Unit 2 Module 1 Grammar Awareness
Unit 2 Module 1 Grammar Awareness
-you will refresh your memory and understanding of the 8 main parts of speech
- you will find a glossary of grammatical terminology that you can refer to during the course
INTRODUCTION
Simply speaking, we can say that ‘grammar’ is the rules by which a language works.
As a teacher of English, you are required to have a good understanding of grammar. During
the course, and also while teaching after the course, you will need a good grammar
reference. Many excellent grammar references are available, and deciding on which
reference to use is a matter of personal preference. However, when choosing a reference,
ensure that it is an up-to-date book and one that has been published by a respected
publishing company. If you are in any doubt as to the quality, check out the book online –
you will find reviews and ratings there. If you already have a grammar reference which you
are happy with, you do not need to buy a new one.
One of the most popular grammar references used by teachers is a series of three
books by Raymond Murphy published by Cambridge University Press:
In this module you will find a review of the 8 main parts of speech, and also a glossary of
common grammatical terms. Use the information in this module as a review to refresh and
check your knowledge, and use your own grammar reference to supplement your studies. If
at this stage of the course you become aware of any gaps in your knowledge, we
recommend that you take the time to study those areas of grammar by using your grammar
reference.
If you are a native speaker of English, you will probably need to take more time studying this
module than a non-native speaker. Knowing intuitively whether something is grammatically
correct, is not sufficent in the classroom – you must also know why it is correct, or not
correct, and be able to explain it.
1. ADJECTIVES:
Adjectives are the part of speech used to describe nouns and pronouns.
Adjectives answer such questions as – Which one? (this one, that one, the small one)
N.B. Adjectives do not have singular or plural forms, they also do not have masculine,
feminine or neuter forms (as adjectives in some other languages do, e.g. German.)
N.B. Adjectives come before the noun they are describing, e.g. my new phone. However,
adjectives can also be used with the verb ‘To Be’ and are used following the verb, e.g. I am
happy.
Compound adjectives: These are single adjectives which are made from more than one
word. The words are often linked by a hyphen.
E.g. I want you to prepare a forty-minute lesson plan.
Adjective Order: When using a string of adjectives together to describe something, there is
a specific order that should be followed. If using three or more adjectives together, a
comma should be used after all but the last one.
Order of Adjectives:
Opinion e.g. nice, rude, ugly, boring
Dimension e.g. large, long, short, tall, big, small
Age : e.g. young, old, thirty, new, modern,
Shape e.g. round, square, circular, triangular
Colour e.g. red, blue, colourful, colourless, blonde
Origin e.g. Spanish, Mexican, Chinese, foreign, local
Material e.g. metal, wooden, plastic, paper, cardboard
SELF CHECK 1:
Put the adjectives into the sentences in the correct order.
Comparative & Superlative Adjectives: are used to compare nouns. (Please see: Glossary Of
Grammar Terminology.)
2. ADVERBS:
Adverbs give us more information about (modify) verbs, adjectives and other adverbs.
Types of Adverb:
Adverbs of manner:
E.g. slowly, fast, carefully, easily
Adverbs of place:
E.g. here, there, everywhere, nowhere, somewhere
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Adverbs of frequency:
E.g. often, sometimes, never, usually, rarely
Adverbs of time:
E.g. today, yesterday, tomorrow, before, yet, still
Adverbs of degree:
E.g. quite, fairly, rather, very, pretty, too, almost, nearly
Care needs to be taken with the correct placement of adverbs within a sentence.
1. Some adverbs, particularly adverbs of Carefully, he walked across the muddy field.
manner can be placed at the beginning of a He walked carefully across the muddy field.
sentence, after the main verb and even at He walked across the muddy field carefully.
the end of a sentence.
Is it an adverb, or not?
1. Adverbs are often, but not always, formed by adding the suffix ‘ly’ to adjectives.
E.g. Quick (adjective) becomes Quickly (adverb)
2. However, care should be taken with some adverbs whose adjective form is the same.
E.g. He had a very fast car. – Here ‘fast’ is an adjective describing the noun ‘car.’
The boy was walking very fast. – Here ‘Fast’ is an adverb describing the verb ‘walk.’
Adverbs can be used to modify the intensity of the verb, adjective or another adverb, by
amplifying, downgrading or emphasising the meaning.
