2. Parts of speech
Nouns represent
a person e.g. student,
a place e.g. France,
a thing e.g. coffee,
an activity e.g. football,
a quality or idea e.g. courage,
Key: a ..., an ... , the ..., some ..., a few ..., a fantastic...
3. Verbs describe
an action or experience e.g. come
state e.g. see
Key: can ..., must ..., should ..., have ...,
Adjectives describe
a noun e.g. happy holidays
Key: a ... day (noun)
Pronoun is used instead of a noun or noun phrase,
such as 'he' instead of 'Peter' or 'the man'
Preposition is a word that is used before a noun,
pronoun, or gerund to show place, time, direction
etc.
4. Adverb is a word that adds to the meaning of a
verb, an adjective, another adverb, or a whole
sentence, such as 'slowly' in 'He ran slowly', 'very'
in 'It's very hot', or 'naturally' in 'Naturally, we want
you to come.‘
Key: ran (verb, except be) ...,
Determiner is a word that is used before a noun in
order to show which thing you mean. In the phrases
'the car' and 'some cars', 'the' and 'some' are
determiners
Linking word is a word such as ’but’, ’and’, or
’while’ that connects phrases or parts of sentences
[= conjunction]
5. What word classes do the following words
belong to?
1) an noun
2) soccer pronoun
3) hot verb
4) slowly preposition
5) us determiner
6) however adverb
7) speak adjective
8) into linking word
6. What word classes do the following words
belong to? KEY
1) an noun
2) soccer pronoun
3) hot verb
4) slowly preposition
5) us determiner
6) however adverb
7) speak adjective
8) into linking word
7. Adverbs
Complete each sentence by putting the correct word into the gap.
angrily / carefully /continuously/ easily/ extremely/ finally /heavily/ lately/ luckily
/patiently/ seriously / well
1. They say it's difficult to get a job in TV, but I found one __________ .
2. You'd better take an umbrella with you. It's raining _____ at the moment.
3. It's been a really hard day today, so I should sleep _________ tonight.
4. They lived very close to the motorway, and cars and lorries __________ passed their house during the night.
It was really hard to sleep sometimes.
5. 'Mind your own business!' he shouted ________ .
6. _________ she had her mobile with her, so when she got lost in the forest, she was able to phone for help.
7. The weather has been __________ cold recently. In fact, this is the coldest November for over seventy-five
years.
8. Have you got any idea what's happened to Annie? I haven't seen her _________ .
9. He took his driving test for the seventh time and ___________ managed to pass it.
10. The roads are very icy tonight, so drive _________ .
11. He crashed his motorbike, but he wasn't going fast so he wasn't ___________ hurt. He just cut his hand.
12. The crowd waited _________ for the movie stars to arrive.
8. Adverbs
Complete each sentence by putting the correct word into the gap.
KEY
1. easily
7. extremely
2. heavily
8. lately
3. well
9. finally
4. continuously
10. carefully
5. angrily
11. seriously
6. Luckily
12. patiently
9. Collocation is...
the way in which some words are often used
together, or a particular combination of words
used in this way:
verb+noun e.g. commit a crime
verb+adverb e.g. rain heavily
verb+adjective e.g. feel bad
adjective+noun e.g.current situation
noun+noun e.g. fish and chips
