English 3: Word classes

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Name the noun (person) :
Jimmy is upset

1. Jimmy
2. is
3. upset
4. there is no noun

Name the noun (idea):
What did the president do this time?

1. what
2. president
3. time
4. the

Name the noun (thing):
My mother cooked dinner already.

1. dinner
2. cooked
3. mother
4. already

Name the noun (place):
This is my bedroom

1. this
2. is
3. my
4. bedroom

Name the noun (place) in the sentence:
The Alpes are beautiful this time of year.

1. year
2. beautiful
3. Alpes
4. year

nouns: things

nouns: concepts

or ideas

nouns: activity 

or process

nouns: imaginary or

hypothetical things

shoes

books

wizards

swimming

walking

freedom

respect

fairies

write down verbs that
describe
an ACTION

give some verbs
that describe a state of being

Name the type of adjective:
That silly girl forgot her books at the park.

1. attributive
2. predicative

Name the type of adjective:
My sweater is blue!

1. predicative
2. attributive

Name the type of adjective:
The weather is really fine today!

1. attributive
2. predicative

Name the type of adjective:
What beautiful weather we're having today!

1. predicative
2. attributive

Name the adjective(s):
My blue cotton sweater is very warm.

1. large
2. blue
3. very
4. warm

Name the adjective(s):
The largest mountains are always difficult to climb.

1. largest
2. climb
3. difficult
4. always

give the superlative of:
"hot"

give the comparative of:
"pretty"

give the superlative of:
"popular"

give the comparative of:
"difficult"

finding the adverb

first: find the verb = where is the action?

adverbs specify the activity of the verb:

= where, when, how does the action (= verb) happen?

Annie quickly walked across the street.

first: what is the verb? 

= what is Annie doing?

next:

HOW?

WHERE?

WHEN?

--> quickly

Tom played the guitar yesterday.

first: what is the verb? 

= what is Tom doing?

next:

HOW?

WHERE?

WHEN?

--> yesterday

I'm feeling very sleepy...

Annie walks really quickly towards the shop.

Adverbs not only specify verbs 

but also:

- adjectives: how sleepy ? very sleepy

- other adverbs: how quickly? really quickly

e.g. very, entirely, barely, slightly, totally, almost, incredibly, mostly, fully, really...

you find on Classroom:

a list of adverbs of manner, place and time (or frequency)

HOW

WHEN

WHERE

HOW OFTEN

yearly

Adverb of time

Adverb of manner

Adverb of place

Adverb of frequency

very

yesterday

everywhere

almost

soon

slightly

inside

often

adjectives

adverbs

quick

sleepy

quickly

sleepily

early

dark

yellow

yellowy

rarely

Our visit to Namen was very exciting!
"exciting" is an

1. adjective
2. adverb

The class is never enthusiastic about her LessonUps.
"never" is an...

1. adjective
2. adverb

John is a good singer.
"good" is an...

1. adjective
2. adverb

What a dreadful place
"place" is

1. a noun
2. a verb
3. an adjective
4. an adverb

What a dreadful place.
"dreadful" is...

1. a noun
2. a verb
3. an adjective
4. an adverb

You must come really quickly!
"quickly" is

1. a noun
2. a verb
3. an adjective
4. an adverb

They ran away really quickly!
"really" is

1. a noun
2. a verb
3. an adjective
4. an adverb

The attractions were terribly dirty.
"dirty" is

1. a noun
2. a verb
3. an adjective
4. an adverb