E.g. The food was absolutely disgusting. – amplifies the meaning of ‘disgusting’
The film was quite good. – downgrading the meaning of ‘good’
I really don’t like him.- emphasises the meaning of the verb.
She talked very fast. – ‘very’ amplifies the meaning of the adverb ‘fast’
SELF CHECK 2:
Identify the adjectives and adverbs in the following sentences.
4. The thin-faced old lady was talking very loudly on the phone.
3. CONJUNCTIONS:
Conjunctions are the part of speech used to join words, clauses or phrases.
It was my first visit, but I soon felt at home there. (joining clauses)
You will find him in the kitchen, or in the garden. (joining phrases)
Coordinating conjunctions:
Used to join equal parts to each other, i.e. word to word/clause to clause/
phrase to phrase.
The coordinating conjunctions are: For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So
(An easy way to bring these to mind is to remember the acronym FANBOYS:
Correlating Conjunctions:
These conjunctions are made up of two parts; the two parts are used to join two
equal parts.
Subordinating Conjunctions:
These conjunctions join two clauses in a way that makes one clause dependent
on the other, i.e. the subordinating clause is no longer an independent clause.
4. INTERJECTIONS:
Interjections are a part of speech used to express emotion. They are usually composed of
one or two words, and do not modify any other parts of speech.
5. NOUNS:
Nouns are the names of people, places, things or ideas/concepts.
E.g.
Types of Noun
2. Common Nouns: general, non-specific people, places or things. Common nouns do not
start with capital letters.
E.g. cat; table; university; palace; car; house
3. Countable Nouns: something that can be counted, which has a plural form and which can
be used with the indefinite article (a, an.)E.g. boy, table, cat, bag.
4. Uncountable (Mass) Nouns : something that cannot be counted, which does not have a
plural form and which cannot be used with the indefinite article.Substances, liquids and
powders are usually considered to be uncountable, e.g. metal & wood; water and tea; dust
& flour.Here are a few examples of uncountable nouns commonly misused in the classroom
: homework; work; feedback,advice, help.
5. Concrete Nouns: can be experienced through one or more of the five senses, i.e. they can
be seen ,heard, tasted, smelled or felt. E.g. horse, pillow, house, fire.
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6. Abstract Nouns: cannot be experienced through the five senses. They refer to concepts,
rather than tangible things.E.g. power; friendship; peace; love; hate.
7. Collective Nouns: a noun used to refer to a group, e.g. family, team, police etc.
N.B. Personal pronouns can be classed as a type of noun, but here they have been dealt
with as a seperate part of speech – see below.
SELF CHECK 3:
Look at the highlighted nouns in the following sentences, and identify which types of noun
they are.
6. PREPOSITIONS:
Prepositions are used to show the relationship between a noun (or a pronoun) and another
word (or element) of a sentence.
7. PRONOUNS:
Pronouns are used in sentences to take the place of nouns. Using a pronoun means that we
don’t have to keep repeating the same noun. An antecedent is the original noun that is
replaced by a pronoun.
Example: John sat down on the bench. He was still there two hours later.
Antecedent Pronoun
Personal: I,me,we,us,you,he,him,she,her,it,they,them
Possesive: mine,yours,his,hers,ours,theirs
Demonstrative: this,that,these,those
These pronouns are not definite, i.e. we don’t know who they refer to.
E.g. Everyone was talking loudly
Someone at work doesn’t like me.
Reflexive: myself,yourself,himself,herself,itself,ourselves,themselves
SELF CHECK 4:
Find the pronouns in the following sentences, and identify which types of pronoun they
are.
1. The shop assistant smiled and asked me,’Don’t you like this?’
2. I gave them to the young man who asked about you the other day.
8. VERBS:
Verbs are the part of speech which show actions or states of being.
We can talk about Main Verbs: verbs that can stand alone
Main Verbs:
There are two types of Main Verbs: Action Verbs & State Verbs.
State verbs
Some verbs can be both action verbs and state verbs.However, the meaning
changes depending on whether the verb is used as an action, or a state verb.
