Conjunctions are connecting words joining two or more sentences, making them one sentence. They can be used to join phrases, clauses or words. Words: Silver and Gold Phrase: Over the river and through the woods Clauses: Janine bought a dog and entered him in dog shows COORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS SUBORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS and, but, or, nor,… Read More »
There are 3 degrees of Comparison Positive degree – refers to one thing Comparative degree – compares two things Superlative degree – compares more than two things and describes the best of the most Positive Comparative Superlative Short Vowels flat thin flatter thinner flattest thinnest Double vowels or consonants clean short cleaner shorter cleanest shortest Words ending… Read More »
Gender Nouns can be classified into different genders, eg: Masculine – boy, king, male, brother, father Feminine – girl, queen, female, sister, mother Neutral – chair, desk, engine, car Common – poet, baby, beggar, player, swimmer, scientist, programmer, secretary, orphan, lawyer, politician, passenger, judge, attorney, author, etc However, there are some common or neutral nouns that are referred to… Read More »
An Article is a word that is used before a noun to show whether the noun refers to something specific or not. These are a, an and the… Examples: Indefinite Article I need a house In the above sentence we find the article ‘a’. It shows that I do not need a specific house. I can… Read More »
Nouns are found in the singular or plural form.. Most words merely take on the ‘s’ to form a plural, eg: house – houses cat – cats bedroom – bedrooms However, there are some exceptions, nouns that end with -ch,… Read More »
Adjectives are descriptive words, they are used to add colour or interest to nouns and pronouns. Adverbs tell us more about the Verb, they can also tell us more about the adjective. Adjectives There are several different adjectives: Descriptive or quality adjectives – The intelligent/obedient/talented/funny girl Adjectives of order – The horse came first/second/last in the race Adjectives… Read More »
A Verb is a ‘doing’ or an ‘action’ word or a ‘state of being. A physical action (e.g., to swim, to write, to climb). A mental action (e.g., to think, to guess, to consider). A state of being (e.g., to be, to exist, to appear). The most common verb is to be, for eg. [using the… Read More »
Pronouns are in the place of Nouns and are used to avoid repetitions: Grant plays the guitar. He practices it everyday. (he replaces Grant and it replaces guitar) Personal Pronouns – Refer to things or people, and are interlinked with possessive adjectives. I do my hair. You do your hair. She does her hair. He does… Read More »
There are four types of nouns: Common Nouns, Proper Nouns, Collective Nouns and Abstract Nouns A Common Noun can be a person, a place or a thing Things that are named are Common nouns, for example desk chair ocean car water teacher student Proper Nouns Proper Nouns always being with CAPITAL LETTERS Your name is… Read More »