correspond (v.) correspondence (n) How do we know it is a noun? We know it is noun because of the type of “suffix” (ending). - ence/ ance example = significance … independence … etc. Why is it important to know the “word class”? (i.e. noun, adjective, verb or adverb)? If we know the word class, it helps us build sentences properly (sentence construction – grammatical accuracy/ comprehension) . Noun = a name of a person (Adam; teacher), a name of a place (university; Bangkok; Mars), a name of a thing (object/ idea: laptop/ religion) Adjective = a word that describes a noun (a black laptop, a cheap laptop, an old laptop, etc.) Verb = a action or a state - (action) I killed the mosquito. - (state) I hate mosquitoes. Around 90% of verbs are actions and about 10% of verbs are states. I killed the mosquito because I hate mosquitoes. Every sentence is made up of one or more clauses. A clause is a part of a sentence containing a subject and a verb. We join clauses together with conjunctions. I hate mosquitoes. (a 1-clause sentence) I killed the mosquito. (a 1-clause sentence) S. V. O. (subject/ verb/ object) I killed the mosquito because I hate mosquitoes. (‘because’ is the conjunction) This is a 2-clause sentence. Sentences can be anything from one to five (no set rule) clauses. You, as students, only need to make sentences of 1-3 clauses in length. ‘be’ = state ‘think’ (opinion) = state ‘think’ (calculate) = action ‘study’ = action ‘learn’ = action ‘understand’ is a state NB We never put state verbs into a continuous tense. We cannot say I am understanding you. I understand you. I’m learning a lot today. Adverb = a word that describes a verb The teacher responded angrily when the student confessed that she had not done her homework. angrily > responded quietly > responded violently > responded gently > responded Adverbs change the meaning of verbs (work + slowly, work + quickly, work + hard, work + efficiently, work + well, work poorly) The subject of the clause is always a noun, a gerund (a special kind of noun), or something acting a noun. Likewise, the object of the verb is always a noun, a gerund (a special kind of noun), or something acting like a noun.
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