There are 3 main auxiliary verbs used in English which assist with forming the tenses.The
3 auxiliary verbs are :
Have (Used in the formation of the present perfect and past perfect tense)
Do (Used in the formation of negative and question forms of the present and
past simple tenses)
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These three verbs can be used both as main verbs when they stand alone, or as auxiliary
verbs when they occur with other verbs. These 3 verbs are known as Primary Auxiliary
Verbs.
I have a car. (Main verb) I have lost my key. (Auxiliary verb – used to
form the present perfect tense. The main
verb is ‘lost’.)
I am cold. (Main verb ) I am going home. (Auxiliary verb used to
form the present continuous tense. The
main verb is ‘go’.)
I do my homework in the evenings. (Main Did you finish? (Auxiliary verb used to form
verb) a question in the past simple tense)
You didn’t do your homework. (‘Do’ is used
twice in this sentence - ‘Didn’t’ is the
auxiliary verb; ‘do’ is the main verb)
The other auxiliary verbs are known as Modal Auxiliary Verbs. These verbs, when combined
with main verbs, express different ideas such as obligation, prohibition, neccessity, ability
etc.
3. Modal verbs are used before ‘not’ in 3. Main verbs use auxiliary verbs and
negative sentences. follow ‘not’ to form negatives,
E.g. He might not want to go. E.g. I did not want to go.
4. Modal verbs do not take word endings 4. Main verbs taking various endings in order
for forming participles, and do not agree to form present and past participles and
with their subject harmonise with the subject of the sentence.
E.g. She can go. NOT She cans go E.g. I am going.
She must go. NOT She must going. She works at home.
Another area to be aware of when teaching verbs is the concept of Transitive and
Intransitive Verbs, which can cause problems for students.
This verb requires an object. ’Last year’ just provides extra information
I.e. I sent the photo yesterday – What was about when she retired; it does not answer
sent? – The photo! the question,’What?’
SELF CHECK 5 :
Identfy the types of verbs in the following sentences.
2. If you see her, tell her that I’m seeing my new girlfriend this evening.
ACTIVE VOICE: When the subject of the sentence is usually the person or thing carrying
out the action.(The opposite of the passive voice).
ABSTRACT NOUN: The name of something that is not concrete, but rather something that
we experience as an idea. (The opposite is a concrete noun.)
ADJECTIVE: Words which describe nouns and pronouns. (See Main Parts of Speech)
The little boy, who was crying, had lost his mum – (‘who was crying’ = adjective clause)
ADVERB: A word that describes verbs and adjectives.(See Main Parts of Speech)
He ate his food as if he hadn’t eaten for a week – ‘as if he hadn’t eaten all week =
adverbial clause)
ADVERB PARTICIPLE: small words like – off, out, up, through, in , which complement the
verb in a phrasal verb.
ADVERB PHRASE: A short group of words that does the same job as an adverb.
E.g. in the evening / on the same day / at the weekend
AFFIX: An affix is added to the beginning, or the end of a word in order to modify the
word’s meaning. The two types of affixes are Prefixes (added to the beginning of a word),
and Suffixes (added to the end of a word.)
E.g. Prevention – the suffix ‘tion’ has been added to the verb, ‘prevent’ to form a noun.
Suffixes are often used to alter the form of speech, e.g. forming an adverb by adding ‘ly’ to
the end of an adjective – ‘quick’ becomes ‘quickly.’
Misbehave – the prefix ‘mis’ is added to the verb, “behave” ,thus giving it a negative
meaning.
ARTICLE: There are two types of articles in English – the definite article, and the indefinite
article. Articles identify nouns.
AUXILIARY VERB: a type of verb which helps another noun. (See Main Parts of Speech -
Verbs)
E.g. I don’t live here. – The auxiliary verb,’Do’ is used here with the main verb ‘live’ in order
BASE FORM: The base form of a verb is the original form of the verb. It can also be called
the bare infinitive form of a verb.
CAUSATIVE: Causatives are used in the active form to show that someone causes
something to happen; the subject of the sentence is not the person who does the action. We
use the verbs ‘make’,‘get’ and ‘have’ to form causatives.
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E.g. I am getting the house painted. – I am arranging for someone to paint the house for me.
I am having my hair done before the party. – I am arranging for someone to do my hair.
You made me drop my books! – I dropped them, but you caused it to happen.
CLAUSE: A clause is a statement or question that usually contains a subject and a verb
phrase and is a complete thought. Some sentences contain just one clause:
E.g. I am bored.
