Introduction to Grammar Rules and Phrasal Verbs

Dear all,

A recap of what we have learnt today. After marking through your mini assessment, I still realise some of you have difficulties with the grammar rules. As such, here is a recap.

Verbs 
-> Action words
e.g run, walk, eat, study, is, are, am, was, were,

For verbs, it is important to take note of the tenses involved (present / past / past perfect)

Nouns 
-> names of people, things, ideas, places, etc.
e.g food, table, chair, Singapore, sports, happiness, anger, kindness, disappointment

For nouns, it is essential to note whether they are singular or plural.

*Singular/Plural Nouns will affect the verbs
e.g The boys take good care of him. (Plural noun --> Plural verb form)
      The boy takes good care of him. (Singular noun --> Singular verb form)

Adjectives
-> Describing words
e.g big, small, hot, hardworking, happy

For adjectives, they can further be classed into different intensities / value
e.g big, bigger, biggest, small, smaller, smallest

Pronouns 
-> Words to replace nouns
e.g He, his, him, she, our, they, their, Peter's, mine

Prepositions
-> explain where something comes from, its position or when it may happen
e.g on, around, from, under, up, down, after, before

Adverbs
-> tell you why, when, where and how actions take place
e.g wildly, soundly, happily, now, tomorrow, almost, much

Conjunctons
-> link phrases or ideas together
e.g and, but, although, Neither...nor.... or.....

Phrasal Verbs
-> phrase that involved a verb
-> Verb + Preposition
-> Specific and fixed
e.g I can hardly make out the numbers on the board.
     She went over the piece of work with me.

Homework:
1. Newspaper Article (1)
- 3 main ideas
- 7 Vocabulary words as stated with the meaning
- 3 Compre OE questions

2. Grammar 1.1 (Phrasal Verbs)

This year's newspaper article reflections will aim to be more focused and help you to be exposed to suitable topics and to also make use of the article to go through revision sections like comprehension cloze, editing, grammar or comprehension open-ended.

Work hard for the year everyone.

Sincerely,
Mr Nelson Ong