Friday, October 8, 2010

Part Of Speech

Part Of Speech


1.Verb
   
    Function or "job"
    action or state


    Example words
    (to) be,have,do,like,work,sing,can,must


    Example sentences
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2.Noun


   Function or "job"
   name of a person,thing or place


   Example words
   pen,dog,work,music,town,London,teacher,John


   Example sentences
   This is my dog.He live in my house.We live in London.


3.Adjective


   Function or ''job''
   describe a noun


   Example words
   a/an,the,69,some,good,big,red,well,interesting


   Example sentences
   My dog is big.I like big dog.


4.Adverb


    Function or ''job''
    describes a verb,adjective or adverb


    Example words
    quickly,silently,well,badly,very,really


    Example sentences
    My dog eats quickly.When he is very hungry,he eats really quickly.


5.Pronoun


   Function or ''job''
   replaces a noun


   Example words
   I,you,he,she,some


   Example sentences
   Tara is Indian.She is beautiful.


6.Preposition


   Function or ''job''
   links a noun to another word


   Example words
   to,at,after,on,but


   Example sentences
   We went to school on Monday


7.Conjuction


   Function or ''job''
   joins clauses or sentences or words


   Example words
   and,but,when


   Example sentences
   I like dogs and cats.I like cats and dogs.I like dogs but i don't like cats.


8.Interjection


   Function or ''job''
   short exclamation,sometimes inserted into a sentences


   Example words
   oh! ,ouch!, hi! ,well


   Example sentences
   Ouch! That hurts! Hi! How are you? Well, I don't know.














   


  English Tenses
  
  Grammatical tense is a temporal linguistic quality expressing the time at, during, or over which a


  state or action denoted by a verb occors.It is divided into group which are:


        1.Present Tenses  

  •  Present continuous  
  •  Present simple
  •  Present perfect
  •  Present perfect continuous
         2.Past Tenses
  •   Past continuous
  •   Past perfect
  •   Past perfect continuous
  •   Past simple
          3.Future Tenses
  •   Future simple
  •   Future continuous
  •   Future perfect
  •   Future perfect continuous 
The basic tensen are the simple present tenses, simple past tenses, and simple future tenses.








 Simple Present Tense
 
The Present Simple is the most basic and commom tense in the English language.It is also an
 
interesting tense because it can express both the present and the future.


The simple present tense is used when:

  • the action is general
  • the action happens all the time, or habitually, in the past, present and future
  • the action is not only happening now
  • the statement is always true

Examples:
  • I live in New York.
  • The Moon goes round the Earth.
  • John drives a taxi.
  • We meet every Thursday.
  • We do not work at night.
  • Do you play football.

With the verb 'to be', the simple present tense can also be used for situations that are not 

general.The simple present tense can be used to talk about now. Examples shown below are 

examples of the verb "to be" in the simple present tense - some of them are general, some

of them are now.








Simple Past Tense

The simple past tense is sometimes called the pretirite tense. Several tenses can be used to talk

about the past, but the simple past tense is the one we use most often. The action can be short or

long. There can also be a few actions happening one after another.


The simple past tense is used when:
  • the event is in the past.
  • the event is completely finished.
  • we say(or understand) the time and/or place of the event.

We use the simple past tense to talk about an action or a situation - an event - in the past. The

event can be short or long.

  • Here are some short event with the simple past tense:
          a)The car exploded at 9.30am yesterday
          b)She went to the door.
          c)We did not hear the telephone.
          d)Did you see that car?

          The action is in the past.

  • Here are some long event with the simple past tense:
          a)I lived in Bangkok for 10 years.
          b)The Jurassic period lasted about 62 million years
          c)We did not sing at the concert.
          d)Did you watch TV lastnight.

          The action is in the past.


It does not matter how long ago the event is: it can be a few minutes or seconds in the past, or

millions of years in the past. Also it does not matter how long the event is. It can be a few

milliseconds (car explosion) or millions of years (Jurassic period).


In general, if the time and place of the event is mentioned, the simple past tense must be in use;

the present perfect cannot be used.


Here are some examples:
  • I lived in that house when i was young.
  • He didn't like the movie.
  • What did you eat for dinner?
  • John drove to London on Monday.
  • Mary did not go to work yesterday.
  • Did you play  tennis last week?
  • I was at work yesterday.
  • We were not (late for the train)
  • Were you angry?
Usually when we tell a story, we usually use the simple past tense. Wee may use the past

continuous tense to "set the scene", but we almost always use the simple past tense for the action.








Simple Future Tense
 
Among all future tenses, the Future Simple is the most common. It is used in many situations 

such as when making promises or predictions. The simple future tense is often call will,

because we make the simple future tense with the modal auxiliary will.


The simple future tense is used when there is no plan or decision to do something before a person

speaks. The decision is made spontaneously at the time of speaking. For example:

  • Hold on, i'll get a pen.
  • We will see what we can do to help you.
  • Maybe we'll stay in and watch television tonight.
In these example, the subject had no firm plan before speaking. The decision is made at the

time of speaking.


The simple future tense is often used with the verb to think before it:

  • It will rain tomorrow.
  • People wont go to Jupiter before the 22nd century.
  • Who do you think will get the job?

When the main verb is be, the simple future tense can be used even if there is a firm plan or

decision before speaking. For example:

  • I'll be in London tomorrow.
  • I'm going shopping. I wont be very long.
  • Will you be at work tomorrow.