Grammar

What is grammar? Grammar describes how we combine, organize, and change words and parts of words to make meaning. We use rules for this description. Key concepts - Parts of speech - Grammatical structures - Word formation

This unit brought us to the grammar base; the nine parts of speech and the way to use them.

Parts of speech describe the function words or phrases have in sentences. Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives, Adverbs Determiners, Prepositions, Pronouns Conjunctions- Exclamations

Grammatical structures -The arrangement of words into patterns which have meaning. -The rules for grammatical structures use grammatical terms to describe forms and uses Form refers to the specific grammatical parts that make up the structure and the order they occur in Use refers to the meaning that the structure is used to express

Grammatical structures Term From Use present continuous tense subject + presnt tense of verb to be+ -ing form of verb e.g. I am waiting for the train. e.g. I am quite busy these days. I am doing a project with my graduate students. e.g. The number of birth rate is decreasing in Taiwan. e.g. I am playing tennis with Jane tomorrow. to say that we are in the middle of an action 2) 3) 4)

Word Formation In English we use prefixes and suffixes to form new words. prefixes suffixes disappear geographer renew baggage unpack pens bicycles walked outperform countable prepaid going

Nouns Part of Speech Examples Functions Nouns: countable noncountable Children sugar to name people, places, things, qualities, ideas, or activities- to act as the subject/object  of the verb