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Today's schedule
Today is going to be challenging! 
Goals 
  • You can understand and use at least 10 words from the Glossary Book (Quizlet Cards set)
  • You can understand the basic word classes and answer questions about it. 
  1. Word classes part 1

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Word classes
Nouns
Articles
Pronouns
Prepositions
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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What should be different in this sentence? Write down the correct form of the words.
'They are a very rich family, because they have two house and three car.'

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Articles
In this case it is a type of word and not an article you can find in a newspaper...

You can find articles in front of nouns.
There are two types:

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Articles
Type 1 'the':
We use 'the' when we mean a specific thing (a noun).

'He uses the pen to write on the board.'

We use the article 'the' with all nouns.

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Articles
Articles
We use 'a/an' when we do not mean one specific thing, but it can be any kind of that thing.

'He uses a pen to write on the board.'
'She won an award for her performance.'




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Articles

We use the article 'a' when the noun starts with a consonant.

a ball
a table
a car
Consonants

b
d
p
j
h
t

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Articles

We use the article 'an' when the noun starts with a vowel.

an egg
an apple
an award
Vowels

a
i
u
e
o

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Practice
I have sent you an exercise via Google Classroom about articles. Please finish that exercise within the next 5 minutes.


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Pronouns
Subject pronouns:

I
you
he
she
it
we
you
they
Pronouns
Object pronouns:

me
you
him
her
it
us
you 
them


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Pronouns
1. Pronouns as the subject of a sentence.

I like your dress.
You are late.
He is my friend.
It is raining.
She is on holiday.
We live in England.
Pronouns
2. Pronouns as the object of a sentence.

I can see you.
She doesn't like him.

3. Pronouns after prepositions.

She is waiting for me.
Give it to him.







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Which words are the pronouns in this sentence?
'I likes to play games with him.'
A
likes / him
B
I / him
C
play / games
D
I / with

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Practice
I have sent you an exercise via Google Classroom about prepositions. Please finish that exercise within the next 5 minutes.
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Prepositions
Prepositions usually come in front of nouns and pronouns.


I get up early in the morning.
John is waiting for her.

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Prepositions
There are A LOT of prepositions in English. The best way to study them is to look them up in a dictionary or by reading a lot of English.

Here are 10 of the most common prepositions:

of / in / to / for / with / on / at / from / by / about

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Which of these words are prepositions?

'After the plane crashed into the water, he found himself on a tropical island.'
A
after / into / on
B
crashed / found
C
he / himself
D
plane / water / island

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Practice
I have sent you an exercise via Google Classroom about Prepositions- Please finish that exercise within the next 5 minutes.
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You made it....... For now!
We have reached the end of part 1!  🎉
Tomorrow we will continue to work on the last few word classes. 

There is no homework for tomorrow! But I will send the keys to today's exercises to you via Google Classroom, so you can check them on your own at home.

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Welcome back!
Ready for part 2 of 'word classes'?

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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 / to
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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Practice
I have sent you an exercise on adjectives. Please finish it within the next 5 minutes.

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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 beatifully.
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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Practice
Yet another email! Please finish the exercises.

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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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