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ניוזלטר אנגלית #23 – parts of speech

Hi everyone!

In this month’s English Newsletter, we’re going to talk about parts of speech.
Read the article and then do the exercises. When you finish, you can check your answers using the answer sheet at the bottom of the page

What are parts of speech? Parts of speech are the building blocks of a language. Let’s look at the eight parts of speech in the English language:

  1. Nouns – things or people. There are different ways of distinguishing between nouns. Here are three main categories:
    • Single versus plural: cat-cats, bed-beds, city-cities, man-men, person-people.
    • Count vs. non-count: picture (count); water (non-count).
    • Tangible vs. intangible (=abstract): car (tangible); love (intangible)
  2. Verbs – actions or situations. Verbs have three basic forms:
    • Verb 1 – base form – play, go, eat.
    • Verb 2 – used in the past tense – played, went, ate.
    • Verb 3 –used in the perfect tenses and the passive form–played, gone, eaten
  3. Adjectives–describe nouns: big, small, pretty, smart, ridiculous, confusing, good
  4. Adverbs – describe verbs: slowly, gracefully, well, beautifully
  5. Prepositions – connect between words: to, on, above, below, in
  6. Pronouns – words that are used instead of nouns: I, you, he, she, it, we, they
  7. Conjunctions – connect between words or sentences: because, but, and
  8. Interjections – words that express a feeling or sensation: ouch! 
Now let’s focus on nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs. Lets do some exercises!

 

Exercise 1

Fill in the empty spaces (notice that some words don’t appear in all four forms; in such case, we filled the space with dashes ———-):
Nouns Verbs Adjectives Adverbs
Success   Successful Successfully
Decision Decide Decisive   
Beauty —————-   Beautifully
————— —————- Slow  
Player   Playful Playfully
  Influence Influential Influentially
Patience —————- Patient Patiently
Intruder/intrusion   Intrusive Intrusively
  Conclude Conclusive Conclusively
Danger Endanger   Dangerously
Relaxation Relax Relaxing —————-
Examination/exam   —————- —————-
Confusion   Confusing Confusingly
Stress Stress   Stressfully
—————- Recycle   —————-
Help   Helpful —————-
  Respect Respectful Respectfully

 

Exercise 2

Fill in the following sentences with a word from the chart
  1. This exercise is very ________________. Can you explain it to me again?
  2. If you work hard, I’m sure you’ll _______________.
  3. Your daughter dances ________________.
  4. This is going to take a long time, so please be ______________.
  5. The CEO of our company is an _____________ and ___________member of society.
  6. The candles and soft music are very __________________.
  7. We’ve discussed this matter long enough, now we have to make a _____________.
  8. We’ll never get there on time. You’re driving too ___________.
  9. Our dog won’t hurt you, she’s very _______________.
  10. Call the police! I think there’s an ______________in the house.
  11. After hearing all the arguments in this matter, there can be only one____________. We must start recycling.
  12. Elephants are in _____________of becoming extinct within ten years.
  13. Where can I _____________old batteries?
  14. He’s very sick. He needs medical ______________immediately.
  15. I have a very ________________job. I need some time off.

 

Exercise 1

Nouns Verbs Adjectives Adverbs
Success Succeed Successful Successfully
Decision Decide Decisive  Decisively
Beauty —————- Beautiful Beautifully
—————- —————- Slow Slowly
Player Play Playful Playfully
Influence Influence Influential Influentially
Patience —————- Patient Patiently
Intruder/intrusion Intrude Intrusive Intrusively
Conclusion Conclude Conclusive Conclusively
Danger Endanger Dangerous Dangerously
Relaxation Relax Relaxing —————-
Examination/exam Examine —————- —————-
Confusion Confuse Confusing Confusingly
Stress Stress Stressful Stressfully
—————- Recycle Recycled —————-
Help Help Helpful —————-
Respect Respect Respectful Respectfully

 

Exercise 2

  1. Confusing
  2. Succeed
  3. Beautifully
  4. Patient
  5. Influential, respected
  6. Relaxing
  7. Decision
  8. Slowly
  9. Playful
  10. Intruder
  11. Conclusion
  12. Danger
  13. Recycle
  14. Help
  15. Stressful 

 

רוצים להעשיר את הידע שלכם על השפה האנגלית? קראו גם:

לימודי אנגלית אייקון 1איך לעבור ראיון באנגלית ב7 שלבים פשוטים – כתבה מצויינת עבור כל מי שנמצא בין ראיונות עבודה.

לימודי אנגלית אייקון 2כתיבת מיילים באנגלית– הבסיס לכתיבת מיילים כללים ועסקיים בשפה האנגלית.

לימודי אנגלית אייקון 6טיפים ללימוד אנגלית – מתחילים ללמוד אנגלית או מעוניינים להתחיל לשפר את האנגלית? כך תתחילו נכון!

לימודי אנגלית אייקון 10למה ללמוד אנגלית עם לינגולרן– הכל על יתרונות הלימודים עם מורים פרטיים אונליין של לינגולרן.

 

לינגולרן הנו בית ספר ללימוד ערבית באינטרנט בשיעור חי עם מורה, המאפשר לכם ללמוד קורס אנגלית למתחילים או למתקדמים ולשפר את מיומנויות האנגלית שלכם, וזאת בעזרת מורים מנוסים וחומרי לימוד מעולים, בכיתה וירטואלית מתקדמת.

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