SENIOR A

ENGLISH LANGUAGE :
IDIOMS, CLICHES, JARGON,
SLANG, AND EUPHEMISMS
Grammar
 INTRODUCTION
When writing, you should choose your words carefully.
Unclear or careless language affects your ability to
communicate. It is important for you to recognize words or
expressions that weaken your message in order to avoid them
in your writing.
Can you guess?
 01

A blessing in disguise.
Is this an idiom, cliche, jargon,
slang or euphemism?
 02

A dime a dozen.
Is this an idiom, cliche, jargon, slang or euphemism?
 PUNCTUATION RULES
Every sentence must end with a full Don’t link independent clauses with
Rule 1 Rule 5
stop commas

Quotation marks are when quoting or

Proper nouns (places, brands) must
Rule 2 Rule 6 sometimes to convey irony, not for
always be capitalized
emphasis

When you use opening quotation Punctuation marks that are not part of
Rule 3 marks, use closing quotation marks at Rule 7 a quoted section of text must be
the end placed outside the quotation marks

Use comma after the introductory

Don’t use an apostrophe when you
Rule 4 Rule 8 element of a sentence providing
are pluralizing a word
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 CAPITALIZATION RULES
● Capitalize first word of a
Sentence
● Capitalize names and other
Nouns
● Don’t capitalize after a colon
(Usually)
● Capitalize the first word of a
quote (Sometimes)
● Capitalize days, months, and
holidays, but not seasons
● Capitalize most words in titles
● Capitalize cities, countries,
nationalities, and languages
● Capitalize time periods and
events (Sometimes)
 RULES FOR PLURALS

ADD -S ADD -ES ADD -IES ADD -VES

Despite being red, Neptune is the

Venus is the second Mercury is the closest
Mars is actually a farthest planet from
planet from the Sun planet to the Sun
cold place the Sun
 SUBORDINATE CLAUSES

Do you know what helps you make your point clear?

Lists like this one:

1. They’re simple
2. You can organize your ideas clearly
3. You’ll never forget to buy milk!

And the most important thing: the audience won’t miss the point of
your presentation
 POSSESSIVE NOUNS

MY YOUR HIS/HER

Neptune is the fourth- Venus is the second Mercury is the smallest

largest planet planet from the Sun planet

ITS OUR THEIR

Mars is actually a very Jupiter is the biggest Saturn is a gas giant and
cold place planet of them all has several rings
 LEARNING CONTRACTIONS

CONTRACTION UNCONTRACTED PROVIDE EXAMPLES

-n’t not Isn’t (is not), hasn’t (has not)

-’re are

-’d had, would

-’ll will

-’s is, has

-’ve have

let’s let us
 VERB TENSES

PAST PRESENT FUTURE

I _______ English I _____ English I ____ _____ English

Past Simple Present Simple Future Simple

I ___ _______ English I ____ _______ English I ____ ____ _______ English

Past Perfect Present Perfect Future Perfect

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DIAGRAM
SENTENCES
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AWESOME
WORDS
A PICTURE IS WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS
150,000
Big numbers catch your audience’s attention
 PARTS OF A SENTENCE

Identify the words in bold and write what they are

VERB NOUN ADJECTIVE

Sarah loves chocolate ice-cream _________________________________

Spiders build sticky webs _________________________________

Because the horrible dinner was cold, they ate _________________________________

more dessert _________________________________
 9h 55m 23s
Is Jupiter's rotation period

333,000.000 386,000 km
Earths is the Sun’s mass Distance between Earth and Moon
 PARTS OF SPEECH ACTIVITY

Identify the underlined words with parts of speech

NOUN PRONOUN VERB ADJECTIVE

ADVERB CONJUNCTION PREPOSITION INTERJECTION

1. Jenna wore a bright sweater 1. Verb _______ _______

2. My dad planted yellow flowers 2. _______ ________ _______
3. Thank you for coming to see me 3. _______ ________ _______
4. My house is where I feel happy 4. _______ ________ _______
5. Ouch, that hurts! Be careful, please 5. _______ ________ _______
“This is a quote, words full of wisdom that
someone important said and can make the
reader get inspired.”

—SOMEONE FAMOUS
 PARTS OF A SENTENCE

The old, tired man was sitting under a tree and waiting for his son to arrive

A AD N V PR C PR P V

A Article V Verb P Pronoun

AD Adjective PR Preposition C Conjunction

N Noun
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MERCURY VENUS MARS

It’s the closest It has a poisonous Mars is actually a

planet to the Sun atmosphere cold place
 FAMOUS GRAMMAR SCHOOLS

AMERICAS

Neptune is the fourth-

largest planet

EUROPE

Saturn is a gas giant and

has rings
 SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT

At first, the subject and verb must
agree in number (They visit us every
other week)
A B
Words and phrases with “with”, “as
well as”, “together with”, “along with”
are not part of the subject

Two subjects joined by “and” are
plural. Exception: Bacon and eggs is
my favorite dish
C D
With collective nouns, the verb might
be singular or plural (UK), depending
on meaning
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COUNTERFACTUAL

SUBJUNCTIVE Statements contrary to fact:

If he were here, we can
MOOD FORMS play tennis

3 2
WISHES IMPERATIVE
Expressions of desire: I Commands and demands: I
really wish he were here demanded that she walk
with me away
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NECESSITY
Requirement: It is SUBJUNCTIVE
necessary that she fill out
the form first MOOD FORMS

5 6
PROPOSITION SUPPOSITION
Possibility: “If I were to
Proposals and suggestions:
accept the position, I’d
We proposed that they play
have to relocate
 THIS IS A GRAPH

NEPTUNE MARS
Neptune is the fourth- 38% 24% Despite being red, Mars
largest planet is a cold place

VENUS JUPITER
Venus is the second
24% Jupiter is the biggest
12%
planet from the Sun planet of them all

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EDITING REVISING

● Mercury is the closest planet ● Mars is actually a very cold

to the Sun place
● Venus is the second planet ● Jupiter is the biggest planet
from the Sun of them all
 STEPS FOR REVISING

FIND YOUR FOCUS

2 ADD SUBSTANCE

What is the essence of A process of expansion

CONTENT FLOW
your message? and shrinkage

Content should take

1 readers on a journey 3
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