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Understanding Noun Clusters and Adjectives in English Grammar

Learn about noun clusters, articles, adjectives, and numerals in English grammar with examples and exercises.

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Understanding Noun Clusters and Adjectives in English Grammar

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  1. ENGLISH 2Lecturing Contract.pptx

  2. Noun Cluster???

  3. Noun Cluster is a group of words ended with “Noun” Pattern in making Noun Cluster

  4. NOUN Definition: "Noun" is the sentence element representing people, animals, things, abstract notions, and groups of each. In a sentence, nouns execute and suffer the actions/states expressed by the verbs

  5. Articles + Noun What is an article? Basically, an article is an adjective which modify noun] There are two types of Adjective: • Indefinite article (a/an) • Definite article (the) As Illustration: if I say, "Let's read thebook," I mean a specific book. If I say, "Let's read abook," I mean any books rather than a specific book. Noun Cluster Noun Cluster

  6. Exercises of Article + Noun ANSWER THE BLANK SPACE WITH A/AN/THE or leave it blank if Not needed 1. ……. The German physicist, who discovered X-rays in 1895, was named Wilhelm Roentgen. 2. ….. attempt has been made to collect ….. funds to start ….. public library in ….. town where I live. 3. Do you need ………degree in Economics or ………degree in finance to be a better manager? 5. ……Statue of liberty was a gift of friendship from ……France to …… United States 6. …… Mt. Everest is ….. highest mountain in …… world. 7. Please give me ….. Cup of ….. Coffee with ….. cream and ….. sugar. 8. When you go to ….. Store, please buy. ….. Bottle of ….. Chocolate milk and ….. dozen of oranges. 9. On our trip to ….. Spain, we crossed ….. Atlantic ocean.

  7. Adjectives ???

  8. Adjectives are words that describe or modify another person or thing in the Sentence (Noun Determiner).

  9. Explanation of Adjectives The Royal Order of Adjectives • Determiners: articles and other limiters. (the computer, your hat). • Observation: beautiful, interesting, a real idol, an inexpensive toy. (can also be an opinion). • Size and Shape: thin, fat, round, wealthy, large. • Age: ancient, new, old, young. • Color: blue, white, pink, purple. • Origin: American, Swedish, Canadian. • Material: wooden, metallic, silk, cotton, woolen. This describes what something is made of. • Qualifier: last adjective used. Often an integral part of a noun. Book cover, rocking chair, wedding gown, hunting lodge.

  10. Examples of ADJECTIVE + noun If you use two adjectives from the same category, you would use a comma to separate them. For instances: The actor wore a sequin, beaded dress YuniShara is a beautiful, smart woman • “The words sequin and beaded both come from the “materials” category of adjectives” • “The words beautiful and smart both from the “observation” category of adjectives If you use adjectives from different categories you would not need to use a comma. As Ilustrations: YuniShara is a beautiful young indonesia business woman She has a beautiful long wavy blonde hair

  11. pronoun

  12. NUMERAL "Numeral" is the sentence element used to express an abstract numerical Value

  13. 1st Exercises The new Toyota is a small family car. It has a front engine. The engine has a reasonable capacity. It is a front wheel, drive car. There are four seats. It has four gears and a reverse. Its maximum speed is 130 kilometers. This car has the advantage that is has a very low fuel consumption

  14. Noun cluster preceded by Preposition Group For instances: Mr. Adams cannot see you this week because he is out ofhis town She goes along withhis beloved boy friend I am the most beautiful girlamongmy classmates

  15. 2nd Exercise • Mathematics is an important subject for a computer engineer • Everything about computer is based upon the binary process • Sound is an important component of the multimedia approach • The results of the experiments prove the law • Printing is the final stage in creating a document

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