Main Clauses:
COLLECTIVE NOUN: A collective noun is a noun used to refer to a group, e.g. family,
team, police etc.
COMMON NOUN: A common noun is a noun which is not a proper name, e.g. table, chair,
city, country as opposed to proper nouns such as London,Paris,Mexico etc.
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The comparative adjective is generally formed with the suffix ‘er’ + ‘than’ after the adjective
if it is a one-syllable adjective, or with the word ‘more’ placed before the adjective if the
adjective has more than one syllable. (For further rules about spelling and irregular
adjectives, consult a grammar reference.)
Irregular Adjectives :
Good becomes ‘better’
Bad becomes ‘worse’
Far becomes ‘further’
Most comparative adverbs are formed using ‘more’, because most adverbs are two-
syllabled. (Remember that many adverbs are formed by adding ‘ly’ to the adjective)
However, one-syllable adverbs take the ‘er’ suffix.
The term ‘complement’ can also be used in a more general sense to refer to words and
expressions that complete the meaning of verbs, nouns and adjectives.
E.g. I love going (abroad on holiday.) – ‘abroad on holiday’ is the complement of the verb
love.
She is interested (in classical music.) – ‘in classical music’ is the complement of the
adjective ‘interested.’
He bought me a large box (of chocolates.) – ‘of chocolates’ is the complement of the
noun ‘box.’
COMPLEX SENTENCE: A complex sentence is a sentence that contains a main clause, plus
at least one subordinate clause.
COMPOUND: A compound is something that is made up of more than one part, e.g.
compound verbs, nouns, adjectives, prepositions.
E.g.
Bedroom (bed + room = compound noun)
N.B. Compound verbs consist of a main verb and an auxiliary verb. Many compound verbs
are seen when auxiliary verbs are used for the formation of different tenses.
CONCRETE NOUN: A concrete noun is the name for something that we can directly
experience in real-life, e.g. sun, fish, holiday, money etc. (The opposite of an abstract noun.)
CONDITIONAL SENTENCE/CLAUSE: A sentence containing the word ‘if’, (or a word with
a similar meaning. Conditional statements express that an action in the main clause can only
happen if a situation in the ‘if’ clause occurs. There are four types of conditional sentences.
CONJUNCTION: A conjunction is used to join two words, clauses or phrases. (See Main
Parts of Speech)
CONTRACTION: A contraction is a short form, where two words are joined into one.
N.B. With the verb,’Be’, two ways of forming a contraction are possible :
They’re not or They aren’t
We’re not or We aren’t
And in questions, ‘am not’ is contracted to ‘aren’t’, i.e. Aren’t I?
DETERMINER: A determiner precedes and identifies a noun, or noun phrase. There are
different types of determiner but they all have basically the same function. There are a
number of different kinds of determiners, including the definite and indefinite article,
demonstratives like ‘this and ‘that’, and quantifiers like ‘a few’, ‘a lot’ and ‘many’.
Determiners modify nouns.
DIRECT SPEECH: Direct speech is when we record what a person has said word for word.
With direct speech, there is no change in tense, pronouns, time expressions etc.
The correct use of punctuation is important when using direct speech, i.e. the person’s
words are placed between quotation marks, and a comma is used between the reporting
verb and the quotation.
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E.g. He turned towards me, and said,’I will never forget how you look at this moment.’
My boss said, ‘You can’t seriously expect me to give you a pay rise!’
EMPHASIS: Emphasis is when special attention is paid to one part of a word or sentence.
This may be through word stress when pronouncing words, or it may be by writing
something in capitals, or by writing something in a particular order.
FORMAL: A formal style is a polite and respectful style used when speaking or writing. A
formal style is often used in business situations, and with strangers. Some words are
considered to be more formal than others. (The opposite of formal is ‘informal.’)
FUTURE PERFECT TENSE: The future perfect tense is used to express something that will
be completed before a definite time in the future.
E.g. I will have finished the housework by the time you get home.
FUTURE PERFECT CONTINUOUS TENSE: is used to show how long something has
been happening up to a future point of time.A future time reference must be used.
E.g. She will have been living in this house for thirty years by the
end of this year.
She will have been working on her thesis for three years by
the time she finishes it.
