Before unit 1 - Wk 42 - Word Classes

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 1

Welcome back!

Today's schedule

• We will collect the English File book, please cover it in the holidays.
• Word classes: Nouns-Verbs-Adjectives-Adverbs
• Activity

Bring Kensuke's Kingdom to school on Friday!

Word classes

Nouns

Verbs

Adjectives

Adverbs

Nouns

A noun is a thing (almost any thing you can think of) and nouns are the basic building blocks of sentences. 

These things can be:

 a person - Mary can be very noisy.

an animal - The cat slept all day.

a place - Amsterdam is a great city.

an idea - Love is very important.

Nouns can be singular.

car

desk

boy

girl

boss

bus

Nouns can be plural.

cars

desks

boys

girls

BUT...

bosses

buses

Which of these words are nouns?
The dog was chasing the cat around the house

1. chasing / around / house
2. was / chasing / cat
3. dog / cat / house
4. the / the / the

What is the plural of the word 'bush'?

1. bushs
2. bushes

Verbs

A verb is a word of 'action'! So a verb always says something about what someone or something is doing.

• He works every day.
• She played football when she was young.
• I play video games when I come home from school.

Which words are the verbs in this sentence?
'I am happy that I can go to school every day.'

1. am / I / go
2. can / go / every
3. am / can / go
4. am / happy / school

Adjectives

Remember nouns?

An adjective is a word that says something about a noun.

The adjective can come before a noun:

He was eating the tasty soup.

The adjective can come after the verb:

The soup is tasty.

Adjectives

An adjective only comes after the verb when it is a linking verb or a form of 'to be'.

Linking verbs: to feel, to taste, to smell, etc.

The cow is happy.

Driving is faster than walking.

It looks strange.

Adverbs

Adverbs are words that say something about a verb, an adjective or another adverb.

So, adverbs are not the same as adjectives!

Adverbs

Adverb - verb

He drives quickly.

She sang beautifully.

They worked nicely.

How to form an adverb:

adjective + -ly

Adverbs

Adverb - adjective

The extremely beatiful house.

Is 'extremely' an adjective or an adverb?

'She is extremely beautiful.'

1. adjective
2. adverb

Is 'fast' an adjective or an adverb?

'She is an extremely fast worker.'

1. adjective
2. adverb

Is 'easy' an adjective or an adverb?

'These questions are easy.'

1. adjective
2. adverb

Is 'really' an adjective or an adverb?

'My brother drives really well.'

1. adjective
2. adverb