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Adverb
n adverb describes or modifies a verb an ad ective or another adverb but never a noun. It usually answers
the uestions of when where how why under what conditions or to what degree. dverbs often end in ly .
For example he young girl brought me a very long letter from the teacher and then she quickly disappeared.
Preposition
preposition is a word placed before a noun or pronoun to form a phrase modifying another word in the
sentence. he prepositional phrase always functions as an ad ective or adverb.
For example he young girl brought me a very long letter from the teacher and then she quickly
disappeared.
Conjunction
con unction oins words phrases or clauses and indicates the relationship between the elements oined.
oordinating con unctions connect grammatically e ual elements: and but or nor for so yet etc.
Subordinating con unctions connect clauses that are not e ual: because although while since etc.
For example he young girl brought me a very long letter from the teacher and then she uickly disappeared.
Interjection
n inter ection is a word used to express emotion. It is often followed by an exclamation mark.
For example Oh my god! he young girl brought me a very long letter from the teacher and then she uickly
disappeared.
ARTICLES
n article is a word used to modify a noun which is a person place ob ect or idea. rticles are used before
nouns to show whether the nouns are general or specific.
an and he are the three types of nglish articles. here are rules to help you decide which one to use
but first you need to know what type of noun you are using.
hen you have a single countable nglish noun you must always have an article before it. e cannot say
“please pass me pen” we must say “please pass me the pen” or “please pass me a pen”.
ncountable nouns don t use a or an . his is because you can t count them. For example advice is an
uncountable noun. ou can t say “he gave me an advice” but you can say “he gave me some advice” or “he
gave me a piece of advice”.
ou can use the to make general things specific. ou can use the with any type of noun be it plural or
singular countable or uncountable. “ lease pass me the pen” ere the is used to make that pen specific.
CONSTRUCTION OF A PARAGRAPH
aragraphs are comprised sentences but not random sentences. paragraph is a group of sentences
organised around a central topic.
asic paragraph structure usually consists of five sentences: the topic sentence three supporting sentences
and a concluding sentence. ut the secrets to paragraph writing lay in four essential elements which when
used correctly can make a not so good paragraph into a great paragraph.
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