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Basic English Grammar


Basic
Md. Abdul Kader English Grammar
Assistant Professor
Department of English Lesson: 01
Cambrian School & College

Mobile: +8801715447430
Email : [email protected]

By the • Language
end of • Grammar
the • English Grammar In order to express the thought of
lesson • Alphabet the mind, the meaningful sound
students • Letter
will be • Types of letter which we utter through the vocal
able to • Word
say • Syllable
cord is called Language.
about… • Types of syllable

Grammar is the system and


structure of a language.
English grammar is the way in
Or, which meanings are encoded into
wordings in the English language.
Grammar is the way we arrange
words to make proper sentences.

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An alphabet is a set of letters


usually presented in a fixed order
In English alphabet consists of 26
which is used for writing the words
letters.
of a particular language or group of
languages.

The letter alone has no meaning.


A letter is a symbol usually written
But if it is attached to another letter,
or printed representing a speech
becomes a word with a meaning,
sound and constituting a unit of an
e.g. (B) meaningless, (E)
alphabet.
meaningless, but (BE) is verb to be.

Letters

According to the shape the letter is Capital Letters Small Letters


two kinds. They are-
A BCD abcd

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ABCDEFGHIJKL

abcdef ghijklm
MNOPQRSTUVW
nopqrstuvwxyz

XYZ

Letters
According to the pronunciation the
letter also is two kinds. They are-
Vowel Consonant

A vowel is a syllabic speech sound


pronounced without any stricture in
There are five vowels in English
the vocal tract.
Language. They are-
Or,
A, E, I, O,U
A vowel is a speech sound made
with your mouth fairly open.

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A consonant is a letter of the alphabet


that represents a basic speech sound There are twenty one consonant in
produced by obstructing the breath in English Language. They are-
the vocal tract.

Or, B,C,D,F,G,H,J,K,L,M,N,P,Q,R,S,T,V,
A consonant is a sound made with your W,X,Y,Z
mouth fairly closed.

Semi-vowel is a speech sound that


has the articulation of a vowel but As “W & Y” are used both as
that is shorter in duration and is consonant and vowel, these two are
treated as a consonant in called semi-vowel.
syllabication.

When “W & Y” are used at the


The letter <w> is usually a consonant.
beginning of the words, they act as
It is a vowel only when it teams up with an
consonant. <a>, <e>, or <o> to spell a single sound—as

When “W & Y” are used either in the words draw, few, and low.

So the letter <w> is a vowel only in the two-


middle or end of the words, they act
letter teams <aw>, <ew>, and <ow>.
as vowel.

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The letter <Y> is usually a consonant.


When some letters sit side by side
<Y> is considered to be a vowel if the word and give a meaning, it is called
has no other vowel i.e. gym, my, why, by, dry, word.
cry .

<Y> is at the end of a word or syllable i.e.


Example:
candy, deny, bicycle, acrylic, happy, mystic.
do, man, girl, woman etc.

A syllable is a single, unbroken


sound of a spoken (or written) A syllable contains at least one or
word. more than one vowel. Without vowel
Example: the division of syllable is not

Ex-ce-llent, ad-ver-tise-ment, au-to- possible.

bi-o-gra-phy

The syllable are four kinds. They are-


Mono-syllable: The word which
 Mono-syllable
contains only one syllable is called
 Di- syllable
mono-syllable.
 Tri-syllable
Example: Ant, Boy, Cat, Dog, Pen etc.
 Poly-syllable

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Tri-syllable: The word which contains


Di-syllable: The word which contains
three syllables is called tri-syllable.
two syllables is called di-syllable.

Example: Edu-ca-tion, Beau-ti-ful,


Example: Fa-ther, mar-ket, Eng-lish,
Trans-la-tion, Oc-to-ber, con-di-tion
Bas-ket, etc.
etc.

Poly-syllable: The word which contains


Answer the question of
more than three syllables is called
this link.
Poly-syllable. https://www.howmanysy
Example: Ad-mi-nis-tra-tion, Com-pre- llables.com/english_gra
mmar/quizzes/syllable_
hen-sion, Exa-mi-na-tion, Ex-hi-bi-tion, quiz
Com-ver-sa-tion, Pre-po-si-tion etc.

A word file has been


given to complete as
home work.

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