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  • 1. English GrammarParts of Speech Capital Community

2. Eight Parts of SpeechNounsInterjectionsAdjectivesConjunctions 3. Word that names A PersonA Place A Thing An Idea 4. Kinds of NounsCommon Nouns Proper NounsboyJohn girlMarySingular Nouns Plural Nouns boy boys girlgirls 5. VERB A verb tells what thenoun does or is An action verb tells youthat She dances. A linking or state ofbeing verb tells you that The monster is ugly. 6. Every sentence must havea Capital Community 7. Kinds of Verbs Action verbs expressmental or physical action. He rode the horse to victory. 8. PRONOUN A pronoun is a short word that takesthe place of a noun. Pronouns can be:Subjects : He or SheObjects: Him or HerPossessive: His or HersIndefinite: nobody or allDemonstrative: this or those 9. The pronoun is a word used in place of one or more nouns. It may stand for a person, place, thing, or idea.Indefinite Pronouns anybody eacheither none someone, one, etc. 10. ADJECTIVE Adjectives are descriptivewords used to modify ortell more about nouns and Presenting a pronounsblue car, a red Without colorful and precisecar and a light adjectives, language would brown car be pretty blah! 11. ADVERB An adverb modifies and describes averb,. Adverbs frames questions likehow, where and when:Yesterday, she ran quickly to home. The most commonly used adverb inEnglish is very. Many adverbs end in lyE.g.: quickly, carefully, & slowly 12. Interrogative AdverbsHow did you break yourintroduce questionsleg?How often doyou run?Where did you put the mouse trap? 13. Answers the questions: He ran quickly. She left yesterday.We went there.It was too hot!To what degree or how much? 14. PREPOSITION A preposition shows a positionrelationship between two or morenouns or pronouns. She walked through the door intothe room. 15. Some Common Prepositionsaboard behind fromthroughout aboutbelow into abovebeneath intotoward acrossbesidelikeunderafter between ofunderneathagainstbeyondoff until alongbyonup among down over uponaroundduringpast with atexceptsincewithin beforeforthrough without 16. CONJUNCTION A conjunction is a short joiningword, such as and, or, but, for, so& yet. The main function of a conjunctionis to join words, phrases and clausestogether: E.g.. Slowly and carefully A red hat and a white shirt He had no ticket, but he wentanyway. 17. The ConjunctionA conjunction is a word that joins wordsor groups of words. or but 18. The Interjectionis an exclamatory word that expresses emotion Goodness! What a cute baby!Wow! Look at thatSunset. 19. INTERJECTION An interjection is a word (or words) of shock or surprise. It is usually used by itself and is followed by an exclamation point. Examples are:Watch out! Wow!, Cool!, Awesome! and soWhered this on rocket comefrom??? 20. English GrammarTensesTense expresses the time of an event or action. Capital Community 21. Types of Present TensesSimple present tensePresent perfect tense Present continuous tensePresent perfect continuous tense Capital Community 22. 1) Simple Present Tense It indicates exactly when an action or event takesplace in the present. They talk everydaySV See how the sun shines. S V I have an idea. S V 23. 1) Simple Present Tense Simple present tensealso have general true fact in which we should always add S The sun rises in the eastSV The water boils at 100 degree Celsius S V The earth is round.SV 24. 2) Present Perfect Tense It indicates an event that began in the past and continues upto the present and the action which has been completed. They have arrived. SV The sun has setSV I have thought this idea before. S V 25. 3) Present Continuous Tense Present continuous tense have two parts: The present tense of the verb to be (am; is ; are) The present participle of the main verb (Verb + ing). 26. Examples: They are talking to each other.S V + ing The sun is shining.SV + ing I am playing a computer.S V + ing He is thinking.. SV + ing 27. 4) Present Perfect Continuous Tense Present perfect continuous tense have two parts: The present perfect of the verb to be (have/has been)+The present participle of the main verb (Verb + ing). 28. 4) Present Perfect Continuous TenseIt shows that the action began in the past and continuing upto the present time. They have beenwaiting for two hoursS VShe has been studying grammar for an hour. S V 29. Types of Past Tenses Simple past tense Past perfect tense Past continuous tense Past perfect continuous tense Capital Community 30. 1) Simple Past TenseIt indicates exactly when an action or event takes place in the past and ends with ed. They talked yesterday S V I studied last night S V I had an idea.S V 31. 2) Past Perfect Tense It denote an event which had been completed in the pastbefore another action starts. Ram had left before madan reached the place. SV I had finished my studies when ali came to see me SV 32. 3) Past Continuous Tense Past continuous tense have two parts: The past tense of the verb to be(was / were) The base of the main verb (Verb + ing). 33. Examples: They were talking to each other.S V + ing The sun was shining.S V + ing I was playing computer yesterday. SV + ing He was thinking.. S V + ing 34. 4) Past Perfect Continuous Tense Past perfect continuous tense have two parts: The past perfect of the verb to be (had been)and The present participle(Verb + ing). 35. 4) Past Perfect Continuous TenseIt shows that the action had begun prior to the past time They had been Dancingfor two hoursS VShe had been studying grammar for an hour. S V 36. Types of Future TensesSimple future tense Future perfect tense Future continuous tenseFuture perfect continuous Capital Community 37. Simple Future TenseSimple Future tense denotes the action thatwill take place in the future. It has 2 different forms in English:will or shall and be going to Capital Community 38. Form: Will Subject Will VerbIwill openthe door. Note:Youwill finish before me.When using the word not, always put itHewill notbeat school tomorrow.between the will and She willhelpyou.the verb. Itwill bethere tomorrow.They willnot do their homework. Wewill not leaveyet. The will alwayscomes first whenasking a question. Willyounot arriveon time? Willtheywant dinner? 39. When to use the will formUse will to express a voluntary action. I will give you the phone number. Will you help me with my homework? The phone rings. I will get it. Use will when there is no plan. We will see what happens. I think I will go to gym tomorrow. Use will when making promises. I will call you when I arrive. I promise I will not tell anyone about the secret. Do not worry. I will be careful. 40. Form: Be going toSubject am/is/are Going toVerbIam not going toopen the door. You aregoing tomeet Ram tonight.He is going to be at school tomorrow.Sheis not going toclean the floor.It is going to bethere tomorrow. Theyarenot going tomake dinner. Wearegoing tomake some sandwiches. When asking a questionAre You going to meet Ram tonight?Is he notgoing todohis homework? 41. will or be going to We can use either of those forms when making a prediction. This year will be an interesting year. This year is going to be an interesting year. Barack Obama will be the next president. Barack Obama is going to be the next president. 42. 2) Future Perfect TenseIt denote an event which will be completed in the future Ram shall have reached the place before Hari.SV I shall have done my homework before you come. SV 43. 3) Future Continuous Tense Future continuous tense have two parts: The simple future of the verb to be(will be) The present participle of the verb (Verb + ing). 44. Examples: They will be talking to each other. SV + ing I will be playing computer tomorrow.S V + ing He will be thinking deeply.. S V + ing 45. 4) Future Perfect Continuous Tense Future perfect continuous tense have two parts: The future perfect of the verb to be (will have been)and The present participle of the main verb (Verb + ing). 46. 4) Future Perfect Continuous TenseIt shows that the action whether finished or unfinished They will have been Dancingfor two hoursSVShe will have been learning grammar for an hour. S V 47. end of slide showMALT 2007 Smart Interactive Lessons Language, Grammar