tailieunhanh - English Writing Skills REVIEW Lenoir Community College, Kinston, NC

Bacon (1989) rightly said, “Reading makes a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man”. Writing is an important medium and it is used for different purposes. Writing performs many functions in a person’s day to day life in different areas like academic, official, media, social, cultural and personal settings. Communication to a major extent is carried on through the medium of writing – personal correspondence, telegrams, circulars, reports, memos, minutes of meetings, instructions, email messages, assessment reports, project reports etc. Knowing writing is important to access journals, magazines, books, bills, letters, etc. . | English Writing Skills REVIEW Lenoir Community College Kinston NC PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES is Lenoir Community College s intent to make reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities. If special assistance is needed please give the college prior notice by calling 252 527-6223. Lenoir Community College English Seminar I. Parts of Speech Every word in a sentence is used as a particular part of speech. Some words can function as more than one part of speech. Part of Speech Use Examples Noun names person place or thing Martha likes trout. Did the class see the President Pronoun takes place of a noun You and I must try to help everyone. Adjective Modifies noun or pronoun What a hot day They were delighted. Verb Shows action or expresses a state of being They played and sang. He is a freshman. They have been singing. I will have been chosen. Adverb Modifies verb adjective or another adverb We soon quit. I am very excited. It happened quite suddenly. Preposition Relates its noun or pronoun object to another word Two of the gifts under the Christmas tree had my name on them. Conjunction Joins words phrases or clauses Ed or Joe attended. After I finish I will call. Neither Tom nor Jane came. Interjection Expresses moderate or strong feelings Wow Ouch Oh I don t mind. Identify the part of speech of each underlined word. 1. Light the candles now. 2. A light rain fell all afternoon. LCC English Review 1 3. A blue light flashed in my rear view mirror. 4. Cars whizzed by. 5. Dad traveled by airplane to the medical conference. 6. Look up. 7. We will sail up the river. 8. Can you top that 9. Lock the top drawer. 10. We climbed to the top. 11. Help 12. That looks beautiful on her. 13. He did it for you. 14. I slept for I was tired. 15. While you take the test I will wait. II. Parts of the Sentence A sentence is a group of words with a subject and predicate in an independent clause. It begins with a capital letter and ends with a period a question mark or an exclamation .