Word & Sentence August 2020 Tell me about yourself! ADD A FOOTER 2 • What is your experience with speaking English? • How do you think the class will build on or develop that experience? • What are your short-term and longterm goals in learning the English language? ADD A FOOTER 3 • Make you feel comfortable and improve your English language skills (reading, writing, listening, and speaking). • Communication is the most important in this class. Although grammar does matter, it’s necessary that you try to communicate your ideas. You may use gestures or sound effects to express your thoughts/ideas. 4 In traditional grammar, - smallest/ basic unit of language. - can be classified according to their action & meaning. - a speech sound or a mixture of two or more speech sounds in both written and oral form of language. Examples: love, sky, table, phone, television, etc. Criteria of speech sounds to be considered as “word” • There must be a potential pause in speech and space in written form between two words. Example: “bat” & “ball” 1. Idonotplaywithbatball 2. I do not play with bat ball. • Every word must contain at least one root. Example: 1. Unfaithful – faith 2. Wonderful – wonder 3. Helplessness - _________ 4. Kindness - _____________ • Every word must have a meaning. Example: lakkanah, magulo, 綺麗な 5 - The largest unit of any language. - In English, it begins with a capital letter and ends with a punctuation. - It is a word or group of words that expresses a thorough/complete idea by giving statement/order, or asking a question, or exclaiming. Examples: • Allan is training every day for the marathon. (Statement) • Please cook ramen for me. (Request/Order) • Can you cook a ramen for me? (Question) • Yehey! I won in the lottery! (Exclaiming) 6 Two parts of a sentence: Examples: 1. Stan sings. (Stan = subject /noun; sings = predicate/action verb) She is sick. Subject – what is the sentence about /who performs the action of the sentence as expressed by the “verb”. - can either be a noun/pronoun/noun phrase. -visible or not visible Predicate - expressing what the subject does or what the subject is. - one main verb which can be an action verb or a linking verb, or a verb phrase (She = subject / pronoun; is sick = predicate indicating state of being of the subject) Wait here while I go and get some drinks. (A predicate without the subject. The subject is understood to be you.) You wait here while I go and get some drinks. NOTE: The subject of a sentence is called a compound subject when it is composed of two or more nouns or pronouns connected by the conjunction and or or. A compound subject is followed by a plural verb. Tom and Tommy are twin brothers. He or his sister is driving. 7 Declarative Sentence - expresses an opinion/feeling, or makes a statement, or describes things. It ends with a (.) Ex. Today’s weather is great. She is a lovely lady. My favorite place is Taiwan. Interrogative Sentence - ask questions and ends with a (?). Ex. What was your breakfast today? What is your favorite place? Do you know him? Imperative Sentence - use to make requests or orders. Usually ends with a (.), but can also end with a (!). Ex. Please give me a glass of coffee. Kindly sit down. I need you to sit down now! Exclamatory Sentence - Expresses overflow of emotions (anger, sadness, happiness, shock, disgust, etc.) Ex. Wow! That was cool! What a beautiful dress you are How exciting this holiday has wearing! been! 8 DIRECTIONS: Identify and label each sentence whether as declarative, interrogative, imperative, or Answers: EXAMPLE: I love cars! (Exclamatory) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. exclamatory. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Where is my ballpen? This is the most beautiful beach I have ever seen. Please pass the lemonade. I am going to climb that tree. Wow! The view from this tree is so amazing! I can’t get down! Please help me to climb down this tree. Interrogative Declarative Imperative Declarative Exclamatory Exclamatory Imperative 9 DIRECTIONS: Identify and label each sentence whether as declarative, interrogative, imperative, or exclamatory. Write the correct punctuation of the sentence [.,?,!] EXAMPLE: The Eiffel Tower is such a beautiful scene (declarative, period) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. This summer, my friends and I will travel to Europe I am so excited Do you know where Europe is You should read European literature Would you enjoy a trip to Europe Come with us Answers: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Declarative, (.) Exclamatory, (!) Interrogative, (?) Imperative, (.) Interrogative, (?) Imperative, (!) 10 Writing Sentences (n.d.) Retrieved from https://myenglishgrammar.com/writingsentences/2-subject-and-predicate.html Word Definition and Sentences (n.d.). Retrieved from https://learngrammar.net.html Kinds of Sentences (n.d). Retrieved from https://www.english-grammarrevolution.com/types-of-sentences.html Thank you so much for attending our session today! ;) See you next time!
