Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Easy English For You

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The Sentences
The sentence is a group of words that express a thought, which makes complete senses. A sentence conveys a statement, question, exclamation or command. A sentence contains or implies a subject and a predicate.

Kinds of Sentences
Sentences are of four kinds:-
1) Those which make statements or assertions.
    A sentence that makes a statement or assertion is called a Declarative or Assertive sentence.
2) Those which ask questions.
    A sentence that asks a question is called an Interrogative sentence.
3) Those which express commands, requests or entreaties.
    A sentence that expresses a command or an entreaty is called an Imperative sentence.
4) Those which express strong feelings.
    A sentence that expresses strong feeling is called an Exclamatory sentence.

GRAMMAR
Grammar is the structure and system of a language, or of languages in general, usually considered to consist of syntax and morphology. Grammar is the system of a language.
Grammar can help you to learn a language more quickly and more efficiently.When you understand the grammar of a language, you can understand many things yourself.

CHAPTER 1 :  NOUNS
A noun is the name of an object/thing, animal, concept, person or place.

1.1 Kind of Nouns
A "concrete noun" is something you can see or touch like a object/ thing, person, place or animal. An "abstract noun" is something that you cannot see or touch like a happiness or sadness.

Names of objects/ things
cup                            food               tree                  leaf                      television
spoon                        silver             book                 motorcycle          radio
plate                          table              pencil               bicycle                 computer
screwdriver               desk              eraser            lorry                     aeroplane             
bolt                           duster            pen                  bus                      fan
hammer                    chair              car                   handphone          telephone

Names of places
town                          market           house              country               forest
field                           village             mosque          hostel                 river
classroom                park                hall                  beach                 airport
office                        garden            kitchen            sea                     canteen
shop                         waterfall          bedroom         island                 kindergarten
school                      lake                 bathroom        port                     pool

Names of animals  
cat                            lion                   girraffe             buffalo                 bird
duck                         fox                    zebra               ostrich                 whale
rabbit                       dog                   antelope           deer                     fish
elephant                    tiger                  cock                bull                      shark
crocodile                   lizard                dog                  goat                   snake      
horse                        hen                   cow                 sheep
           
Names of people
father                         mother              boy                sister               grandmother
teacher                      pupil                  kid                 girl                  grandfather
nurse                         doctor               farmer             fisherman         fireman
plumber                     contractor         dentist             gardener         etc.
    
1.2 Numbers of Nouns
A noun that denotes one person or animal or thing, is said to be in the Singular Number.
e.g.: book, pencil, ruler, boy, girl, sharpener, etc.
A noun that denotes more than one person or animal or thing is said to be in the Plural Number.  The plural of nouns is generally formed by adding -s to the singular.
e.g.: books, pencils, rulers, boys, girls, sharpeners, etc.

1.3 Common Nouns
A common noun is a name given in common to every person, animal, place or thing of the same class or kind.

1.4 Proper Nouns
A proper noun is the name of some particular/ specific person, animal, place or thing.  Proper noun are always written with a capital letter at the beginning.

1.5 Countable Nouns
Some common nouns can be counted while others cannot.  Some words are used with countable nouns to show the quantity. When we spell things that are more than one, we add 's' to the word.

1.6 Uncountable Nouns
Uncountable nouns are nouns that cannot be counted. They have no plural form.
Examples: oil, pepper, wind, water etc.

1.7 Collective Nouns
Collective nouns are names given to groups  of people, animals or things.
Examples:
a staff of teachers
a bunch of bananas
a swarm of bees
a bundle of sticks

1.8 Abstract Nouns
An abstract nouns is usually the name of quality, action, or state considered apart from the object to which it belongs.
Examples: Goodness, kindness, honesty
wisdom
bravery
laughter
theft

THE ADJECTIVE
An adjective is a word used with noun to describe, or point out, the person, animal, place or thing which the noun names, or to tell the number or quality.

Adjectives are divided into five (5) classes:
1) Adjectives of Quality
2) Adjectives of Quantity 
3) Adjectives of number (numeral adjectives)
4) Demonstrative Adjectives
5) Interrogative Adjectives. 

1) Adjectives of Quality
Adjectives of quality show the kind or quality of a person or thing.
Example:
     Petronas tower is a higher building in Malaysia.
     Salmah is a prettier girl.
     The cleverer mousdeer tried to runaway from tiger.

THE PRONOUNS 
A pronoun is a word used instead of a noun.
Examples:
I
we
You
he
she
it
they
All of the pronouns above are called Personal Pronouns, because they stand for the three persons,
     (i) the person speaking
     (ii) the person spoken to
     (iii)the person spoken of

The Pronouns I and we which denote the person or persons speaking, are said  to be Personal Pronouns of the First Person.

The Pronouns thou and you which denote the person or persons spoken to, are said to be Personal Pronouns of the Second Person. 

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ARTICLES

The adjectives 'a' or 'an' and the are usually called articles.
There are two articles  --a ( or an ) and the.
A or an is called the indefinite article.
The is called definite article, because it points out some particular person or thing; such as,
    He saw the doctor; meaning some particular doctor.
The choice between a and an is determined by sound. Before a word beginning with a vowel sound an is used ; as
  an apple, an umbrella, an orange, an honest woman, an hour, an heir.
It will be noticed that the words hour, honest, heir begin with a vowel sound, as the initial consonant h is not pronounced.
   Before a word beginning with consonant sound a is used : as

   a boy, a girl, a woman, also a university, a union, a European, a ewe, a unicorn, a useful things,  because these words ( university, union, European, unicorn, etc ) begin with a consonant, that of yu.
  
  Before words beginning with h and not accented on the first syllable, an is often used;  as,  
  an historical novel,  an hotel. 

Use of the Definite Article