Parts of Speech
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Noun: common, proper, collective, abstract.
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Pronoun
•
Verb: action, being, having
•
Conjunction
•
Adjective
•
Adverb: how, how much, when
•
Preposition: position, ‘for’, ‘which’
Identify
Sentence
pronoun
No one knew the answer to the riddle posted on the Web
site.
preposition
According to the directions on the inside cover, only two
players are needed.
verb
The student hesitantly qualified his answer with a shrug.
adverb
Hold on tightly as you climb to the top of the ladder!
conjunction
I asked José and Lenora to meet me at the library, but they
both decided to study at home.
adverb
pronoun
preposition
noun
adjective
I am quite capable of doing it, thank you.
Errol is looking forward to excavating those.
In the past, she has encouraged teamwork.
That orange suits you.
That orange t-shirt suits you.
Identify
Sentence
pronoun
No one knew the answer to the riddle posted on the Web
site.
preposition
According to the directions on the inside cover, only two
players are needed.
verb
The student hesitantly qualified his answer with a shrug.
adverb
Hold on tightly as you climb to the top of the ladder!
conjunction
I asked José and Lenora to meet me at the library, but they
both decided to study at home.
adverb
pronoun
preposition
noun
adjective
I am quite capable of doing it, thank you.
Errol is looking forward to excavating those.
In the past, she has encouraged teamwork.
That orange suits you.
That orange t-shirt suits you.
Noun Groups
1. What is a noun group?
2. Why are noun groups used in writing?
3. How are pre and post modifying adjectivals used in
creating noun groups?
The three little black and white
Maltese Terrier dogs sat in the car.
Determin
er
Quantity
Describing Classifier
Main
Noun
PostPostModifying Modifying
Clause
Phrase
The three little black and white
Maltese Terrier dogs sat in the car.
Determin
er
Quantity
Describing Classifier
Main
Noun
PostPostModifying Modifying
Clause
Phrase
The
Three
Little,
black,
white
Dogs
Sat in the
car
Maltese
terrier
Nominalisation
1. What is nominalisation?
2. How can nominalisation make your
writing more formal and sophisticated?
Nominalise:
Verb/Adjective
Conclude
Weak
Destabilise
Nervous
Vary
Deviate
Noun
Nominalise:
Verb/Adjective
Noun
Conclude
Weak
Destabilise
Nervous
Vary
Deviate
Conclusion
Weakness
Destabilisation
Nervousness
Variation / Variance
Deviation
Evaluative Vocab
1. Why is evaluative vocabulary used in
writing?
2. What is modality?
3. Why is modality used in writing?
Evaluative Vocab:
Evaluative
Adjective
Evaluative Verb
Evaluative Adverb
Evaluative Noun
High modality
Medium modality
Low modality
Modality:
Grammatical
resource
Modal verbs
Modal phrases
Contrast and
Concession
1. What is the aim of these tools?
2. Where might you use these tools?
Uniforms
Seatbelts
Contrasting Statement
Concession Statement
iPads
Active and Passive Voice
1. What is the difference between ellipsis and
substitution?
2. Why are these tools used in writing?
Identify as Active (A) or Passive (P)
1. The professor's voice could not be heard in
the back of the classroom.
2. Are you doing your homework?
3. Are the students going to take the test on
Friday?
4. My son plays basketball on the school team.
5. The explanation wasn't understood by most
of the students.
Identify as Active (A) or Passive (P)
1. The professor's voice could not be heard in the
back of the classroom. P
2. Are you doing your homework? A
3. Are the students going to take the test on
Friday? A
4. My son plays basketball on the school team. A
5. The explanation wasn't understood by most of
the students. P
Cohesive Devices
1. What is the difference between
ellipsis and substitution?
2. Why are these tools used in writing?
Identify the examples of ellipsis –
rewrite with [ ]
• "Wise men talk because they have something
to say; fools, because they have to say
something.” (Plato)
• "There is much to support the view that it is
clothes that wear us, and not we, them."
(Virginia Woolf)
Lexical Cohesion
How can repetition, synonymy and antonymy
help a text ‘stick’?
Identify synonymy and antonymy
The Vain Jackdaw
A vain Jackdaw, tired of his drab plumage, was
envious of the brilliant colours of the Peacock.
Despising his own companions, he introduced
himself to a flock of those beautiful birds. They,
instantly detected the intruder and stripped him
of his borrowed feathers.
What is the effect of using this strategy?