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relative – n + wh
a. people – n + who + verb The man who called you is the visitor.
- n + whom + n/p The man whom I called is Mr. Park.
The man whom Mr. Lee called is Mr. Park.
b. things/animals – n + which + n/p/v The cat which Sam bought is very pretty.
The cat which he bought is very pretty.
The cat which eats the fish is very big.
indefinite pronoun
a. singular – SENA, E, E, N + Vs
Everybody is busy.
Each of them is popular in Bangsaphan School.
b. plural – few/some/both/several/many + V
Few get perfect score.
Adjectives
1 D Determiner ( A An The) (This That These Those) (My Our You’re his ) one two
2 O Opinion – cute, pretty, handsome smart …
3 S Size – big, small, medium large…
4 d Dimension – thick, thin
5 S Shape – round, square, triangle…
6 A Age – old, young old-new- ancient
7 C Color – white, blue, …
8 O Origin – place: Russian, Greek, American-Thai-Filipino-
Japanese- Chinese
9 M Material – paper, glass, leather rubber cotton metal plastic…
2 Kinds of adjectives
1. Limiting Adjectives-limits the function of a noun
a. articles – a, an, the
This is a bag. This is an apple. That is the sun.
b. pronominals – demonstrative Adj: this, that, these, those + noun
This cat is mine.
- possessive Adj: my/his/her/your/their/our/its + noun
His dog is very cute.
- indefinite Adj/quantitative: some, few, … + noun
- interrogative Adjectives – “wh” + noun
c. numerals –
- ordinals: 1st, 2nd, … (THE + ordinals – the first)
- cardinals: one, two, … I have two delicious big round old orange thai oranges.
– OSDSACOM
Comparison of Adverbs
INTERJECTIONS
Interjections are used in speech to indicate emotion or transition. Interjections such as "yuk, ouch, eh"
are used as exclamations in conversation. (example: Eeek! I saw a rat.)
asking for repetition "It's hot today." "Eh?" "I said it's hot today."
PREPOSITIONS + noun/pronoun
a. preposition of time
in year, month
in 2023, in May
I will go to Korean in 2024. I am going to Bangkok in 2023.
My birthday is in October. My birthday is in March.
at specific time
at 9:00 a.m., at night
I study English at 9:00 am. I watch TV at night.
since start
The students have been studying here since November 2011.
I have been studying here since grade 1.
until end
Some students are going to study here until April 27, 2012.
I am going to study here until 2025.
for how long
The students have studied here for 6 months.
I have studied in Bangsaphan School for 4 years.
b. preposition of place
in city, country, continent
in Bankok, in Thailand, in Africa
I want to live in Bankok.
You like the weather in Japan.
We like to live in Antartica.
on road, avenue, street
on Cannon Road, on Taft Avenue, on Rizal Street
on Main Road, on First Avenue, on Maerampung Street
She stops the car on Main Road.
She walks on First Avenue.
They celebrate Songkran Festival on Maerampung Street.
c. preposition of
direction
Under I hide under the table.
Over I take this over the table.
Below Her cat is below the chair.
Above The ball is above our heads.
Between I walk between the hospital and the clinic.
My house is between the hospital and the clinic.
Among Among 5/3 class, Monmai is the noisiest.
Along I walk along the River Street.
With I walk with my friend and my teacher.
To I like to be a runner.
Into It walks into the box.
Before I studied in Bangsaphan Noi School before Bangsaphan
Banlang school.
After I will have my lunch after this class.
CONJUNCTIONS+S + V
Coordinating conjunctions(FANBOYS)``and, but, or, nor, for, so, or yet'' are used to join individual
words, phrases, and independent clauses. The conjunctions ``but'' and ``for'' can also function as
prepositions.
COORDINATINGconjunction USES
for (because) (sentences) The student is absent for he is sick.
and (words and sentences) Ally and Sally are best friends.
(positive/good ideas) James sings and Sam dances.
yet (sentences ONLY) Tom can play basketball yet he doesn’t like to join
(positive and negative ideas) the team.
so (so that) The students study hard so they can get good
(result/purpose) scores.
A subordinating conjunction introduces a dependent clause and indicates the nature of the relationship
between the independent clause(s) and the dependent clause(s). The most common subordinating
conjunctions: "after, although, as, because, before, how, if, once, since, than, that, though, till, until,
when, where, whether and while".
Correlative conjunctions always appear in pairs -- you use them to link equivalent sentence elements.
3. The intervening group does not affect the verb used in the sentence.
The dog, who is chewing on my jeans, is usually very good.
subject + intervening group + verb
4. When sentences start with “there” or “here,” the subject will always be placed after the verb
THERE/HERE + verb + subject
There is a tiger inside the cage.
Here are the papers you requested.
6. Subjects joined by and that CANNOT be joined together takes plural verb.
The cow and the pig are jumping over the moon.
8. or, nor, neither/nor, either/or: the verb agrees to the closer subject.
Jessica or Christianis to blame for the accident.
Dogs and cats are both available at the pound.
10. Plural pronouns (few, many, several, both) or adjectives (+noun) + plural verb
Few were left alive after the flood.
Both students get perfect score.
