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LANGUAGE FORMS AND FUNCTIONS

TASK 1 - INITIAL ACTIVITY

TO REFLECT ON LINGUISTICS AND PARTS OF SPEECH

TUTOR:

ANGIE CAROLINA ROJAS

GROUP:

551019_18

NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY AND DISTANCE

SCHOOL OF EDUCATION

BACHELOR IN TEACHING ENGLISH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE

August 27 Th, 2018

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3. In any language, we find eight (8) different parts of speech: noun, verb, pronoun, adjective,
adverb, preposition, conjunction, and interjection.

a. Choose three parts of speech and explain them in terms of definition, types, and examples. You would
rather choose those parts of speech you are less familiar with. If you wish, you can use the “Glossary
of English Grammar” by Leech (2006) included in the Unit 1 contents for your search.

CONJUNCTIONS.

Conjunctions function as connectors between words, phrases, clauses, or sentences, as and, or, because, if, etc.

Types.

Coordinating Conjunctions.

Examples:

Cookies and milk

This cup of tea is delicious and very soothing.

Homer always wanted to join the play, but he didn’t have the guts to audition

Here they are (only 7): for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so.

Subordinating Conjunctions

There are many subordinating conjunctions. This list does not include all of them.

Example: I will eat broccoli after I eat this cookie.

A: after, although, as, as if, as long as, as much as, as soon as, as though

B: because, before, by the time. Etc.

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Correlative Conjunctions

These are always used in pairs.

Example: This cookie contains neither chocolate nor nuts.

both... and

either... or

neither... nor

not only... but also

whether... or

ADJECTIVES

Adjectives describe or define nouns, as good, bad, blue, my, an etc.

Types of adjectives

Descriptive adjectives

Examples:

 Dangerous chemicals
 Green vegetables
 A square box
 A big house
 A tall tree
 A cold morning
 A powerful motorbike
 An English language

Mediterranean country

Adjective of quantity

An adjective of quantity tells us the number (how many) or amount (how much) of a noun. But it doesn't say
exactly how many or how much.

Examples:

 He has eaten three apples.

 I don't have enough pocket money.
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 They brought along a few sandwiches.

 There is a little dust on the bookshelf.
 There are some birds in that tree.
 We have much wine for the guests.
 This long, thin centipede has many legs.

Demonstrative adjective

There are four words that are used as demonstrative adjectives: this, that, these, those. We use this and that with
nouns to show the nouns are singular (this/that computer = one computer) and these and those with nouns to
show they are plural (these/those ants = more than one ant)

Examples:

 This dog had no tail.

 That pig has a curly tail.
 These trousers are now too tight for me.
 Those monkeys are noisy.

Possessive adjective

A possessive adjective, also called a possessive determiner, expresses possession of a noun by someone or
something by modifying the noun. Possessive adjectives are the same as possessive pronouns.

Examples:

 I spent my afternoon painting the toilet.

 This must be your missing pencil.

 His arms have a few tattoos.

 Its skin is dry and rough.

 Our grandmothers were classmates.

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Adverb

Adverb modify verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs, as here, always, very, etc.

TYPE OF ADVERB.

Adverbs of Time

Examples of adverbs of time: never, lately, just, always, recently, during, yet, soon, sometimes, usually, so far

 So far, we have found twelve grammar mistakes.

 I haven’t been going to the gym lately.

 We recently bought a new car.

Adverbs of Place

Examples of adverbs of place: here, there, nowhere, everywhere, out, in, above, below, inside, outside, into

 We went into the cave, and there were bats everywhere!

 One day when my dad wasn’t paying attention to where he was going, he walked into a wall.

 There aren’t any Pokémon here, let’s look somewhere else.

Adverbs of Manner

Examples of adverbs of manner: neatly, slowly, quickly, sadly, calmly, politely, loudly, kindly, lazily.

 The young soldier folded his clothes neatly in a pile at the end of his bunk.
 I politely opened the door for my grandmother as she stepped out of the car.
 A fat orange and white cat rested lazily on the sofa.
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Adverbs of Degree

Example of adverbs of degree: almost, quite, nearly, too, enough, just, hardly, simply, so.

 Can I come to the movies too?

 Aren’t you hungry? You’ve hardly touched your dinner.
 I’m so excited to see the new James Bond movie!

Adverbs of Frequency

Examples of adverbs of frequency: never, always, rarely, sometimes, normally, seldom, usually, again

 I rarely eat fast food these days.

 Tom usually takes his dog for a walk before breakfast.
 They always go to the same restaurant every Friday.
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b. Propose two complex sentences on your own and identify as many parts of speech as possible in them.
You can do this using a diagram or a chart. Be sure the sentences are created by you, and not
paraphrased or copied from a source of yours. Remember that if a copy is detected (plagiarism), you will
get zero (0) points in this initial activity.

Noun Verbs Adverbs

The girl Is At the desk
The book Is On the table
The teacher Is In the classroom
The shoes are Under the bed

Pronoun Verbs Adjective Noun

I am A tall man
You Are An intelligent Woman.
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REFERENCES

http://myenglishgrammar.com/lesson-3-adjectives/1-types-of-adjectives.html

https://www.myenglishteacher.eu/blog/types-of-adverb/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adverb

book 3 conversational grammar, institute Meyer.