tailieunhanh - Oxford practice grammar with answers part 2

1. Word classes: nouns, verbs, adjectives, etc A Introduction Look at the different kinds of word in this sentence. Pronoun Verb Determiner Adjective I have an important Noun conference Preposition Noun Adverb at work tomorrow, Linking word Pronoun Verb Adverb Adjective So I am rather busy. B What kind of word? There are eight different kinds of word in English. They are called 'word classes' or 'parts of speech'. Here are some examples from the conversations in the cafe. The numbers after the examples tell you which units in the book give you more information. 1 Verb: have, am, is, would, like, come, are, sitting,. | 1. Word classes nouns verbs adjectives etc A Introduction Look at the different kinds of word in this sentence. Pronoun Verb Determiner Adjective Noun Preposition Noun Adverb I have an important conference at work tomorrow Linking word Pronoun Verb Adverb Adjective So I am rather busy. B What kind of word There are eight different kinds of word in English. They are called word classes or parts of speech . Here are some examples from the conversations in the cafe. The numbers after the examples tell you which units in the book give you more information. 1 Verb have am is would like come are sitting look 4-75 Noun conference work coffee party Saturday Jessica friends corner 76-82 Adjective important busy good cheap 104-109 Adverb tomorrow rather really here 113-117 Preposition at to on in 118-125 Determiner an this our the 83-97 Pronoun I it you 98-103 Linking word so and 150-153 C Words in sentences Some words can belong to different classes depending on how they are used in a sentence. VERBS Can I look at your photos We work on Saturday morning. NOUNS I like the look of that coat. I ll be at work tomorrow. 1 Exercises 1 What kind of word B Read this paragraph and then say which word class each underlined word belongs to. To help you decide you can look back at the examples in B. Andrew didn t go to the cafe with the other students. Rachel told him they were going there but he wanted to finish his work. Andrew isn t very sociable. He stays in his room and concentrates totally on his studies. He s an excellent student but he doesn t have much fun. to preposition 7 sociable cafe noun 8 in 1 the. 9 and 2 told. 10 totally 3 they. 11 an 4 there 12 excellent 5 he . 13 but 6 finish 14 fun 2 What kind of word B Read this paragraph and then write the words in the spaces below. Write the first three verbs under Verb and so on. Do not write the same word more than once. Henry thinks Claire is wonderful. He loves her madly and he dreams of marrying her but unfortunately he is .