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GRAMMAR BUILDING
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SENTENCES IN ENGLISH To make sentences, you are required to have some
ingredients or elements. They are: Nouns Pronouns Verbs Adjectives Adverbs Articles
preposition
conjunctions
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NOUNS-people or thingspeople Things
Doctor Table
Lawyer Cat
Girl Eraser
boy plate
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pronounsI me Mine
you your Yours
He his Him
She her Hers
they Their Theirs
we our us
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verbsVerb to be verb Verb+ing
Is/ was Tell- told Was talking
Are/were Speak-spoke Is running
Am Play-played Are building
Have Think-thought Were using
has Learn-learnt Had gone
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ADJECTIVES- to describe nounsBig Handsome Tall
Small These Dark
Beautiful Those Fierce-looking
Green Kawasaki bike Striped
Old 100-year-old book
Windy
pious frilly stormy
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ADVERB to describe verbsSlowly Beautifully Fast
Quickly Satisfactorily Noisily
Hard Softly
Gracefully Fiercely
Well Ferociously
badly sweetly
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ARTICLES A means one A boy
An means one for the words that sounds like a, e, i, o, u
e.g an apple ,an elephant ,an ice cream, an orange, an umbrella
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ARTICLE The- if used for one, means a specific thing
or person e. g: A boy is under the tree. The boy is crying. ( talking about the same boy)
The can also be used for plural The animals are tame.
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Preposition To show position/ time/place On 10 December On the table
In December In Marang In the room
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Other prepositions At – for specific place Of – parts of something Off Between Through Toward Before After
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Conjunction Because So Therefore And Or But
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HOW CONSTRUCT SENTENCES? A sentence contains a Subject and main
Verb.( and object) S + V + O OR S + V + complement
Ali (subject) cries (verb) The cow (subject) is grazing.(verb)
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Some examples of complete sentences 1. Most birds fly. 2. Children love cartoons. 3. Flowers are lovely. 4. Roses have thorns on their stems 5. Plants need sunlight to grow.
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Examples of commands 1. Sit! 2. Speak slowly. 3. Cut the cake now. 4. Be quiet! 5. Do not cross this line.
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Examples of questions 1. Do you like English? 2. Does she speak Spanish? 3. Are you sick? 4. Is she coming? 5. Have you done your work? 6. Has she gone?
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Let us identify the parts of the sentence 1. Children love cartoon. subject verb object (what or
who)
2. The children laugh and jump about. subject verb
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3. The older inmates eat Article adjective subject verb
their meals in Object preposition
the dining hall slowly. Object adverb.
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How do you construct sentences? Practise this: Subject Verb
I eat
She eats
They eat
He eats
We eat
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Subject verb Object/noun
I eat chicken.
She eats rice
They eat bananas
He eats noodles
We eat soup.
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subject verb adjective Object/noun
I eat spicy chicken
She eats chicken rice
They eat fried bananas
He eats curry noodles
We eat mutton soup
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subject verb adjective object Complement- where
I eat spicy chicken in the restaurant
She eats chicken rice under the tree.
They eat fried bananas at the stall.
He eats curry noodles in the kitchen.
We eat mutton soup at Shahid’s house.
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subject verb adjective object Complement-when
I eat spicy chicken today
She eats chicken rice on 28th June.
They eat fried bananas in the morning.
He eats curry noodles in the afternoon
We eat mutton soup during lunch
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subject verb adjective object Complement-how (adverb)
I eat spicy chicken hungrily
She eats chicken rice quickly
They eat fried bananas greedily
He eats curry noodles slowly
We eat mutton soup carefully
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Describe the picture This is a male cat. The cat likes to
eat fish. The cat sleeps on
my bed. It is very tame.
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Describe the picture This is an eagle. It is a predator bird. It eats small animals. It has sharp beak.
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Exercise 1 We spent a spectacular weekend at the
beach recently. We arrived at lunch-time on Friday and
checked into our two-roomed chalet, surrounded by colourful beds of daisies and
pertunias.
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We walked bare-footed on the soft and white sand, and collected a few unique seashells. We stopped to inspect some tiny crabs hiding
in the sand. Soon, the calm sea began to swell as big waves began rushing towards the
shore.
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We went into the cool water and swam to our hearts’ content.
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Exercise 2- Identifying adjectives The Javari zone in Brazil covers huge areas
of jungle set aside by the government for tribal Indians.
About 1350 Indians from a handful of jungle tribes live in this evergreen rainforest.
They have little or no knowledge of the outside world and often face each other in violent warfare.
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Our guide cups his hands and gives a melodious shout, “Eh-heh”.
A faint “Eh-heh” echoes his call through the thick trees.
Then at the top of a slope, we see about 20 naked, grim-faced Indians.
The women have painted their bodies red and the men grip war club.
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Exercise 3 1. Mani looked aghast when he came face to
face with his parents at the cinema. 2. He was afraid to speak up in case he was
punished. 3. At night, the town was aflame / ablaze with
bright glittering lights. 4. Her grandmother was so sick that she was
unable to even eat.
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5. The whole town comes alive during the festival season.
6. Cinderella sat alone at home, minding the kitchen.
7. When the baby is awake, she bawls at the top of her voice.
8. The tow cousins look alike in their identical dressing.
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9. When we reached home, we found the door ajar.
10. A student who was smoking set the place ablaze/ aflame.
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Exercise 6 1. The children waited half an hour for the ice
cream man. 2. The bank officer helped us fill out the
various forms to open an account. 3. The contractor built a stone wall around
the compound. 4. The boy used a pencil sharpener to
sharpen all his pencils.
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5. Tom and his friends like to buy candy floss at the funfair.
6. The Greeks beat the Portuguese at the final soccer match.
7. Malathi’s husband lifted the food cover to see what dishes he was going to have for dinner.
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8. He made a desperate call from the nearest telephone booth.
9. Mother bought the eggs from that chicken farm.
10.Mr. Lim suffered a heart attack and had to be hospitalised.
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Exercise 7 2. bald- baldish head 3. blaze blazing fire 4. red reddish carpet 5. bubble bubbling stream 6. Switzerland Swiss chocolates 7. Portugal Portuguese team 8. match matching blouse