1. Grammar

2. 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

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

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

5. 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

6. 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)

7. 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

8. 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