Teach English in Sirhind Fatehgarh Sahib - TEFL Courses

In this unit I learned about the different parts of speech that are used to create a sentence. Nouns can be divided into common nouns (ex. book, table), proper nouns (ex. japan, Steve), compound nouns (ex. snowboard, textbook), abstract nouns (ex. love, hate), and collective nouns (ex. flock, family). Nouns can also be divided into countable and uncountable nouns. Uncountable nouns cannot be made into plural form, while countable nouns can. Adjectives are used to describe other words in the sentence. The general rule for the order of adjectives is size, age, color, material. Comparative adjectives are used to establish a relationship between to things (ex. Bob is smarter than Joe), while superlative adjectives are used to define one person in a category (ex. Bob is the smartest). Infinite articles (a/an) refer to any member of a group, while definite articles (the) refer to a particular noun. The zero article is a noun referring to something in the general sense. Transitive verbs are verbs that are followed directly by an object. Intransitive verbs are verbs that cannot be directly followed by an object. Sometimes a verb can be both transitive and intransitive. An infinitive verb is the to~ form of a verb. A verb can be divided into four principal forms; base form, past simple, past participle, and present participle. Auxiliary verbs are used with present/past participle or infinitives of other verbs to form different expressions. Adverbs add meaning to verbs. The main types are manner, place, time, degree, and frequency. Adverbs go after the object of a transitive verb, or immediately after an intransitive verb. Adverbs of frequency are placed between the subject and verb or between the auxiliary verb and verb of in a sentence. The general rule for the order of multiple adverbs in a sentence is place, manner, time. Gerunds are the ~ing form of a verb used as a noun. Pronouns are words used instead of more precise nouns. They can be divided into personal pronouns, possessive pronouns, reflexive pronouns, and relative pronouns. Prepositions show the relationship between a noun or pronoun and another word. They can be categorized by time/Date, movement, and place/position. Conjunctions join words of the same class (ex. and, but, neither~nor), or join clauses of sentences (ex. as, Before, because). As someone who grew up in an English speaking country, I was never really taught the different parts of speech. Usually when learning your first or native language, you never really stop to think about what each word in a sentence represents, since you can usually form sentences without thinking about the grammar part of it. However, when learning a second language, grammar is something that can't be ignored. It is probably one of the most challenging parts of learning any language.