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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!

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Word classes
Nouns
Verbs
Adjectives
Adverbs

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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.

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Nouns can be singular.

car
desk
boy
girl

boss
bus



Nouns can be plural.

cars
desks
boys
girls
BUT...
bosses
buses

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Which of these words are nouns?
The dog was chasing the cat around the house
A
chasing / around / house
B
was / chasing / cat
C
dog / cat / house
D
the / the / the

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What is the plural of the word 'bush'?
A
bushs
B
bushes

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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.

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

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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.

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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.


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

So, adverbs are not the same as adjectives!




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Adverbs
Adverb - verb
He drives quickly.
She sang beautifully.
They worked nicely.

How to form an adverb:
adjective + -ly

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Adverbs
Adverb - adjective
The extremely beatiful house.

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Is 'extremely' an adjective or an adverb?

'She is extremely beautiful.'
A
adjective
B
adverb

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Is 'fast' an adjective or an adverb?

'She is an extremely fast worker.'
A
adjective
B
adverb

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Is 'easy' an adjective or an adverb?

'These questions are easy.'
A
adjective
B
adverb

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Is 'really' an adjective or an adverb?

'My brother drives really well.'
A
adjective
B
adverb

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