SUMMER ASSIGNMENT
ENGLISH LANGUAGE
This work is set to help you make the transition from Year 11 to your Post-16 studies. It is very
important that you complete it to a high standard as it will help you start to build on the skills you
will need to do well at the North Bristol Post-16 Centre.
This assignment involves:
Reading
Research
The resources you will need are:
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Newspaper articles
Scrap book for collating ideas
Parts of Speech sheet with 8 key terms
Written work
Learning key terms
INSTRUCTIONS: Summer Task
Your first summer task is to create a Language Hunting Scrapbook split into two sections:
Section 1 needs to contain at least five articles relating to the English Language or to ideas
about Language in general (use newspapers, newspaper websites and dedicated websites and
books to help you find relevant, interesting articles). Stick the articles into your scrapbook, and
annotate at least 3 of them with observations, comments and questions.
Section 2 needs to contain at least 10 texts, linked by a common theme. You will need to
source texts that have different purposes, audiences and forms. Include email/texts/internet
pages etc. Stick the articles into your scrapbook, and annotate at least 4 of these with
observations, comments and questions to do with the language and forms used.
Possible themes: Cookery, Camping, Classical music, Cycling or others of your choice.
Your second summer task is to refresh your memory with the 8 parts of speech on the sheet
and feel free to research further terminology around grammar.
Reference: You need to purchase the reference book below; it contains very helpful
definitions of grammar terminology, and will be very useful for both AS and A2, should you
continue with English Language next year.
Alan Gardiner, Revision Express AS and A2 English Language, ISBN-10: 1408206536/ ISBN-13:
978-1408206539
What you will need to submit in your first English Language lesson:
 Your language scrap book. Make sure you have learned the parts of speech too.
IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT YOUR SUBJECT TEACHERS WILL USE THIS WORK TO HELP ASSESS
YOUR SUITABILITY FOR, AND COMMITMENT TO, YOUR COURSE.
Parts of Speech
In grammar, a part of speech (also called word classes) is a linguistic category of words. In English there are
eight parts of speech:
1. Verb
A verb is used to show an action or a state of being
go, write, exist, be
2. Noun
A noun is a word used to refer to people, animals, objects, substances, states, events, ideas and feelings. A
noun functions as a subject or object of a verb and can be modified by an adjective.
John, lion, table, freedom, love ...
3. Adjective
Adjectives are used to describe or specify a noun or pronoun: good, beautiful, nice, my ...
4. Adverb
An adverb is used to modify a verb, adjective and other adverbs: completely, quickly, kindly, often
5. Pronoun
A pronoun is used in the place of a noun or phrase: I, you, he, she, it ...
6. Preposition
Prepositions are used before nouns to form a phrase that shows where, when, how and why
in, above, to, for, at ...
7. Conjunction
Conjunctions join clauses or sentences or words; and, but, when ...
8. Interjection
Interjections are used to show surprise or emotion. oh!, Good Lord
Examples of parts of speech
Here are some examples of parts of speech:
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My (adjective) friend (noun) speaks (verb) English (noun) fluently (adverb).
Oh! (interjection) I ( pronoun) went (verb) to (preposition) school (noun) and (conjunction) I (
pronoun) met (verb) Fred (noun)