... from adjectives and from common nouns Thus, (1) prudence from prudent, height from high, redness fromred, stupidity from st upid, etc.; (2) peerage from peer, childhood from child,mastery from ... (2) Derived from verbs by changing the ending or adding a suffix: motion from move, speech from speak, theftfrom thieve, action from act, servic e from serve Caution (3) Derived from verbs by ... words that were formed from the feminine:— Bridegroom, from Old English brȳd-guma (bride's man) The r in groom has crept in from confusion with the word groom Widower, from the weakening of the...
... through lessons is one of the most appropriate approaches This approach can help students find studying English grammar more easily Thus, in the present study, the writer has an intention of proving ... that through the results of this action research, she could help her own students increase their motivation in studying grammar to improve their learning And then, she herself could improve her ... results of the pre-test and the post-test were compared From this, the students’ motivation in grammar learning could be revealed through the improvement of the students’ grammar retention After that,...
... Most Common Usage Problems 77 Top Trouble Spots in Writing Most Common Grammar and Usage Errors Most Common Sentence Errors Most Common Spelling Errors Most Common Punctuation Errors Most Common ... account Pronouns A pronoun is a word used in place of a noun or another pronoun Pronouns help you avoid unnecessary repetition in your writing and speech A pronoun gets its meaning from the noun ... proper adjectives, compound adjectives, articles, and indefinite adjectives Common adjectives describe nouns or pronouns strong man green plant beautiful view Proper adjectives are formed from...
... class - Controll and correct their pronunciation - Practice in the class Production (10) Realia drill - T points to real things in and around the - Look at the things and answer the classroom and ... the number from to and introduce their names II Language content - Vocabulary: numbers (0 5) - Grammar: introduce yourself III Teaching aids Textbook, posters, word cues, picture IV Procedure Warm ... cardinal numbers from to 100 Count things in the room using plural nouns and how to pronouce /s/, /z/, /iz/ II Language content - Vocabulary: Numbers - Grammar : Plural nouns / How to pronounce /s/,...
... Most Common Usage Problems 77 Top Trouble Spots in Writing Most Common Grammar and Usage Errors Most Common Sentence Errors Most Common Spelling Errors Most Common Punctuation Errors Most Common ... account Pronouns A pronoun is a word used in place of a noun or another pronoun Pronouns help you avoid unnecessary repetition in your writing and speech A pronoun gets its meaning from the noun ... proper adjectives, compound adjectives, articles, and indefinite adjectives Common adjectives describe nouns or pronouns strong man green plant beautiful view Proper adjectives are formed from...
... tomorrow 3) I ………… to the library to borrow some books this weekend 11 PROGRESSIVE and PERFECT TENSE Progressive Tense The progressive tense involves action that is, was, or will be in progress ... ENGLISH The pronoun I This country is where I dreamed of The first letter of a proper noun (specific name) David wants to play soccer with us This letter is from Chang I graduated from the University ... tense is divided into simple, progressive, perfect, and perfect progressive tenses Simple Present Progressive Perfect Perfect Progressive finish am/is/are finishing have/has finished have/has...
... Kirsty, the students should A approach th e ir project from the perspective suggested by Dr Jones B make the project less general than Dr Jones suggested C expand the project and make it more general ... urther inform ation My brother kicked the ball Roles w ithin the fam ily are becoming flexible in m odern society Subject = brother Verb = kick Object = bait Subject = Roles within the family ... to read through your w ork and check fo r errors W rite about the follow ing topic: " The education you receive from your fam ily is more im portant than the education you receive from school."...
... daintily) get married (tomorrow, here) Encourage students to be adventurous in their choice a singing f swallow b swim g laughed c cook h shouted d read i will go e drove j fell sick My sister ... Students are provided with a short passage to which they add appropriate adverbs Passages can be chosen at the students’ level, for example young students might have a selection from Thomas the ... adverbs tell us when the action of the verb does or does not occur For example: tomorrow, never The show is on tomorrow I have never been to the show Adverbs of place (‘where’ adverbs) These tell...
... Confused Double Negatives Other Errors iv 175 177 181 185 189 189 190 191 CONTENTS Problems with Pronouns Personal Pronouns Indefinite Pronouns Possessive Pronouns Problems with Punctuation End Punctuation ... The Comma Quotation Marks Punctuating Titles Problems with Capitalization In Letters In Quotations First Words Proper Nouns and Proper Adjectives Problems with Spelling Frequently Misspelled Words ... temperature dropped suddenly Has the plane landed? Has landed Under the tree lay many rotting apples dropped suddenly Under the tree lay PA R T S O F S P E E C H Has our teacher recovered from the...
... ‘s pronounced es’ (or ‘is’) is often used in speech but in writing it is proper to use the apostrophe alone, as with plurals For example: The Jones’ Mercedes Avoiding confusion The apostrophe ... of the apostrophe MBA’s, PhD’s, BBQ’s, do’s and don’t’s, dot your i’s (this would say ‘is’ without the apostrophe) Checklist: apostrophes Students should now be able to use the apostrophe for: ... in the wrong place can result in misunderstanding and embarrassment Choose an appropriate time to point this out, using examples such as the following: The car rolled about 100 metres from the...
... learnt, including apostrophes 91 A C 14 Subject and predicate Definition: The word ‘subject’ is from Latin sub meaning ‘under’ and ‘ject’ from jacere to throw – hence thrown under The subject ... adverb h You (understood) pronoun i We pronoun j You pronoun sits here verb adverb Don’t (do not) forget your homework verb adverb verb adjective noun had *sausage rolls today verb noun adverb ... by J.K Rowling,” answered Julie 89 90 G RAMMA R FOR EV ERY ONE Some modern texts choose to use these marks the opposite way round, as in ‘My favourite book is “The Goblet of Fire”, by J.K Rowling,’...
... conj pronoun pron interjection interj adjective adj exclamation excl adverb adv subject subj article art predicate pred Objects – direct and indirect 15 Definition: The word ‘object’ is from Latin ... sister cooked pancakes A noun or pronoun following a preposition is called its object For example: It flew through the air The air is the object of the preposition ‘through’ A 15.1 Activities: direct ... j That puppy chewed up Dad’s slippers a Provide students with a list of suitable words from which they make sentences, choosing a subject and a verb from the list, for example: hammer, Olivia,...