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Bring in a note-book and a pen. You may need them to take down notes for your
future reference.
Taking down notes will help you pay focused attention on what you learn.
It is strongly suggested that you had better take down notes of what you learn in
every lesson.
There are
FIVE UNITS.
1. Letter
2. Word
3. Phrase
4. Clause
5. Sentence
1. Letter:
They are:
A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y and Z .
They are:
a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, m, n, o, p, q, r, s, t, u, v, w, x, y and z.
They are:
I. Consonants
b, c, d, f, g, h, j, k, l, m, n, p, q, r, s, t, v, w, x, y and z. are
called CONSONANTS. That means there are 21 consonants.
II. Vowels
a, e, i. o and u are called VOWELS. That means there are five vowels.
2.Word:
A word converts the group of letters into a meaningful one. A word plays a pivotal
role in the Units of English.
Ball, nation, ocean, boy, courage, install, save and organization are words.
In this way all the words are collective forms of few letters.
Let us see few more words which we use regularly in our daily lives.
Son, father, mother, daughter, wife, husband, school, college, milk, street, bus,
car, train, sky, moon, sun, note, book, university, love, language, skill,
communication, motivation, can, will, no, yes, carry, on, down, up, color, white,
red, computer, profit, business and knowledge are few of the words which we use
in our day-to-day lives.
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It is must for one to know at least 25,000 words to become a very good
communicator in English.
Till you master that much of words and the Basics of English language, you have
to keep on learning so that you language-skill will get sharpened day by day.
Becoming thorough with the Basics of English is a matter of practice.
Understanding the meaning of the words determines your progress. Among the
Units of English, the unit word has its own place in understaning the Perfect
English.The word-power is indomitable. Rote learning of words will not take you
to understand the Perfect English.The meaning and the usages of every word
should be understood. You should allot more time to increase your word-
power.These Units of English will take you to the next level of learning process.
3.Phrase:
vii. To make up
x. To attain fame
If the most important word in a phrase is a noun (what is noun? Let us see
later.), it is called a Nominal phrase or a Noun phrase.
In the foloowing sections, you will understand these pharses very well.
In the examples given above, the first six phrases have nouns as the most
important words.
“The leader of the group" has the noun “leader" as the most important word in
that phrase.
“The red ball" has the noun “ball" as the most important word in that phrase.
If the most important word in the phrase is verb (what is verb? Let us see later.),
that phrase is called Verbal phrase.
In the above-mentioned examples, vii, viii, ix and x have the verbs make-up, get
away, score and attain as the most important words. So they are called Verbal
Phrases.
v. To be there in time
4.Clause:
Note:
A phrase does not have a subject and a predicate. But a clause has both.
The clause You are my best friend conveys the complete meaning. So it is
called the Main clause.
The clause mentioned above “if you are qualified" does not have a complete
meaning.
Who, whom, whose, which, that, unless, as, because, when, how, where, what,
since, etc..
Note:
B. In few sentences, the subordinate clause may occur between two parts of a
main clause.
5. Sentence:
Examples:
i. It is possible only when all the members support this project. ( 1 main clause
and 1 subordinate clause).
iii. When you come to my house, please, bring that book. (1 main clause and 1
subordinate clause).
v. Since the students have not yet paid their fees, the exam was not conducted
yesterday. (1 subordinate clause and a main clause).
These are the basic Units of English. Here after you can enter the next area of
Perfect English.
ii. Alphabet
iii. Consonant
iv. Vowel
v. Letter
vi. Word
x. Sub-ordinate clause
xi. Sentence
These are the utter basics which constitute English language. From the first unit
of the five Units of English language, we have come to the unit of sentence.
NOTE:
Understanding the Basics of English(Grammar) very clearly will give you the
strong foundation needed to become a very good communicator.