Word Classes
A good book to accompany this component is A Concise Grammar for English Language Teachers by Tony Penston. You might also like to look at The Practice of English Language Teaching by Jeremy Harmer, or The CERTTESOL companion by Jason Anderson. Or check out the PowerPoint below which I made to help you get started.
There are many word classes to learn about. Below are just a few....
NOUNS
PRONOUNS
ADJECTIVES
ADVERBS
AUXILIARY VERBS
LEXICAL VERBS
MODAL AUXILIARY VERBS
PREPOSITIONS
CONJUNCTIONS
DETERMINERS
Find an example of the word classes in the text below..
The text is taken from Mother Tongue by Bill Bryson
NOUNS
PRONOUNS
ADJECTIVES
ADVERBS
AUXILIARY VERBS
LEXICAL VERBS
MODAL AUXILIARY VERBS
PREPOSITIONS
CONJUNCTIONS
DETERMINERS
Find an example of the word classes in the text below..
The text is taken from Mother Tongue by Bill Bryson
More than 300 million people in the world speak English and the rest, it sometimes seems, try to. It would be charitable to say that the results are sometimes mixed. For non-English speakers everywhere, English has become the common tongue. Even in France, the most determinedly non-English-speaking nation in the world, the war against English encroachment has largely been lost.
people = Noun
the =
speak =
and =
it =
sometimes =
would =
charitable =
speakers =
has =
in =
against =
largely =
been =
Now look at the other words and categorise them in the same way
the =
speak =
and =
it =
sometimes =
would =
charitable =
speakers =
has =
in =
against =
largely =
been =
Now look at the other words and categorise them in the same way