12. Helping Verbs helping A _________ verb helps the main verb to make a statement. A verb ______ is a main verb and its ________verbs. This phrase can be interrupted by other verbs. phrase helping

  13. Transitive / Intransitive transitive receiver • A ________ verb is a verb that has _________ of the action to complete its meaning. • An ________ verb is a verb that does ______ have a __________ of the action. not intransitive receiver intransitive transitive • Some verbs can be ________ or __________ depending on how they are used. • Transitive verbs _________ action to an object and if you take the object out, it doesn’t make sense. transfer transitive Michael hit the ball.

  14. Week Two Unit 4

  15. VERBS • Action • Linking • Helping BEING

  16. To be

  17. Action Verbs and Linking Verbs • Action verbs describe action. • Run • Jump • Swim • Linking or being verbs describe a state of being. linking verbs are not about action but about connecting other words together. The verb to be is the basic linking verb. The word isa form of the verb to be. note: Squiggly is yellow. Squiggly yellow. is

  18. Simple Forms of To Be:

  19. Others that Link …. • Seem • Appear • Look • Become Verbs that describe the senses…. • Feel • smell NOTE: There are at least 60 linking verbs in the English language.

  20. Complications…… Some verbs can be both linking verbs and action verbs. • A tip – See if you can replace the verb with a form of to be. If so, it is probably a linking verb. • We grow tired. • We are tired. • It tastes salty. • It is salty. • He smells badly. • He is badly. Linking Linking Action

  21. Action or Linking – Practice Linking Action • The monkey looked hungry. • The monkey looked for food. • The soup tasted good. • I tasted the soup. • He grew into a tall man. • He grew tired of walking. • Mother appeared happy at her party. • Mother appeared quietly in the room. • The bugle sounded loudly. • The bugle sounds loud. Linking Action Action Linking Linking Action Action Linking

  22. Every complete sentence contains two parts: • a subject • The subject is what (or whom) the sentence is about, • a predicate. • Thepredicate tells something about the subject. She She ate pizza. pizza

  23. Action verbs are either transitive or intransitive. • Transitive verbs express action upon a direct object. • The dog bit me. • She appealed the decision. • I dropped my backpack. • Intransitiveverbs do not express action upon a direct object. • The rain poured through the open window. • The experiment failed. • The backpack dropped into the mud.

  24. Transitive Verbs have Voice. • Passive voice – the subject is receiving the action. • Active voice – the subject is doing the action. • Sharon made mistakes. • The dog bit him. • I dropped the backpack. • Use passive sparingly. • If the doer of the action is unknown. • If the object is more important than the doer of the action. • Many errors were made in the yearbook captions.

  25. Active or Passive – Practice passive Passive active • A delicious aroma was sent through the house by the baking lasagna. • The daVinci masterpiece was hung in the Louvre in Paris. • Pepe left the water running in the bathtub. • Someone broke the window while we were away. • John guarantees a splendid time for us all. • Many errors were made in the baseball game. • Alex made many errors in the baseball game. • The mechanic replaced the car’s shock absorbers. • I am expected at home at midnight by my parents. • Praise for a job well done is appreciated by everyone. active active passive active active passive passive

  26. Change the passive voice to the active • A delicious aroma was sent through the house by the baking lasagna. • The daVinci masterpiece was hung in the Louvre in Paris. • Many errors were made in the baseball game. • I am expected at home at midnight by my parents. • Praise for a job well done is appreciated by everyone.

  27. A few commonly misused verbs: …. Sit & Set sit set Set– to put or place something transitive Sit– to be seated I always ________ near a window. Please _______ the plant near the window.

  28. A few commonly misused verbs: …. Rise & Raise raise rise Raise– to lift something transitive Rise– to go up ________ your hands. Please _______ the and recite the poem.

  29. A few commonly misused verbs: …. Lie & Lay lies lay Lay–to put or play something. transitive Lie– to recline She ________ down to nap. Please _______ the book here.

  30. And others … • Affect – to influence • Effect – to accomplish or the result of an action • Imply – to suggest • Infer – To draw a conclusion • Learn – To obtain knowledge • Teach – to give instruction • Let – to allow • Leave – to go away from or to cause to remain • Bring – movement toward you • Take – movement away from you • Can – ability • May – permission

  31. Week Three Unit 4

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