REVIEW ON GRAMMAR AND COMPOSITION SKILLS
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REVIEW ON GRAMMAR
AND COMPOSITIO
N SKILLS
FORM CLASSES OR CONTENT WORDS
•These words can be inflected.•They have special forms—signals or characteristics of position and form, such as endings and the like which mark them off one from another.
FORM CLASSES OR CONTENT WORDS
•They are also called content words because they are used for things, actions, or qualities.
FORM CLASSES OR CONTENT WORDS
•These are NOUNS, VERBS,
ADJECTIVES, and ADVERBS.
FUNCTION OR STRUCTURE WORDS
•These are words whose forms or spellings do not change.•They have no meaning by themselves but they are used in utterances to signal grammatical relationship.
FUNCTION OR STRUCTURE WORDS
•These words are also called structure words because they tie up the four main form classes to give pattern or structure to the English language.
FUNCTION OR STRUCTURE WORDS
•These are PRONOUNS, PREPOSITIONS, CONJUNCTIONS, INTERJECTIONS, DETERMINERS, NUMERALS, and
AUXILIARIES.
Discuss the following terms briefly but precisely:
• Nouns•Number of Nouns •Gender of Nouns•Kinds of Nouns
Form small groups composed of five members each. A word will be posted on the board. Each group will form as many words as they can by unscrambling the letters of the given word. The group with the most number of unique words formed will be declared winner. You are given only three minutes for this activity.
CARPENTER
Noun is a part of speech that names
people, places, things, ideas, or concepts. It comes from the Latin word “nomen” that
means “name.”
Using suffixes to distinguish nouns,
verbs, adjectives, and adverbs
Noun
-age (stoppage) -ness (loveliness)-ce (hindrance) -or (actor)-cy (democracy) -ship (friendship)-dom (kingdom) -sy (leprosy)-ion (admission) -tion (creation)- ism (Hinduism) -ty (humility)-ity (clarity) -ure (seizure)-ment (argument)
Verb-ate (create)-er (transfer)-en (widen)-fy (pacify)-ize (maximize)
Adjective-able (capable)-al (tropical)-ant (distant)-ent (different)-ful (grateful)-ible (terrible)-ic (angelic)-less (countless)-ly (friendly)-ous (industrious)
Adverb
-ly (terribly) (carefully) (humbly)
Transformation from noun to
verb to adjective
Noun VerbBeauty BeautifyBrightness BrightenCreation CreateDifference DifferExcitement ExciteFriend BefriendObedience Obey
Noun AdjectiveBeauty BeautifulBrightness BrightCreation CreativeDifference DifferentExcitement ExcitedFriend FriendlyObedience Obedient
Transformations
from verbs to people nouns
Verb NounAct Actor/ActressBrag BraggartCopy CopyistSing SingerTranslate TranslatorTeach TeacherWrestle Wrestler
Transformations from concrete
people to abstract nouns
Concrete AbstractBishop BishopricCoward CowardiceFriend FriendshipKing KingdomMan ManhoodPhilosopher Philosophy
Agent vs Patient
Agent PatientEmployer EmployeeEvacuatorEvacueeExaminer ExamineeInterviewer IntervieweeNominator NomineePayer PayeeTrainer TraineeVendor Vendee
Change the following words into nouns.
1. Look 6. Dangerous2. Mold 7. Wonderful3. Industrious8. Wander4. Distance 9. Democratic5. Careful 10. Execute
Mark all the nouns in the following selection.
It is easy to meet the demands of high school life if a student knows how. First, he should like his teachers and adjust to their personalities and teaching styles. Second, he should manage his time effectively. Third, he should practice good study habits and positive attitudes. Finally, he should strengthen his determination, self-confidence, and self-mastery.