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ACADEMIC STUDIES
ENGLISH
Support Materials and Exercises
for
GRAMMAR: PART I
FALL 1998
Parts of Speech
PARTS OF SPEECH
ACADEMIC ENGLISH
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The following persons have contributed to the development of this learning material:
Content and Structure:
Curriculum Developer(s)
Leslie Childs .................English Curriculum Content Expert
New Brunswick Community College .......... Bathurst
Project Supervision/Co-ordination:
Angela Acott-Smith ............Project Co-ordinator
New Brunswick Community College ....... Woodstock
Kay Curtis ...................Literacy Co-ordinator
New Brunswick Community College ....... Woodstock
This document is available full-text on the World Wide Web thanks to
the National Adult Literacy Database.
The financial support for this learning materials project was provided by
the
of
.
Fall 1998
This support module may be used with BAU-ENG 6.5,Parts of Speech, and IAU-
ENG 2.1 Parts of Speech.
BAU-ENG 6.5
PARTS OF SPEECH
OBJECTIVE
Upon successful completion of this unit, the learner will be able to
1. identify the eight parts of speech in simple sentences.
2. explain the function of each part of speech.
TEACHING POINTS
Level
Noun
1 common and proper
3/4
2 singular and plural
3/4
3 possessive nouns (with ‘s)
3/4
4 used to name people, places, things
3/4
Pronoun
5 personal, indefinite, interrogative
3/4
6 use to replace nouns
3/4
Verb
7 identify verbs and verb phrases (e.g. walk, walks, walked,
3/4
8 is walking, has walked, has been walking, etc .)
3/4
9 singular and plural forms of “to be” (present, past, future)
3/4
10 singular and plural forms of “to have” (present, past, future)
3/4
11 use of basic verb tenses (past, present, future)
3/4
12 principal parts of common irregular verbs
3/4
13 uses to express action and state of being
3/4
Adjective
14 used to describe nouns and pronouns
3/4
15 comparison of adjectives
5/6
16 use of “er” ending to compare two things
5/6
17 use of “est” ending to compare two or more things
5/6
18 use of “more” and “most” with longer adjectives
5/6
19 comparison of irregular adjectives e.g. good, better, best
5/6
Adverb
20 used to describe verbs: where, why, when, how, how much
3/4
21 usually end in “ly”
3/4
22 comparison of adverbs: e.g. quickly, more quickly, most
5/6
quickly
Preposition
23 used to show space and time relationship between nouns
5/6
Conjunction 24 used to join complete thoughts
5/6
Interjection 25 used to express surprise, horror, or other strong emotions
3/4
Learners should be encouraged to use their own writing as well as traditional exercises to
identify parts of speech.
IAU-ENG 2.1
PARTS OF SPEECH
OBJECTIVES
Upon successful completion of this unit, the learner will be able to
1. identify the eight parts of speech in written and oral communications..
2. describe the function of each part of speech.
TEACHING POINTS
Lev
el
Nouns
1 Types: common & proper
7
(naming)
2 concrete & abstract
7
3 singular & plural
7
4
possessive (with boy’s, boys’ and Charles’
7
Pronoun
5 Types: personal (gender, number, person, case)
7
(naming)
6
interrogative, indefinite
7
7 reflexive, reciprocal, demonstrative, emphatic
8
8 relative
8/9
Verb
9 Type: action & linking
7
(stating:
action/existence)
10 helping (auxiliary) & main = verb phrase
7
11 active & passive voice
9
12 Principal parts: regular & irregular
7
13
Tense: simple (past, present, future)
7
14
perfect (past, present, future)
7
15
progressive (past, present, future)
7
16
perfect progressive (past, present, future)
8
Adjective
17 Types: common & proper
7
(describing)
18 demonstrative
7
19 articles (a, an, the)
7
20 Comparison of adjectives: regular and irregular
7
Adverb
21 Types: regular (“ly”) & irregular
7
(describing)
22 negative (e.g. not, never); quantitative (e.g.
7
23 Comparison of adverbs: regular & irregular
7
Preposition(joining)
24 Types: simple & compound (e.g. in/in front of)
7
Conjunction(joining)
25 Types: co-ordinate (and, but, or, nor, for, yet, so)
7
26 correlative (either/or, neither/nor, not only/but also)
7
27 conjunctive adverb (e.g. therefore, thus, etc.)
7
28 subordinate conjunction: (e.g. because, if, when,
8/9
29 relative pronoun (e.g. that, which, who, etc.)
9
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