basic english grammar meeting 6

BASIC ENGLISH GRAMMAR MEETING #6

HERY YANTO THE

ENGLISH 3.0 SERIES, SUMMER 2012

JULY 6, 2012

PART IPRACTICAL & AUTHENTIC ENGLISH

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DAILY ACTIVITIES ITINERARY TRIP SCHEDULE

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SOCIAL & CASUAL

PARTY POP-CULTURE

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READING SKILL

SHOPPING READING FOR LEISURE

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LISTENING & SPEAKING SKILLS

SPEECH LECTURE

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ACADEMIC SKILLS

READING TEXTBOOK JOB APPLICATION

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PART II: PART OF SPEECH

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VERBS

STATE OF BEING

GET GRANT

CONDITION

BLOOM PARK

ACTIONTYPE SPELL

MAIN VERBS: INDICATE TENSE

• He usually sings in this pub.

• She talked to me last night.

• I have been quitted smoking.

• Right now, my dad is playing pool with his business partners.

Base Form:SingTalk

QuitePlay

HELPING VERBS: SIGNIFY TIME

be, am, is, are

was, were

being, been

have, has, had

do, does, did

• They are talking each other just now.

• You was working when he came here.

• He has been fired twice in a year.

• They do not change the design.

MODALS: EXPRESS AN ATTITUDE TOWARD THE ACTION/CIRCUMSTANCE

Can

Could

May

Might

Ought to

Shall

Should

Will

Would

Must

• You shall do your homework.• The state ought to repair the

bridges.• It might rain this afternoon.• Would you please be quite?• I can drive if you like.

TRY THIS CHALLENGE

Underline the main verbs, and circle the helping verbs!

• An increasing number of Americans, both men and women, undergo cosmetic surgery for aesthetic rather than medical reasons.

• Do you think that you need to improve your physical appearance?

• For a lean, flat abdomen, a cosmetic surgeon may suggest both abdominoplasty and liposuction.

CHECK YOUR ANSWER

Underline the main verbs, and circle the helping verbs!

• An increasing number of Americans, both men and women, undergo cosmetic surgery for aesthetic rather than medical reasons.

• Do you think that you need to improve your physical appearance?

• For a lean, flat abdomen, a cosmetic surgeon may suggest both abdominoplasty and liposuction.

NOUNS

Proper and common nouns

• Abraham Lincoln, Barack Obama

• The President

Count and non count nouns

• Two books, Three boats• Poetry, advice

Concrete and abstract nouns

• Boy, girl• Handsome, beauty

Singular and plural nouns

• Boy – boys, agency - agencies

Collective nouns

• Team, orchestra

Possessive nouns

• Neighbors’ car, my sister’s house

PRONOUNS

Personal Pronoun

Possessive Pronouns

Reflexive & Intensive Pronouns

I - MeYou - YouHe - HisShe – HerIt - ItWe – UsThey – Them

My/mineYour/yoursHisHer/hersItsOur/oursTheir/theirs

MyselfYourself/yourselvesHimselfHerselfItselfOurselvesthemselves

PRONOUNS

who, whom, whose, that, which• Relative pronouns

this, that, these, those• Demonstrative pronouns

who, whatever, whom• Interrogative pronouns

someone, anybody, nothing, few• Indefinite pronouns

each other, one another• Reciprocal pronouns

TRY THIS CHALLENGE

Underline the nouns and circle the pronouns!

• Sociologist and intellectual Alain Locke, author of The New Negro, is best known as the New Negro Movement’s founder.

• They spoke about the effect of marginality and alienation on themselves and on the shaping of their consciousness as African Americans

• Who among the visual artists during the Harlem Renaissance did not use Africa as a source of inspiration?

NEXT MEETING: PART OF SPEECH PART II

Adjectives Adverbs Conjunctions

Prepositions Interjections

CLOSING NOTE

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