1. Luleadey Tadesse English Writing Specialist The Writing Lab Student Learning Support Center

2. They are components of the English Language CONJUNCTIONS VERBS PRONOUNS NOUNS ADVERBS ADJECTIVES INTERJECTIONS PREPOSITIONS

4.  Nouns are used to name persons, animals, plants, places, things, substances, or ideas.  They are often indicated by definite and indefinite articles, ‘the’ ‘a’ and ‘an’.  the goat, the policeman, the bride, the certificate  a building, a train, a mountain  an airplane, an actor, an adapter

5. A noun can be:  A subject of a sentence.  Philip likes to ride a motorbike.  The chair is too high for me.  Direct object of a sentence.  Salma loves fruit.  The doctor gave some medicine to me.  Indirect object of a sentence  The coach gave a warning to Hassan.

6.  Anything unusual about these sentences?  Mrs. Hanson is texting because Mrs. Hanson loves texting.  Maria and Giovanni are hugging because Maria and Giovanni just met after the summer break.

7.  Pronouns are substitutes for nouns: He, she, it, they, we, you, I, me, her, him, them, etc.  They are used to avoid repetitions

8.  Subject pronouns: they indicate the ‘who’ or ‘what’ subject in a sentence. [before the verb]  Object pronouns: they are action recipients. [after the verb] Subject Pronouns Object PronounsExamples HeHimHe is funny! I like him. SheHerShe was just here; I’ve seen her. It It was a nice movie. I loved it. TheyThemThey are nice people but I never talked to them. IMe“I am happy that you love me”. You You didn’t hear but she was calling you. WeusWe bought a new house; it is now enough for all of us.

9. Put the pronouns in their right place in the sentences she my our they him it her us 1. Ahmed is kind. Everybody likes ________. 2. Some people like to be famous and _______ work hard for that. 3. That is _______ house over there; that’s where I live by myself; do you see ______? 4. I hope ______ doesn’t mind that I took _______ seat. 5. We don’t have classes next week. ________ teacher told _______ that he’ll be travelling.

10. 1. him 2. they 3. my, it 4. she, her 5. our, us

11.  They modify/describe a noun or a pronoun. They tell us what somebody or something is like. Beautiful, dutiful, determined, focused, big, white, expensive, exciting, etc.  They usually come before or close to a noun or a pronoun.  They bought an expensive house. [noun]  We went to a party; it was exciting! [pronoun]

12. Describe the photo: What do you see? What’s happening?

13.  Verbs are words that describe actions, feelings or states of being.  I take a bus to school every morning. [action]  Mustafa loves his wife dearly. [feeling]  Leila is upset after the accident. [state of being]

14. Put these verbs under the right category Wish play love eat want know wash dig sing enjoy think read ActionFeeling/State Eatknow

15. ActionFeeling/State EatKnow DigLove WashWish ReadEnjoy playThink SingWant

16.  They describe verbs, adjectives and other adverbs.  They are usually written closer to the words they describe [before or after].  Fatima immediately called the police.  The little girl ran quickly to her mother.  Hassan is extremely intelligent.  I saw her very briefly.  Many adverbs end in “ly”; however, there are some irregular adverbs such as ‘hard’ and ‘fast’ which do not have ‘ly’.

17. Fill in the blank spaces with the correct word new gives she carseriously Asma is a student at Qatar University. _____(1.) is majoring in Linguistics. Each morning, her friend ______(2.) her a ride to the university. Asma doesn’t have a _____ (3.) but she is planning to buy a _______ (4.) one this month. She is thinking about it _______ (5.).

18. 1. She 2. gives 3. car 4. new 5. seriously

19. Underline the adjectives and circle the adverbs (total of 8) We live in a big city called New York. I didn’t like it when we moved there 3 years ago; but I quickly realized that it was not bad at all. I got a scholarship immediately after I’ve applied at NY City University. I am now in my final year. Even though I am extremely busy with assignments and projects, I always make sure to spend a relaxing time with friends whenever I can.

20. Underline the adjectives and circle the adverbs (total of 8) We live in a big city called New York. I didn’t like it when we moved there 3 years ago; but I realized that it was not bad at all. I got a scholarship after I’ve applied at NY City University. I am now in my final year. Even though I am busy with assignments and projects, I always make sure to spend a relaxing time with friends whenever I can. quickly immediately extremely

21. Write what part of speech the underlined word is 1. I like dogs very much. _______ 2. Elena is very pretty. ______, ______, ______ 3. My city is big! ______, ______ 4. We fly to Dubai this summer. ______, ______ 5. That building is big and it is designed beautifully. ______, _____, ________

22. 1. verb 2. noun, adverb, adjective 3. pronoun, adjective 4. pronoun, verb 5. noun, pronoun, adverb

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