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FUTURE PROGRESSIVE TENSE: The future progressive tense refers to an action that will
be in progress at a certain time in the future.
FUTURE SIMPLE TENSE: The present simple tense used to express future plans made at
the time of speaking ; predictions; offers, requests & promises and general facts about the
future (not in our control.)
Wait a minute.I’ll call a friend and ask him. – future plan made at time of speaking
We’ll have a great time at the party. – prediction
I’m busy right now, but I will call you later. – promise
GERUND: A gerund is a verb that functions as a noun. A gerund is formed from the base
verb plus – ing. A gerund has exactly the same form as the present participle of the verb.
E.g. John is smoking outside (Smoking = part of the present continuous tense -participle)
The smoking cigarette (Smoking = adjective which describes the noun -participle)
continued to burn.
N.B. Gerunds are also used as the object of certain verbs, such as enjoy, dislike, mention
E.g. I enjoy playing tennis
She dislikes getting up early.
Don’t forget to mention seeing John yesterday.
(Other verbs, however, are followed by infinitives.)
Gerunds are also used after certain prepositions, e.g. after, instead of, about.
E.g. I went home after walking in the park.
She called me instead of calling her mum.
She was not very happy about staying out so late.
Gerunds can also follow an adjective + a prepostion, e.g. afraid of, fond of.
E.g. He is afraid of hurting her feelings.
The old lady is very fond of playing bridge.
IDIOM: An idiom is an everyday expression that cannot be understood from the literal
meaning of the indiviual component words.
E.g. A pain in the neck: something, or someone that is annoying and irritating.
‘My boss is a real pain in the neck.He is always demanding the impossible.’
A nest egg: a reserve of money that has been put aside for possible future needs.
‘When I retire, I am going to use my nest egg to travel the world.’
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IMPERATIVE: An imperative is the base form of a verb used to give orders and
suggestions.
INFINITIVE: An infinitive is the base form of a verb, sometimes preceded by ‘to’. When the
infinitive is not preceded by ‘to’, it is usually referred to as the ‘bare infinitive’, or ‘base
form’of the verb. When preceded by ‘to’, it is usually referred to as a ‘full infinitive’, or as the
‘to infinitive.’ Infinitives are used after other verbs, adjectives or nouns, or as the object of a
sentence.
E.g.
I want to go home. (following the verb ‘want’)
She doesn’t let the children stay out late (the bare infinitive used after the verb ‘let’)
IRREGULAR: Something that is irregular does not follow the usual grammatical rules.E.g.
Irregular verbs that have a past tense and/or past participle that does not take the usual ‘-
ed’ ending, such as think/thought/thought, and see/saw/seen.
NOUN CLAUSE: A noun clause acts in the same way as a noun as the subject, or object of
a sentence.The words ‘that’, and ‘what’ are often used to introduce noun clauses. A noun
clause includes a subject and a predicate (including a verb.).
His boss wants to know what he has done with the money.
Following the main verb phrase ‘want to know’, ‘what’ introduces the noun clause, ‘he
has done with the money.’
NOUN PHRASE: A noun phrase is a group of words which act as a noun. A noun phrase
can be the subject, object or complement of a sentence.It contains a noun (or indefinite
pronoun) and modifiers (which distinguish it). The modifiers may come before, or after the
noun.
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E.g. I was searching for my cat. - This sentence contains a simple noun,’cat.
I was searching for my runaway cat. – This sentence contains a noun phrase,’runaway
cat’ – i.e. the noun ‘cat’, plus an adjective which describes it.
The dog was looking for a bird. – This sentence contains a simple noun, ‘bird’.
The dog was looking for a bird to eat. – This sentence contains the noun phrase, ‘bird
to eat.’
OBJECT: The object of a sentence is a noun or pronoun that usually comes after the verb in
active sentences. A direct object refers to the thing that is affected by the action of the verb.
An indirect object usually refers to a person who receives the direct object.
E.g. James bought a bouquet of flowers. – ‘bouquet of flowers’ is the direct object.
James bought a bouquet of flowers for me. – as well as the direct object, this sentence
includes the indirect object ‘me.’
PARTICIPLE: a word formed from a verb which can be used as an adjective. The two main
types of participles are the Present Participle, and the Past Participle. See Past Participle and
Present Participle below.
