| TEACHING ENGLISH IN THE SECONDARY SCHOOL Miss Belinda's Format for Teaching Grammar Eight Parts of Speech (Teach 1st Semester - in this order) I. Eight Parts of Speech A. Nouns 1. Def - name of a person, place, thing, or idea 2. Categories of Nouns a. Common Noun- names any p.p.t. or idea. b. Proper Noun- names any specific p.p.t. or idea. (Always capitalized) 3. Types of Nouns a. Concrete- can be perceived by one of five senses b. Abstract- cannot be perceived by one of five senses c. Collective- a noun that names a group of things d. Compound- two or more words make on noun (Statue of Liberty) 4. Articles- a,an,the - noun indicators 5. 's words are not nouns 6. Noun Adjectives- a capitalized word that is used as a describing word 7. Proper Adjectives- a capitalized word that is used to describe something B. Prepositions 1. Def.-a word which shows how a certain noun or pronoun is related to some other word in the sentence 2. Give a list of mostly common used prepositions. 3. Prep. Phrase a. Prep. b. Object c. Modifiers (adjectives) 4. Prepositions must have objects. 5. If a preposition stands without an object, it is called an adverb. 6. Objects of prepositions are always nouns or pronouns. 7. Prepositional phrases begin at the prep. and ends at the noun or pronoun object. C. Pronouns 1. Def.- Word that takes the place of a noun 2. Give list of most commonly used pronouns. 3. Antecedent- word for which a pronoun stands 4. Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement a. Pronouns must agree with antecedents in number (1) These words are singular if used as antecedents: each, either, neither one, someone, somebody, anyone, anybody, no one, nobody, everyone, everybody. (2) These words are plural if used as antecedents: few, several, both, many (3) These words can be sing.or pl. depending on the sense of the sentence if used as antecedents: none, all, most, any, some (THE OBJECT OF THE PREPOSITION FOLLOWING THE ANTECEDENT IS THE KEY TO DETERMINE THE NUMBER OF THESE ANTECEDENTS.) (4) Two antecedents joined by and are considered plural unless considered one person or thing. (5) Two antecedents joined by or, nor, either-or, neither-nor, make the pronoun agree with the nearest antecedent to it. (6) If a collective noun is the antecedent, the pronoun referring to it may be either sing or plural depending on if the collective noun is considered sing. or pl. (same place, same time, same thing) b. Pronouns must agree with their antecedents in gender. (1) Masculine gender -- him, his, he (2) Feminine gender -- she, her, hers (3) Neuter -- it, its (4) For ante. that are human but do not indicate gender --- use masculine (5) If the name of an animal does not indicate gender use neuter gender c. Pronouns should agree with their antecedents in person. (1) There are three persons in which we write: (a) First person - relates to me (b) Second person - relates to you (c) Third person - relates to someone other than you or me. (2) First person pronouns are the following: I, me, my, mine, we, us (3) Second person pronouns are the following: you, your, yours (4) Third person pronouns are the following: he, him, his, she, her, hers, it, its, them, themselves, their, theirs, they, our, ourselves D. Verbs |
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