11. Collective nouns like herd, senate, class, crowd, etc. usually take a singular verb form.
The herd is stampeding.
12. Titles of books, movies, novels, etc. are treated as singular and take a singular verb.
Cinderella is a nice movie.
17. Final Rule – Remember, only the subject affects the verb!
VERBS e
a. Main Verbs (MV) (there is one (1) verb in the sentence)
The man walks.
(subject) (verb)
Sheis cute.
1. action verbs - show action or movement, activities or happenings (example: write, walk, jump,
study)
2. linking verb – no action
- tell what someone or something is
- be verbs (is, are, am, was, were)
- appear, become, get, keep, look, make, seem, smell, sound, stay, taste,
turn
The soup smells good. (The soup is good.)
The bread looks delicious. (The bread is delicious.)
3. state verb - shows emotion/feelings; mental activity; preference/likes; ownership
b. Helping Verbs (HV) or Auxiliary Verbs (there are two (2) verbs in the sentence)
- used to make different tenses or to express ideas such as possibility, necessity
and permission
1. primary auxiliaries – bhd + main verb-
be (am, is, are + verb+ing): I am singing.
have (has, have, had + past participle): He has visited Seoul.
do (do, does, did + verb): I do like spaghetti.
2.6 will – willingness (like/want) The students will go to the mall. (not sure)
- ask someone to do something Will you bring these books to the library?
2. Simple Past – used for actions that happened/finished/completed already at a particular time in
the past (yesterday, last night/week/month/season/year, two days ago).
(example: Jack got sore eyes last week.)
- consider the past tense of the regular and irregular verbs
a. regular verbs just add –d/ed to make the past tense of the verb
b. irregular verbs change the spelling of the past tense of the verb; last letter is t/n/e
present tense past tense past participle
write wrote written
come came come
teach taught taught
3. Simple Future – used for actions that will or may happen in the future time.
Continuous Tenses
He is teaching.
2- definite arrangement/arranged plan
Many students are going back to Korea in February.
I am going to do my homework after your class.
3- annoyance (irritating bad action)
Bill is always biting his finger nails.
Satu is always playing with Porsche in the class.
Perfect Tenses
Past participle –
a. regular verbs just add –d/ed to make the past tense of the verb
b. irregular verbs change the spelling of the past tense of the verb; last letter is t/n/e
present tense past tense past participle continuous
write wrote written writing
come came come
teach taught taught
Perfect tense – have + past participle (the SUBJECT can do the action)
- action that has happened and has result now (He has lost his wallet.)
VERB FORMS
Verb Forms
a. regular verbs just add –d/ed to make the past tense of the verb
b. irregular verbs change the spelling of the past tense of the verb
present tense past tense
write wrote
come came
teach taught
a. transitive verbs – there is object (can be a noun or a pronoun)in the sentence that receives the
action of the verb
Cindy slept.
subject + verb
OBJECTS
1. direct object (DO) – answers the questions what and whom
They called the students.
2. indirect object (IO) – answers the questions to/for what and to/for whom
The farmers give them some milk.
3. object of preposition (OP) – the noun/pronoun after the PREPOSITION
They always want to go TO the mall.
Participles
a. Present Participles – verb + ing
Functions:
a. Part of the verb – continuous tenses ( be + verb+ing)
She is singing.
b. To – Infinitive
Functions:
a. Noun – used as SUBJECT or OBJECT in the sentence
a.1. Subject – To fix a car is a hard work.
a.2. Object - They called to finish your test.
a.3. Complement (SC) – To see is to believe.
a.4. Appositive – (App) – His dream to finish his studies is very encouraging.
Kinds of Sentences
a. Declarative – ordinary sentence. The girl is beautiful.
b. Interrogative – questions. Do you like her?
c. Imperative – command or request. Answer your test. Please get those things.
d. Exclamatory – with emotions. Bravo! You are really good.
e. Optative – prayer/dream/hope: May God bless you.
SENTENCE STRUCTURES
a. declarative – statement
S-V She studies.
S-V-C She is graceful.
S-V-A She studies outside. She studies hard.
S-V-O She answered the test.
S-V-O-A She answered the e gave test in the cafeteria.
S-V-IO-DO She gave him pens.
A-S-V-C Frankly, he is very rude.
A-S-V-O Honestly, she made the test.
b. imperative – order/command; request
V Stop.
V-A Run fast.
V-C Be quiet.
V-O Answer your homework.
V-O-A Answer your test in the library.
V-IO-DO Give your classmates the homework.
c. exclamatory – deep feelings / strong emotions
C-S-V What a handsome boy you are!
O-S-V What a wonderful bag you have!
C What a nice day!
- the SUBJECT is the DOER of the - the SUBJECT is the RECEIVER of the
action action
- the DOER of the action is not so
important
- DOER is preceded by BY
SIMPLE TENSES
a. simple present a. present passive - is/are/am + pp
She cooks the food. The food is cooked (by her).
3. PREDICATE – from the verb upto the last word in the sentence
- all the remaining words, excluding the subject
The man in the cafeteria announced the good news.
She is the most intelligent student in the class.
9. EXCLAMATIONS - interjections