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Parts of speech In grammar, a part of speech is a linguistic category of words.
List of Parts of Speech Noun Pronoun Verb Adverb Adjective Preposition Conjunction Interjection
noun Definition Examples Usage
Noun A word used to refer to people, animals, objects, substances, states, events, ideas and feelings. Examples:Mrs . Tan (people) Dog (animal) Ball (object) Europe (place) Love (feeling)
Nouns can be classified into following categories: Common Nouns Proper Nouns Abstract Nouns Collective Nouns Countable Nouns Uncountable Nouns Possessive Nouns
Common Nouns It’s a name given to a group of similar things or persons. Example: Man, woman, country, city, airline, building, university, school etc. Mr. Uy , Mylene , Europe, Makati City, Philippine Airlines, Oxford University, Chinese International School
Proper Nouns It is the name of a person, place or thing in particular. In proper nouns, the first letter is always in capital . Example: He is visiting Spain this summer. The conference will be held in Shanghai . Thomas studied in Harvard University.
Abstract Nouns It is the name of a quality, action or state of a noun or we can say the name of something we can’t touch, smell, see or taste. Example: Mark is well known for his kindness . The childhood is a golden period of one’s life. The youth is a biggest strength of any nation
Abstract Nouns It is the name of something we can’t touch, smell, see or taste. Example: advice, information, kindness, goodness, discussions etc.
Collective Nouns A collective noun is a particular name given to the collection of persons, things taken together. Example: Family, Nation, Army, Association, Committee, Team, bunch etc.
Countable Nouns The things which can be counted. Examples : Book – it can be counted as a book, 2 books, many books etc. Other examples are dog, cat, animal, person, bottle.
Countable Nouns Note: We add “ s ” at the end of the countable noun to make it plural. Example:Singular Plural book book s chair chair s pen pen s
Uncountable Nouns These are the things which cannot be counted. Examples: Tea, Sugar, Water, Air, Rice, Coffee g rounds, Sand Note: they do not have plural form
Possessive Nouns Form of a noun expresses ownership or belonging. Example: This is Mike’s bike. This sentence shows that ‘ Mike ’ is the owner of the bike. Note: add apostrophe after a noun to make it possessive nouns.
Possessive Nouns Examples: These are men’s wear. She is Sarah’s mother. Are we going to Jack’s party? He is John’s friend. This is my sibling’s room.
Singular and Plural Nouns Singular = one, uses ‘a’ ‘an’ a ring an apple a dog an egg Plural = more than one or many t wo ring s five apple s t hree dog s six egg s
Singular Plural a bus two bus es a box three box es a watch four watch es a kiss five kiss es an ax six ax es
Drill: make the following words from singular to plural Singular Plural Church Brush Fox Dress Potato Tomato Volcano
Drill: make the following words from singular to plural Singular Plural Church Church es Brush Brush es Fox Fox es Dress Dress es Potato Potato es Tomato Tomato es Volcano Volcano es
Drill: Singular of Plural Two books Three classes A lion Six hats Seven matches One boat
Drill: Singular of Plural Two books Plural Three classes Plural A lion Singular Six hats Plural Seven matches Plural One boat Singular
Pattern of Singular and Plural Method: adding ‘ s ’ with singular Teacher – Teacher s Method: add ‘ es ’ for words ending in ‘o’ ‘x’ ‘ ch ’ ‘ sh ’ Box – Box es
Pattern of Singular and Plural Method: add ‘ s ’ for words ending in ‘ oo ’ Bamboo - Bamboo s Method: add ‘ s ’ for words ending in ‘y’ Boy - Boy s
Pattern of Singular and Plural Method: add ‘ es ’ after changing the ‘y’ into ‘i’ Lady - Ladi es Method: change the ‘f’ or ‘ fe ’ ending into ‘ v ’ and add ‘ es ’ Wife - Wi ves
Plural Method: no singular form s cissors, pants, pliers, tongs, tweezers
Singular Method: no plural form m easles, diabetes, aerobics, gymnastics, economics, mathematics, politics
Pattern of Singular and Plural Mango Catch Tomato Lash Box Crash Tax Match Watch
Pattern of Singular and Plural Stone Uncle Teacher Computer Chair Girl Goat Table
Pattern of Singular and Plural Bamboo Donkey Igloo Bay Cuckoo Way Boy Toy Day Key
Pattern of Singular and Plural Lady Wife Lorry Life Body Thief Berry Story Leaf
Subjective Pronouns I – Me He – boys She – girls It – place, animal, thing You – you We – other people and me They – many people
Subjective Pronouns Jenny sings. She sings. Jack sings. He sings. Jenny and Jack sing. They sing.
