Where the action's at
What does verbs describe?
An action or an activity being done.
What is a pronoun?
A word that is used instead of a noun or noun phrase.
What are nouns?
Nouns are words for things, people and places.
What are adjectives?
Adjectives are words that are descriptive of nouns (or pronouns).
example: "Iben is beautiful"
Correct this sentence:
"Like you flowers?"
"Do you like flowers?"
(Do support is used because it is an interrogative sentence)
What kind of verbs are ALWAYS the main verb?
Lexical verbs
Who does the personal pronoun refer back to?
The person already mentioned.
example: "The name of the king was Arthur, he was strong"
He refers back to Arthur.
What word class do you put in front of nouns?
You put articles in front of nouns.
a or an (singular)
the (plural)
What word in this sentence is an adjective?
"The scariest villain of all time is Darth Vader"
Scariest
In the sentence below, it should be "didn't go" instead of "I went not".
WHY?
"I went not to London with the rest of my class."
"did not" becomes the auxiliary verb and since the answer is negative, we use do-support. (dummy-do)
L1 interference - in Danish we say "jeg tog ikke med til..."
(Dummy-do is used when making a sentence interrogative or negative)
Why is it called a "phrasal verb"?
Because it is a combination of words - therefore a "phrase":
Run out, go all out, make out, hand out, bring out, face up, think through
"mine, yours, his, hers, its, ours, theirs" are what type of pronouns?
Possessive pronouns.
(They express ownership or possession of something)
How do you distinguish a proper noun from a common noun?
They are always capitalized
(they are the names of specific people, places, things or concepts)
How many grades can you conjugate adjectives in?
1th, 2th and 3th grade.
What is the mistake in the sentence below and why is it a mistake?
"My friend has many money and she spends them on clothes"
Money is an uncountable noun, so you cannot use the word many in front of it.
(could also be a transfer error/L1 interference)
When do you use do-support (dummy-do)?
When you want to make a sentence negative or interrogative.
What are interrogative pronouns used for?
They are used when asking questions.
The main interrogative pronouns are:
What, which, who, whom and whose
What is the difference between a countable noun and an uncountable noun?
Countable nouns refer to things that can be counted.
Uncountable nouns refer to things that can’t be counted.
A common mistake in English is treating uncountable nouns as if they were countable by pluralizing them or using an indefinite article.
How do you separate coordinate adjectives?
By a comma or the word and.
Example:
This is going to be a long, cold winter.
or
Isobel's dedicated and tireless efforts made all the difference.
Find the mistake in the sentence below and explain why it is a mistake:
"He don't like Mondays"
It should be: "he doesn't like Mondays"
Subject/verb disagreement.
Name at least 2 irregular verbs.
(those that do not take on the regular spelling patterns of past simple and past participle verbs)
say, make, go, take, come, know, see, eat, think, bring, hold, bear, buy, lay, catch, drive, paid, feel, redo.
Relative pronouns introduce relative clauses.
Name at least 1 relative pronoun.
who, whom, whose, which, that
example: We don’t know the person who donated this money.
What is a collective noun?
is a word used to refer to a group of people or things, such as “team,” “band,” or “herd.”
A collective noun can also be a proper noun—for example, the name of a specific company or band.
What du you need to add to a one-syllable adjective in order to make it a comparative adjective?
The suffix -er
Examples:
A cooler guy
A messier desk
Correct the sentence and explain the mistake:
"I went to the stadium yesterday. I see a few of my friends and went home again. I have seen them and had gone home."
"I went to the stadium yesterday. I saw a few of my friends and went home again. I saw them and went home."
Inconsistent tense. You cannot shift tenses mid-sentence.