EPP100 - Grammar

Parts of Speech
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Parts of Speech
Supplementary Material

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Instructions
Today, we will focus on the use of parts of speech in the English
language.

Step 1:
• Go through slides 4 – 30.

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Are you a positive person?
The Power of Positivity: Brain Games
You are going to watch a video with two basketball players on the
pitch. While watching the video, focus on the following question:

How does the audience impact the two players:

in a positive or negative way?

The Power of Positivity | Brain Games

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Post Video Discussion
Who are the people in What things/objects What do people in the What actions are
the video? appear in the video? video look like? How people in the video
do they feel? doing?

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Today, we will focus on:

Parts of speech What do they describe?

• nouns • a person, place, thing or idea
• verbs • actions or state of beings
• adjectives • quality of a noun
• adverbs • verbs, adjectives or another adverbs

Let’s start with the nouns!

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Give each group ONE common name:
________________ ________________ ________________ ________________ ________________

Ahmad pen dog kitchen friendship

mother T-shirt cat park truth
cousin laptop panda house wisdom
student desk lion flat freedom
teacher lamp giraffe garden dream
Sarah phone owl shop honesty

Now, write your own definition of nouns:

Nouns are the names of ________________________________________________.

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 Practice 1 Alphabet Game

• I will give you a letter of the alphabet.

• You will have 1 minute to write as many nouns as possible that start
with this letter.
• The winner is the person who can write the highest number of nouns.
Ready?

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Adjectives
Look at the adjectives in the word cloud.
Then underline adjectives in the sentences below. Draw an arrow to the words they
describe.
Example: Andrew is a wonderful teacher.

1. The classroom is small but comfortable.

2. The students are great.

3. They come from six different countries.

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 Adjectives
Adjectives are the words that describe nouns.

They can come before a noun: They come from six different countries.
They can come after verb be: My apartment is small.

Put the words in correct order to make meaningful sentences:

1. Ibrahim/ great/ works/ at/ a company. _________________________________.
2. sleep/ I/ a bed/ in/ comfortable. _________________________________.
3. the women/ young/ are. _________________________________.
4. hands/ are/ your/ cold. _________________________________.

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 Use adjectives to describe: your family
Practice 2 members, your house/ room, your last holidays.

Your family members Your house/ room Your last holiday

Example: My mother is wise, strict and caring.

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 Practice 3 Use adjectives to describe: your first day at AUM.

➢ Go to https://www.menti.com/

➢ Enter the code provided by your instructor.

➢ Type your answers.

➢ Use adjectives to describe your first day at AUM.

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Verbs
Verbs are parts of speech too. Verbs are the
words that describe an action or talk about
something that happens.

Can you identify verbs in these sentences?

1. Sarah spends hours in the bathroom every
day.
2. Ahmad watches horror movies over the
weekend.
3. My grandmother posts messages on social
media!

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 Odd one out. Cross out the verb that is
Practice 4 different in meaning to the rest of the verbs.

Example: learn – teach – study – play

Play is the odd one out; learn/ teach/ study are all mental activities.

1. draw – paint – color – jump

2. speak - sing – talk – discuss - say
3. walk – jump – run – cycle
4. cook – eat - bake – fry
5. shop – buy – pay – try

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Last part of speech for today – Adverbs!
Adverbs are parts of speech too. They give us more information about
verbs. They tell us…
• HOW? (adverbs of manner)
• WHERE? (adverbs of place)
• WHEN? (adverbs of time)
something happens.
Ahmad is reading quietly here right now.

How? Where? When?

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 Decide if the highlighted word answers
Practice 5 How? Where? When? question. Underline
the correct option.

1. I’m going to London tomorrow. HOW? WHERE? WHEN?

2. Hamad drives fast. HOW? WHERE? WHEN?
3. Sarah is playing outside. HOW? WHERE? WHEN?
4. My parents are waiting here. HOW? WHERE? WHEN?
5. She speaks slowly. HOW? WHERE? WHEN?
6. I broke my phone yesterday. HOW? WHERE? WHEN?

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Parts of Speech
Now, you know a bit about these parts of speech: nouns, adjectives,
verbs and adverbs.
• Why do you think it is important to know them?

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Parts of Speech
It is important to know parts of speech because they have a special place in a
sentence. When we place them in the right order, our sentences make sense.

A girl is eating a burger slowly over there right now.

Adverb Adverb Adverb
Subject Verb Object
How? Where? When?

We will learn more about subjects, verbs, and objects later in this term.
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Parts of Speech
If we change the order of words in a sentence, the sentence might not make sense
or might be difficult to understand.
Look at the examples. Which sentence matches the picture?

A. Over there a girl is eating slowly right now a burger.

B. Right now, over there a burger is eating a girl slowly.
C. Slowly right now is eating a girl a burger over there.

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 Let’s sum up! What parts of the speech are
Practice 6 the words in bold? Circle the correct option.

1. Amal is a great student.

a) proper noun b) common noun c) adjective
2. Amal is a great student.
a) proper noun b) common noun c) adjective
3. A cute little baby is smiling at us.
a) noun b) verb c) adjective
4. She goes to bed early.
a) adverb of time b) adverb of place c) verb
5. They live in a house.
a) noun b) verb c) adjective
6. My dad works hard.
a) noun b) verb c) adverb

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 Think of an adjective and a verb that starts with the first letter
of your name. Then introduce yourself to the class as in the
Extra practice 1 example below.

Example:
A: “I am Sara, I am smart and I sleep a lot.”
B: “I am Amnah. I am angry and I adore babies.”

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 Read the questions below. Take some time to think of your
Extra practice 2 answers. Share your answers with your groups. Do you have
something in common with your new classmates?

1. What are three adjectives that describe you?

2. What are your talents, hobbies & interests?
3. What are your achievements?
4. What are your short-term goals? What are your plans for this semester?
Answer Keys
• The answer key for this presentation will be posted on Moodle after
your regular class time.
• If you have any questions, please ask your instructor via an email or
see your instructor during his/her office hours.

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