2. Talking about word classes
•What are the different ones?
•How can you recognise them
easily?
•Do they come before or after
certain other word classes?
3. Word classes
• Noun – person place or thing (after an adjective / before
or after a verb)
• Adjective – describes a noun (before a noun)
• Verb – describes an action (After a noun)
• Adverb – gives more information about a verb / adjective.
• Preposition – describes the relationship between two
nouns
4. Toy story
In the second half of the (0) .................. (TWENTY) century, toys like model
cars and Barbie dolls made the perfect gift for young children. Most of these
toys were played with until they fell apart, but others were looked after very
(25) ……………....... (CAREFUL) by children who were more interested in building a
(26) ……………..... (COLLECT) Today most of these toys belong to adults and some
have become valuable antiques
Barbie has been popular with girls since she made her first (27) ……………..
(APPEAR) in toy shops over fifty years ago. She has been sold in hundreds of
different fashionable (28) ………………...... (FIT) as well as the clothes suitable
for a (29) ……………........ (VARY) of professions including secretary, flight
attendant and astronaut. Today (30) ............................ (FULL) clothed Barbies
are sold for hundreds of dollars, the most expensive being those in
(31) ………………....... (DAMAGED) condition, with their original packaging and
accessories
If you're interested in starting a toy collection, another good (32) …………........
(INVEST) are Japanese battery-operated robots of the 1960s. Although not
very (33) ......................... (IMPRESS) by today's standards, some of these toys
are now very rare. If they are in full (34) ...........................(WORK) order, they
can cost thousands of dollars.
5.
6. Toy story
In the second half of the (0) .................. (TWENTY) century,
toys like model cars and Barbie dolls made the perfect gift for
young children. Most of these toys were played with until they
fell apart, but others were looked after very (25) …………….......
(CAREFUL) by children who were more interested in building a
(26) ……………..... (COLLECT). Today most of these toys belong to
adults and some have become valuable antiques
adjective
adverb
noun
7. Barbie has been popular with girls since she made her first
(27) …………….. (APPEAR) in toy shops over fifty years ago. She
has been sold in hundreds of different fashionable
(28) ………………...... (FIT) as well as the clothes suitable for
a (29) ……………........ (VARY) of professions including secretary,
flight attendant and astronaut. Today (30) ............................
(FULL) clothed Barbies are sold for hundreds of dollars, the
most expensive being those in (31) ………………....... (DAMAGED)
condition, with their original packaging and accessories
noun
noun
noun
adverb
adjective
8. If you're interested in starting a toy collection, another
good (32) …………........ (INVEST) are Japanese battery-
operated robots of the 1960s. Although not very (33)
......................... (IMPRESS) by today's standards, some of
these toys are now very rare. If they are in full (34)
...........................(WORK) order, they can cost thousands of
dollars.
noun
adjective
adjective
9.
10. Toy story
In the second half of the (0) .................. (TWENTY) century,
toys like model cars and Barbie dolls made the perfect gift for
young children. Most of these toys were played with until they
fell apart, but others were looked after very (25) …………….......
(CAREFUL) by children who were more interested in building a
(26) ……………..... (COLLECT). Today most of these toys belong to
adults and some have become valuable antiques
twentieth
carefully
collection
11. Barbie has been popular with girls since she made her first
(27) ……………........ (APPEAR) in toy shops over fifty years ago.
She has been sold in hundreds of different fashionable
(28) ………………...... (FIT) as well as the clothes suitable for
a (29) ……………........ (VARY) of professions including secretary,
flight attendant and astronaut. Today (30) ............................
(FULL) clothed Barbies are sold for hundreds of dollars, the
most expensive being those in (31) ………………....... (DAMAGED)
condition, with their original packaging and accessories
appearance
fittings
variety
fully
undamaged
12. If you're interested in starting a toy collection, another
good (32) …………........ (INVEST) are Japanese battery-
operated robots of the 1960s. Although not very (33)
......................... (IMPRESS) by today's standards, some of
these toys are now very rare. If they are in full (34)
...........................(WORK) order, they can cost thousands of
dollars.
investment
impressive
working