E.g. Having got settled in at the hotel, he went to explore the local area.
‘Having’ is the present participle introducing the clause - ‘ got settled in at the
hotel.’
PASSIVE (VOICE): The passive voice is the opposite of an active sentence. However,
active sentences are used more frequently than passive constructions. In an active sentence,
the subject of the sentence does the action, or is responsible for what happens.
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However, in a passive sentence, the subject becomes the person or thing affected by the
action. The object of an active sentence becomes the subject in a passive sentence.
N.B. The passive can be formed in any tense.Sentence 1 below is in the past simple tense.
Sentence 2 is in the past perfect tense, and sentence 3 is in the future simple tense.
The passive voice is used when we want to give importance to the object of an active
structure, or when we do not know the subject of the active construction.
PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE: (Also known as the past progressive tense.)This tense is
used to refer to an action which was in progress at a certain time in the past.
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PAST PARTICIPLE: A past participle is the third form of a verb (i.e. The verb found in the
third collumn in lists of irregular verbs – 1.Present simple ; 2.Past simple; 3.Past participle.)
It is the form of the verb used to form the perfect tenses, passive sentences, and can also
be used as an adjective. Regular verbs form the past participle by adding ‘-ed’ to the base
verb. Other past participle endings are : -d; -t; -en and –n.
E.g. He has gone home. – present perfect tense (past participle – gone)
The bag was stolen from the office. – passive construction (past participle – stolen)
PAST PERFECT TENSE: The past perfect tense is used to demonstrate that an action
occured before another action in the past.
E.g. I had finished the project before Mary joined the team.
In this sentence, both actions happened in the past.However, finishing the project was
the first action, and Mary joining the team was the later action.
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PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS TENSE: This tense is like the past perfect tense, however,
it refers to a longer past action which occurred before another action in the past.
E.g. I had been waiting for 40 minutes when the bus arrived.
PAST SIMPLE TENSE: The past simple tense refers to completed actions in the past.
PERSONAL PRONOUNS: Personal pronouns take the place of nouns.They can be the
subject of a sentence (subject pronouns), or the object of a sentence (object pronouns).
Singular Subject & Object Pronouns Plural Subject and Object Pronouns
PHRASAL VERB: A phrasal verb is a combination of a verb and another word or words.The
other words are usually adverbs and/or prepositions.Phrasal verbs are a type of multi-word
verb.They are most commonly used in informal spoken and written English.
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PHRASE: A phrase is two or more words that function together as a group, e.g. ‘in the
morning’, ‘the cute little dog.’
POSSESSIVE: A possessive is a form used to show possession, e.g. Penny’s (posessive case
‘s); my (possessive adjective); mine (possessive pronoun.)
whose (interrogative)
PREDICATE: Simply put, a predicate is the part of the sentence that is not the subject. It
makes a statement about the subject of the sentence, and includes a verb.
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‘John’s enthusiasm’ is the subject of the sentence. The remaining part of the sentence
is the predicate.
PRESENT PARTICIPLE: the –ing form of a verb.It is used to form continuous tenses, as an
adjective and as a gerund.
PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE: Also known as the present progressive tense. This tense
is used to describe actions that are happening at this moment (now), actions happening
around now and also to talk about scheduled plans for the future.
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PRESENT PERFECT TENSE: is used to talk about events that happened at an unspecified
time in the past. Specific time references are never used with this tense, e.g. I have visited
Sydney many times. We can say that in general this tense is used to refer to experiences,
changes and continuing situations.
4. To talk about change that has been happening over a period of time.
E.g. You have changed so much. / Your grades have improved.
PRESENT SIMPLE TENSE: This tense is used to describe habitual actions, regular or
permanent situations, and things that are always true.The verb ‘To Be’ in the present
simple tense is also used for situations that are general.The present simple tense can also be
used to refer to the future when talking about timetabled events.
A ball falls to the floor when it is thrown in the air as a result of gravity. – always true
N.B. For the third person singular, i.e. he/she/it, an ‘s’ is added to the verb.
E.g. She cooks every day.
I …………….. am French.
You ……….. are German.
He/she/It .. is Spanish.
We ………… are Turkish.
They ………. are Greek.
N.B. The auxilary verb ‘do’ is used in the formation of the question and negative forms in
the present simple tense.
