How English Works

Grammar Overview

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By Teviot FairservisJuly 2011

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How does English work?

PREPOSITION

ADVERB ADJECTIV

E

VERB

DETERMINER

NOUNPRONOUN

You should know…

The Parts of Speech!

What are they?

The Parts of Speech give you a rainbow of choices to form sentences.

R RED

O ORANGE

Y YELLOW

G GREEN

B BLUE

I INDIGO

V VIOLET

THE 9 PARTS OF SPEECH AS COLORS

O 1. NOUNO 2. VERB O3. ADVERBO 4. PRONOUN O 5. ADJECTIVE O 6. DETERMINERO 7. PREPOSITIONO 8. CONJUNCTIONO 9. INTERJECTIONS!

MR. SAM

(NOUN)

SAM (NOUN) + RUNS (VERB).

SAM RUNS.

SAM (NOUN) + RUNS (VERB) + QUICKLY (ADVERB).

SAM (NOUN) + RUNS (VERB) +

QUICKLY (ADVERB) + TO (PREPOSITION)

SAM (NOUN) + RUNS (VERB) +

QUICKLY (ADVERB) + TO (PREPOSITION)

+ THE (DETERMINER)

SAM (NOUN) + RUNS (VERB) +

QUICKLY (ADVERB) + TO (PREPOSITION)

+ THE (DETERMINER) + SHOP(NOUN)

SHOP

SAM (NOUN) + RUNS (VERB) +

QUICKLY (ADVERB) + TO (PREPOSITION) + THE (DETERMINER) + SHOP(NOUN) + EVERY (ADJECTIVE) MORNING (NOUN)

SAM RUNS QUICKLY TO THE SHOP EVERY MORNING +

BECAUSE (CONJUNCTION)

SAM RUNS QUICKLY TO THE SHOP

EVERY MORNING BECAUSE HE

HE (PRONOUN)

SAM RUNS QUICKLY TO THE SHOP EVERY

MORNING BECAUSE HE IS (VERB)

SAM RUNS QUICKLY TO THE SHOP

EVERY MORNING BECAUSE HE IS

HUNGRY!

ADJECTIVE

?OWHY DOES SAM RUN TO THE SHOP EVERY MORNING?

OHE RUNS THERE BECAUSE HE IS HUNGRY!

You should know…

The Parts of Speech!

What are they?

THE 9 PARTS OF SPEECH AS COLORS

O 1. NOUNO 2. VERB O3. ADVERBO 4. PRONOUN O 5. ADJECTIVE O 6. DETERMINERO 7. PREPOSITIONO 8. CONJUNCTIONO 9. INTERJECTIONS!

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