GRAMMAR CLASS REVIEW

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GRAMMAR CLASS REVIEW
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PARTS OF SPEECH

• You should know and recognize
• Noun
• Verb action and non-action
• Adjective
• Adverb
• Preposition
• For more review, go through the PowerPoint
  presentation on parts of speech

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Simple Present Tense

• You should know
• The forms
• statement (3rd person singular is the tricky
  one!)
• Yes/No questionUse DO/Does basic verb form
• Wh question,
• Negative
• The Function (key words) always, never, usually,
  every-day,week,morning, etc.

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Present Progressive Tense

• You should know
• The forms
• (statement) Subject is/am/are VerbING
• Yes/No question
• Wh Question
• negative
• The function (key words)
• today, thismorning, week, semester, etc.

Action!!!
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SIMPLE PAST

• You should know
• The forms
• Statement Subject past tense verb
• Yes/No questionUse DID subject basic verb
• Wh Question
• negative
• The function completed activities in the past
  with definite time
• key words yesterday, lastweek,, month, etc.,
  ago

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Future Tense

• You should know
• Forms will vs. going to
• Subject is/am/are going TO basic verb
• Subject will basic verb
• Yes/no question, Wh question, negative
• Function
• Review pages 39 and 41

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Present Perfect tense

• You should know
• The forms
• (statement) subject have/has Past Participle
• Yes/No question
• Wh Question
• negative
• The function
• something started in the past (indefinite time)
  and continues in the present,
• repeated activities in the past
• An action in the past with no specific time.
• (key words)
• since, for, many times, etc.

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IRREGULAR VERBS

• You should know
• Simple past forms AND Past Participles!

FOR EXAMPLE..
Be
Was/were
been
Teach
taught
taught
write
wrote
written
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Modals (probability possibility

• You should know
• Form Subject modal basic verb
• Past Subject modal have Past Participle
• Progressive subject modal be verbING (79)
• Negativenot after modal
• Function

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Past Progressive vs. simple past(pg 88)

• When, while, as soon as
• Clauses progressive simple past
• While I was studying, I drank three glasses of
  wine.

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Similarities and Differences

• You should know
• Comparative forms
• One syllable Or Two syllables ending in y
• Add er
• Two syllables NOT ending in y OR Three or more
  syllables
• Use more/less
• Superlative forms
• One syllable Or Two syllables ending in y
• THE adjectiveest
• Two syllables NOT ending in y OR Three or more
  syllables
• THE adjective most/least
• Exceptions good (better, the best)
• bad (worse, the worst)

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• As.as/ not asas
• Form Subject as basic adjective as (thing
  or person compared to)
• Comparatives and superlatives with
• Adverbs (more carefully)
• Verbs (studies more, studies the most)
• Nouns (more shoes, the most shoes)

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Enough, Too, Too much, Too many

• You should know
• Form with enough
• Enough BEFORE a noun (enough time)
• Enough BEHIND an adjective (big enough)
• Function of TOO vs. very
• Too shows that there is a problem
• Too cold, too spicy, etc .
• Very shows that it is a lot (but isnt a problem)
• Very cold, very spicy

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HAVE A WONDERFUL HOLIDAY!!!
See you on Monday Dec 17, 9-11 a.m.