E.g. Do you work here?
I don’t like coffee.
E.g. There are a few people here. (‘a few’ is used with countable nouns)
but….
There is a little wine left. (‘ a little’ is used with uncountable noun)
REFLEXIVE PRONOUN: A reflexive pronoun refers back to the subject of the clause, e.g. I
did it all by myself.(See Parts of Speech.)
RELATIVE CLAUSE: is used to give more information about something without having to
start a new sentence.The relative clause is introduced by the use of a relative pronoun and
gives additional information about a noun.The additional information introduced by the
relative clause acts like an adjective.
Sally, who I told you about yesterday, asked me to join her for lunch today.
Object Pronouns: If the relative pronoun is not followed by a verb, it is an object pronoun.
Relative adverbs (when, where, why) can be used instead of relative pronouns.
E.g. We stayed in the hotel where we had first met.
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Defining Relative Clause: The information given in the relative clause defines the
noun.Without this information, the remaining sentence is incomplete and is not
understandable.Defining relative clauses are not placed inside two commas.
E.g.That’s the lady whose house I painted this week.
Non-Defining Relative Clause: the information introduced by the relative pronoun does not
identify the noun – it is extra information.Without this information the remaining sentence
is complete in itself and is understandable.The non-defining relative clause is always placed
between two commas.
E.g. My sister, who broke her leg last week, is staying with us for a few weeks.
REPORTED SPEECH: Reported speech is used when we report what has been said
without literally repeating it word for word.There are many rules about forming reported
speech, but generally we can say that:
a clause.
- ‘Wh’questions use the verb ‘ask’ followed by the question word, then a clause. The
word order is the same as a positive statement, and no auxiliary verb is used.
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E.g.
‘I went in February’ – She said that she had gone in February. – change of pronoun
‘I will visit you next week’ – John said that he would visit me the following week.-
change of time reference
‘Jane is here.’ – My friend told me that Jane was there. – change of place reference
‘You should call her tonight.’ – He said that I should call her tonight. – no change of
the modal verb
‘Are you leaving?’ – My mum asked me whether I was leaving – Yes/no question
‘Where are you going?’ – He asked where I was going. – ‘Wh’ question
The superlative adjective is generally formed by placing ‘the’ before the adjective, and by
adding the suffix ‘est’ if it is a one-syllable adjective.However, if the adjective has more than
one syllable, ‘the most’ is used before the adjective.(For further rules about spelling and
irregular adjectives, consult a grammar reference.)
Irregular adjectives :
'good' becomes 'the best'
'bad' becomes 'the worst'
'far' becomes 'the furthest'
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Superlative Adverbs:
With adverbs ending in ‘ly’, the superlative is formed by adding ‘the most’ before the
adverb.
E.g. Keith drives the most carefully.
With adverbs whose form is the same as the adjective form, we use ‘the’ before the
adjective and add the ‘est’ suffix to the adverb , e.g. ‘fast’ becomes ‘the fastest’; ‘hard’
becomes ‘the hardest.’
E.g. Who works the hardest in your office?
3. Present Continuous 3.
7. Past Simple 7.
8. Past Continuous 8.
UNIT 2 MODULE 1
TASK 2: Write one example sentence for each of the following
NAME: structures. Place the target structures in brackets, e.g. I like
(Paris.)
1. Adjective 1.
2. Compound Adjective 2.
3. Comparative Adjective 3.
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4. Superlative Adjective 4.
5. Aderb of frequency 5.
6. Adverb of degree 6.
7. Coordinating Conjunction 7.
8. Interjection 8.
9. Countable Noun 9.
UNIT 2 MODULE 1
NAME:
1. Zero Condional 1.
2. First Conditional 2.
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3. Second Conditional 3.
4. Third Conditional 4.
TASK 4:
Transform the direct speech into reported Transform the reported speech into direct
speech. speech.
1. She asked me,’What time are you going to 4. He said that he had been to France when
go to work?’ he was a child.
Answer: Answer:
2. Paul asked,’Did you remember to buy the 5. She asked if I would like to go to the
bread?’ cinema the following day.
Answer: Answer:
3. ’I will call you tomorrow,’ John said to me. 6. Keith asked me if I liked him.
Answer: Answer: