|
ADJECTIVES
Adjectives are words that describe or modify another person or thing in the sentence. The Articles � a, an, and the � are adjectives.
� the tall professor
� the lugubrious lieutenant
� a solid commitment
� a month�s pay
� a six-year-old child
� the unhappiest, richest man
If a group of words containing a subject and verb acts as an adj...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: grammar-guide
Downloads: 4
|
|
ADVERBS
Adverbs are words that modify
� a verb (He drove slowly. � How did he drive?)
� an adjective (He drove a very fast car. � How fast was his car?)
� another adverb (She moved quite slowly down the aisle. � How slowly did she move?)
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: grammar-guide
Downloads: 3
|
|
PREPOSITIONS
A preposition describes a relationship between other words in a sentence. In itself, a word like "in" or "after" is rather meaningless and hard to define. For instance, when you try to define a preposition like "in" or "between" or "on," you invariably use your hands to show how something is situated in relationship to something else. Prepositi...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: grammar-guide
Downloads: 2
|
|
conjunctions
Definition
Some words are satisfied spending an evening at home, alone, eating ice-cream right out of the box, watching Seinfeld re-runs on TV, or reading a good book. Others aren�t happy unless they�re out on the town, mixing it up with other words; they�re joiners and they just can�t help themselves. A conjunction is a joiner, a word that connec...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: grammar-guide
Downloads: 2
|
|
|
|
