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adjectives
Adjectives are describing words that usually come before a noun
(the name of a person, place or thing).
Examples:
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adjectives activity
Task: re-write these sentences replacing the underlined word with
the most fitting word from the box below (or your own word) to
make these descriptive sentences more interesting.
Salina thinks that George is a man. She likes to spend time with
friend.
George likes Salina because she is a person. She makes him laugh.
George likes to watch movies with Salina, so that they have something
You may have used different words for your answers. This is just an example
of the selection you could have made. Ask your tutor to check your work.
A concrete noun is something you can see, hear, smell feel or taste:
It was a very tasty pizza dripping with cheese, ham and pineapple.
It was a vanilla ice cream.
She wore a woolly cardigan.
An abstract noun is an idea, feeling or quality that you cannot touch. It is something
you cannot see, smell, touch or taste. For example: loneliness, politeness,
happiness, sadness, faith, courage, embarrassment, bitterness.
Activity two: make a list of all the common nouns you see.
Activity three: make a list of all of the abstract nouns you
see. Do you notice anything about them?
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common and abstract
nouns - answers
“She had no more clean dishes, clean knives or clean forks.
Although she was not known for her tidiness, the house was
unusually messy today. Rather than do the cleaning and cook a meal,
Bev decided she would go out and get a takeaway. She had had too
many late nights and her tiredness was making it harder to cope
with the housework.”
For example:
Ali is great at hands-on work. Ali wants to get onto an
apprenticeship scheme to become an engineer. Ali works
very hard at school. Ali is doing well in his exams.
You can replace the name Ali with the word ‘he’ because the
reader now knows (after the first Ali) who you are talking
about.
pronouns activity
Re-write the following sentences choosing the best
pronoun to replace the person / people being written
about.
proper nouns
• A proper noun is the name of something
unique.
• A proper noun could be the name of a person
or a place, for example:
James, Samera, Leeds, Bradford, Park Lane
College, England, Gregg’s, Cineworld and
Burger King.
pool Lightwaves
girl Tracy
collective nouns
Collective nouns are used to show a collection of people or things
regarded as a unit. Common collective nouns are:
enemy public
team
group
committee
family
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ollective nouns
flock
company
using collective nouns
When we use collective nouns we have to think about whether we are talking
about them as singular (one group as a whole e.g. the team is playing well…)
or plural (a group of people in a team = the team have been playing well).
For example:
Activity: take the collective nouns ‘family’, ‘class’ and ‘company’ and write
sentences showing their meaning. Take care and discuss your sentences with
your tutor to get advice on your grammar if you are unsure about whether you
are using them as singular or plural nouns.
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verbs
Some verbs show feelings or states
Some verbs are action words: and are there to act as links to add
description to a noun.
Explain
is (he is boring)
Instruct
am (I am boring)
Speak
been (he has always been
Cook
boring)
Run
was (he was always told he
was boring)
have (I have always been
boring)
feel (I feel I have been boring
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imperative verbs
Silence! Shut the door! Sit down!
Stir the rice. Light the fire.
Imperative verbs can be orders or commands.
Method:
1. Fill a pan with cold water
2. Bring the water to the boil
3. Stir-fry the onion and garlic in a little oil
4. Place the pasta into the pan of boiling water – reduce the heat and allow
to simmer for ten minutes
5. Add the stir-fry vegetables to the wok and fry on a high heat for two
minutes
6. Remove the pasta from the heat, drain and empty onto the plates
7. Add the stir-fried vegetables and serve.
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imperative verbs - answers
Method:
1. Fill a pan with cold water
2. Bring the water to the boil
3. Stir-fry the onion and garlic in a little
oil
4. Place the pasta into the pan of
boiling water – reduce the heat and
simmer for ten minutes
5. Add the stir-fry vegetables to the
wok and fry on a high heat for two
minutes
6. Remove the pasta from the heat,
drain and empty onto the plates
7. Add the stir-fried vegetables and
serve.
1. She spoke to the man so ____________ that she made him cry.
2. He sang so ___________ that all of the judges laughed.
3. The pan was balanced so ______________ close to the edge it was amazing
that it didn’t fall off.
4. They laughed ____________ at the comedian – because he was so bad!
5. Her hair was styled _____________.
6. Get ready _________ or you will miss the bus!
7. Come over here __________. The baby is asleep.
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adverbs (as conjunctions – joining words)
She did not have enough money for the dress; therefore she
chose a different outfit.
The fans waited patiently; finally the doors to the stadium were
opened.
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For additional work and online activities on prepositions visit:
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prepositions
Prepositions can show time, direction and place.
Look at the table below for a few examples.
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prepositions - activity
Decide which preposition for direction should be used and re-write the following
sentences inserting the correct preposition.
conjunctions
Co-ordinating conjunctions can join two simple
sentences together. These form a ‘compound
Sentence’ which is made of two ideas that are equally
important.
Examples:
Co-ordinates:
• and
Simon likes tea, and Jan likes coffee.
• but
Simon likes tea, but Jan likes coffee.
• or
• nor
• Will you go to the shops, or shall I go to the
for shops?
• so
• yet
You should go to the shops, so I don’t have to go
to the shops.
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conjunctions - activity
Join these simple sentences together to form ‘compound’
sentences using the best co-ordinating conjunction from the box
below.
1. I like porridge. Sam likes a fried breakfast.