Subjective Pronouns The cat runs. It runs. The dog and cat run. They run. John runs. He runs.
Drill: Subjective Pronouns My students study. They study. John is handsome. He is handsome. Pizza is delicious. It is delicious.
Drill: Subjective Pronouns Makati is a city. It is a city. My parents love Suzy. They love Suzy. My parents and I love Suzy. We love Suzy.
Subjective Pronouns + Be verbs I am I’m He is He’s She is She’s It is It’s You are You’re We are We’re They are They’re
Contractions I’m a student. He’s a student. She’s a student. It’s a dog. You’re a student. We’re students. They’re students.
Drill: Make a short sentence I’m He’s She’s It’s You’re We’re They’re
Drill: Make a short sentence I’m He’s She’s It’s You’re We’re They’re
Drill: contract and supply the correct article in a sentence I am ( a, an ) girl. I am ( a, an) teacher. He is ( a, an) American. We are ( a, an) animal lover.
ESL Writing lessons Beginner Writing Lessons
UNIT 1 Sample Essay: “ My Hobby ” Sentence Pattern: Start/Stop verb + ing Practice adding “ ing ” to verbs after “start/stop/quit/begin” Start ing Quitt ing Stopp ing Beginn ing
Example My favourite hobby is playing drums. I spend a lot of free time playing drums. I started learning to play drums when I was 9 years old. I played in my school’s band. My parent’s bought me a drum set and I started practicing every day after schoo l.
Example My favourite hobby is _________. I spend a lot of free time playing ______. I started learning to play ______ when I was 9 years old. I played in my __________. My parent’s bought me a _______and I started practicing every day after schoo l.
Daily conversations Practicing daily conversations Pronunciation Speaks like a Native English Speakers
DAY 2: 20 English Conversation Greetings Dialogue Examples Hello! How are you? I am very good! It is nice to see you. It’s nice to see you too. See you later. See you, take care!
DAY 2: 20 English Conversation Sentences in the Market Examples 57. How much is this? 58. I want to buy fresh mangoes. 59. The lettuce is color green. 60. My basket is full of vegetables. 61. I go to the market early in the morning. 62. Milk from cow is the freshest in the market. 63. My mother told me to buy dried mango in the market. 64. How much for the kilo of dragon fruits. 65. Fresh produce is being sold to the market. 66. The farmers bring tons of pumpkins today. 67. Is there a cheaper onion?
DAY 2: 20 English Conversation Sentences in ordering in a fast food 68. Hi, can I get a kiddie meal? 69. I would like to order two burgers. 70. Can you add a large fries on the side? 71. I want my chicken to have extra chili please. 72. No garlic mayo in my burger please. 73. Can we get extra cold water? 74. One peach mango pie to go please. 75. Can I get a family sized spaghetti please. 76. One large coke float for here please. 77. I would like to follow up my orders. Thank you! 78. Two chicken bucket for take out please with extra gravy. Thank you!
DAY 2 : 20 English Conversation Sentences in ordering in a fast food 79. Can I get one orange juice drink less ice please. 80. I want to order a mashed potato with one piece chicken and a cold cola. 81. I would like to have Hawaiian and pepperoni pizza. 82. Can you make my pasta extra creamy? 83. I want to get a chao mien and dimsum for here please. 84. Can you please add another order of fries and coleslaw. 85. I have been waiting my order for almost half an hour already can you please follow up our order. Thank you.