1 | Talking About Language

Throughout our course, we'll see some grammar words in english:

Grammar Word Meaning Example In your Language
Noun A person or a thing book, girl, pen
Verb Something we do do, read, write
Adecti!e
"escribes a person or a
thing
good, bad, happ#, long
Ad!erb "escribes a !erb slowl#, badl#
$reposition
A word used be%ore a noun
or a pronoun
in, on, at, b#
Singular &ust one book, house
$lural 'ore than one books, houses
$hrase
A group o% words (not a
complete sentence)
in a house, at home, an
old man
Sentence
A complete idea in writing,
beginning with a capital
letter and ending with a %ull
stop
The man went into the
room and closed the
door.
$aragraph
A short part o% a te*t (one or
more sentences)
This course has si*
books+ All the books are
good+
"ialogue
A con!ersation between two
people
Ann: ,ow are #ou-
.inn: /'m great0
1uestion
A set o% words that begin
with a capital letter and end
with a 2uestion mark+
Are the# 3nglish?
Do #ou li!e near here?
Answer
4epl# to a 2uestion 5es, / am+
No, / don't+ / don't li!e
near here+
TIP: 6eep a !ocabular# notebook+ 7rite the words #ou learn %rom this
course in it+ 8se a good dictionar#+ 5ou'll need it %or some e*ercises+
9 | Learning Vocabular#
1 7rite down words that go together (collocations)
5ou do the exercie toda#+ Sometimes, #ou ma# ma!e mita!e in #our 3nglish+ /n #our
!ocabular# notebook, write down: do an exercie and ma!e a mita!e+ 7hen words are used
together like this, we call it a collocation+ 'ore e*amples:
5ou go "y train, but on #oot+ (:walking) preposition ; noun
Some people are good at math+ (N<T good in) adecti!e ; preposition
/ saw a !er# tall man+ (N<T high man) adecti!e ; noun
9 Learn words in %amilies
7ord %amil# Some words in the %amil#
Temperature hot, warm, cool, cold
Tra!el ticket, passport, suitcase
School math, ph#sics, chemistr#, biolog#, histor#
'ake a page %or e!er# di%%erent word %amil# in #our !ocabular# notebook
= $ictures and "iagrams
"raw pictures and diagrams+
"raw diagrams like this one+ $ut more words in as #ou learn them+
$
Look at the words #ou ha!e written down again and again and again0
| 3*ercises
%. 7rite these words in the correct column+
book speak good word house ha!e
write new man right blue sa#
Noun Verb Adjective
&. Are these phrases, sentences or 2uestions-
1+ in the park
9+ "o #ou speak 3nglish-
=+ a black cat
>+ She's writing a book+
?+ 7hat's #our name-
@+ / like to stud# 3nglish+
'. Answer the 2uestions+
1+ 7hat is the plural o% "oo!-
9+ 7hat is the singular o% men-
=+ /s #rom a !erb-
>+ /s cat an adecti!e+
?+ /s ()ane lo*e +arry., a phrase-
@+ /s "ad an ad!erb-
-. 7hich words can go with .eather-
wet high big dr# warm
happ# cool rain# dark %eather
/. There are two word %amilies here+ 7hat are the#- $ut them in the table+
school rain sun teacher cloud e*am
ice student ph#sics snow book %og
Name o% the %amil# 7ords in the %amil#
0. $ut words in the empt# circles+