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This document defines and provides examples of various English grammar concepts including: 1. Finite verbs which have a subject, tense, and can be singular or plural. They may stand alone or use an auxiliary verb. 2. Compound nouns which are formed by joining two nouns. 3. Different types of pronouns such as personal, possessive, reflexive, interrogative, and demonstrative pronouns.

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English Term 1

This document defines and provides examples of various English grammar concepts including: 1. Finite verbs which have a subject, tense, and can be singular or plural. They may stand alone or use an auxiliary verb. 2. Compound nouns which are formed by joining two nouns. 3. Different types of pronouns such as personal, possessive, reflexive, interrogative, and demonstrative pronouns.

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Finite verbs – have a subject, a tense and are singular or plural.

Finite
verbs stand alone or comprise groups of words if an auxiliary verb is
required.
1. My parents grounded us yesterday.
2. The family adopted the Bull Terrier from the animal shelter.
3. Yesterday, she studied for her Mathematics test.
4. The learners eat their lunch under the trees.
5. Jessica buys the latest iPhone with her pocket money.
Compound nouns – when two nouns are joined to form a new noun.
E.g. book + shelf = bookshelf
dragon + fly = dragonfly
Types of pronouns p15 & p16
Personal pronoun – used to replace the names of people or things to
stop unnecessary repetition e.g. I,he,she,it,we,you,they
Possessive pronoun – used to indicate ownership e.g.
mine,yours,his,hers
Reflexive pronouns – words that reflex back on the subject or
personal pronoun e.g. ourselves, himself, themselves
Interrogative pronoun – used to ask questions e.g. what, who, when,
why, where and how. They are used at the beginning of a sentence,
and NEVER followed by a noun.
Demonstrative pronoun – used to identify someone or something
e.g. these, those, this and that. They are NEVER used directly next to
a noun.
THIS used to point out ONE person/subject close to you.
THAT used to point out ONE person/subject far from you.
THESE used to point out MORE THAN ONE person/subject close.
THOSE used to point out MORE THAN ONE person/object far.
Degrees of comparison p9
Positive Degree – The hippo is large. This sentence shows the use of
“large” in the positive degree.
Comparative Degree – when you compare the hippo to another
animal. E.g The hippo is larger than the pig. The hippo is more
intelligent than the pig.
*adding “er” to the end of the word
*adding “more” to the front of the word
Superlative Degree – when you compare the hippo to many animals.
E.g. The hippo is the largest one in the bunch. The hippo is the most
courteous animal of the group.
*adding “est” to the end of the word
*adding “most” to the front of the word
Personification – when an object has been given human qualities e.g.
*I could hear the wind whistling through the trees.
*The old car died on the side of the road.
*Bright flashes of lightning were dancing in the sky.
Punctuation mark functions – see page 25
Types of sentences p43
Statements: state a fact or idea and end in a full stop.
Questions: ask a question and end in a question mark.
Commands: command something, end in full stop of exclamation
mark
Exclamations: said with emotion like anger, joy, fear and end in an
exclamation mark
Idioms p27 – a saying or expression that contains a hidden meaning.
E.g. “forty winks” means to have a short nap
A fly in the ointment / it’s raining cat and dogs
To be in hot water / we had to start the project from scratch
Not my cup of tea / Kristin was green with envy
To have a green thumb / Milan’s performance swept everyone off
their feet / to be tickled pink
Adjectives p3-7 – describe or give more information about nouns
e.g. the brave man rescued the terrified boy from the rough water.
Attributive – adjective placed before the noun e.g. the shiny
spacesuit was made for the astronaut.
Predicative – adjective placed after the linking verb e.g. the
astronaut’s spacesuit is shiny.
Proper adjective – adjectives formed from the names of places
people and things come from e.g. German shepherd / Scottish terrier
Interrogative adjective – adjectives used to ask a question about a
noun, usually followed by a noun or pronoun like which, what and
whose e.g. Which dog is your favourite?
Demonstrative adjective – adjectives that point to things like this,
that, these and those. This adjective ALWAYS comes before the noun
it modifies.
Relative adjectives – adjective comes before a noun like which, what
and whose e.g. He didn’t tell me what suit he was going to wear.
Synonyms p43 – words that have a similar meaning
Mary wears a small hat / Tim met a strange little man / Milane is very
tiny
Antonyms p 44 – words that have opposite meaning to one another

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