REVIEW ON GRAMMAR

AND COMPOSITIO

N SKILLS

FORM CLASSES OR CONTENT WORDS

•These words can be inflected.•They have special forms—signals or characteristics of position and form, such as endings and the like which mark them off one from another.

FORM CLASSES OR CONTENT WORDS

•They are also called content words because they are used for things, actions, or qualities.

FORM CLASSES OR CONTENT WORDS

•These are NOUNS,

VERBS,

ADJECTIVES, and

ADVERBS.

FUNCTION OR STRUCTURE WORDS

•These are words whose forms or spellings do not change.•They have no meaning by themselves but they are used in utterances to signal grammatical relationship.

FUNCTION OR STRUCTURE WORDS

•These words are also called structure words because they tie up the four main form classes to give pattern or structure to the English language.

FUNCTION OR STRUCTURE WORDS

•These are PRONOUNS, PREPOSITIONS, CONJUNCTIONS, INTERJECTIONS, DETERMINERS, NUMERALS, and

AUXILIARIES.

Discuss the following terms briefly but precisely:

• Nouns•Number of Nouns •Gender of Nouns•Kinds of Nouns

Form small groups composed of five members each. A word will be posted on the board. Each group will form as many words as they can by unscrambling the letters of the given word. The group with the most number of unique words formed will be declared winner. You are given only three minutes for this activity.

CARPENTER

Noun is a part of speech that names

people, places, things, ideas, or concepts. It comes from the Latin word “nomen” that

means “name.”

Using suffixes to distinguish nouns,

verbs, adjectives, and adverbs

Noun

-age (stoppage) -ness (loveliness)-ce (hindrance) -or (actor)-cy (democracy) -ship (friendship)-dom (kingdom) -sy (leprosy)-ion (admission) -tion (creation)- ism (Hinduism) -ty (humility)-ity (clarity) -ure (seizure)-ment (argument)

Verb-ate (create)-er (transfer)-en (widen)-fy (pacify)-ize (maximize)

Adjective-able (capable)-al (tropical)-ant (distant)-ent (different)-ful (grateful)-ible (terrible)-ic (angelic)-less (countless)-ly (friendly)-ous (industrious)

Adverb

-ly (terribly) (carefully) (humbly)

Transformation from noun to

verb to adjective

Noun VerbBeauty BeautifyBrightness BrightenCreation CreateDifference DifferExcitement ExciteFriend BefriendObedience Obey

Noun AdjectiveBeauty Beautiful

Brightness BrightCreation CreativeDifference DifferentExcitement ExcitedFriend FriendlyObedience Obedient

 

Transformations from verbs to people nouns

Verb NounAct Actor/ActressBrag BraggartCopy CopyistSing SingerTranslate TranslatorTeach TeacherWrestle Wrestler

Transformations from concrete

people to abstract nouns

Concrete AbstractBishop BishopricCoward CowardiceFriend FriendshipKing KingdomMan ManhoodPhilosopher Philosophy

Agent vs Patient

Agent PatientEmployer EmployeeEvacuator EvacueeExaminer ExamineeInterviewer IntervieweeNominator NomineePayer PayeeTrainer TraineeVendor Vendee

Change the following words into nouns.

1. Look 6. Dangerous2. Mold 7. Wonderful3. Industrious8. Wander4. Distance 9. Democratic5. Careful 10. Execute

Mark all the nouns in the following selection.

It is easy to meet the demands of high school life if a student knows how. First, he should like his teachers and adjust to their personalities and teaching styles. Second, he should manage his time effectively. Third, he should practice good study habits and positive attitudes. Finally, he should strengthen his determination, self-confidence, and self-mastery.