nouns, adjectives and adverbs for athens
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PARTS OF SPEECH
NOUNS?ADJECTIVES?
ADVERBS?
NOUNS -Basically, nouns are words, which name
persons, places, things, creatures, ideas. Ex: Jasline, Multimedia University, Melaka,
monsters, beauty.
COMMON NOUNS Names of persons and things:
PROPER NOUNS NAMES for SPECIFIC People/ Places MUST BEGIN WITH CAPITAL LETTERS
ABSTRACT NOUNS NAME things that cannot be TOUCHED or
seen, perhaps an idea. Ex: happiness, beauty, peace, love, anger,
bravery, advice, pride, wisdom.
COUNTABLE NOUNS = CAN be counted
UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS= CANNOT BE COUNTED
COUNTABLE OR UNCOUTABLE? Dollar/Money Song/music Suitcase/luggage Table/furniture Battery/electricity Bottle/wine Report/information Tip/advice Journey/travel Job/work View/scenery
Changing Singular Nouns to Plural Nouns
Most of the time, + s Ex: girl= girls, boy= boys, cane=canes
Sometimes, we +es if the noun ends with –s,-ss,-x,-ch,-sh
Ex: beach= beaches, box=boxes Dish=dishes, boss=bosses
IRREGULAR PLURAL NOUNS man=men Foot=feet Goose=geese Mouse=mice Tooth=teeth Woman=women
Irregular Nouns police= police 1 deer= 2 deer 1 Fish= 2 fish Offspring=offspring 1 Sheep= 2 sheep 1 Species= 2 species Cattle= cattle
Sometimes, if the noun ends with:
1. Consonant + y then remove y and +ies Ex: city = cities, baby = babies
2. Vowel + y then just add –s Ex: Boy= boys, key= keys
3. If with –f/fe, then + ves
Ex: Wife = wives, knife=knives
POSSESSIVE NOUNS To show owners, just put ‘s Ex: Jasline’s car, Jason’s wives. Singular owner, then ‘s Ex: A boy’s room, A cat’s bones. Many owners, then s’ Ex: many boys’ bags, many doctors’
patients.
INDEFINITE PRONOUNS Indefinite pronouns are words which replace
nouns and you do not know WHO. Ex: someone is waiting outside. You know a person is outside but you do not know
who…
OTHER EXAMPLES OF INDEFINITE PRONOUNS
Singular: another, anybody, anyone, anything, each, either, everybody, everyone, everything, little, much, neither, nobody, no one, nothing, one, other, somebody, someone, something
REMEMBER:
Singular indefinite pronouns take singular verbs or singular personal pronouns.
Correct: Each of the members has one vote. (The subject, each, is singular. Use has.)
Someone is following me! Someone ARE following me! THIS IS WRONG!!! After single
indefinite pronoun, 100% use SINGULAR VERBS
ADJECTIVES WORDS THAT DESCRIBE A NOUN OR
PRONOUN:
An angry dog, a frozen man, an excited cat, a messy room, a hot day.
ADVERBS An adverb gives us more information on
VERBS.
~ normally, adverbs have –ly behind it… An adverb tells us the manner/way, time, place
or answers questions such as "how," "when," "where," "how often“ an ACTION happens.
Ex: She finished her homework quickly. (How did she finish her homework? ~quickly(adverb)
Ex: Adverb of Manner. HOW ACTION IS DONE… His mother screamed angrily at him after
looking at his result .
The doctor checked the pregnant lady carefully
Adverb of time. WHEN??Includes: early, never, now, often, soon, then, today, tomorrow He spoke cheerfully to his dad on the phone this morning.
Adverb of place. WHERE???include; abroad, anywhere, here, outside, somewhere,
there, underground, upstairs ...
The lecturer was held there.
Adverbs of degree - answer the question How much? USE TO MODIFY ADJECTIVES
includes: almost, entirely, little, much, rather, very, too I am too tired to play tennis tonight.
Adverbs of frequency - answer the question How often?
Includes: always, never, usually, frequently, sometimes, occasionally
She always goes for classes alone.
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