1. Nouns
person - Brian, Sarah, father, mother, niece, nephew, sibling
"I have five siblings: two brothers and three sisters."
place - school, college, mosque, church, bridge, city, Vancouver, Bolivia, mountain, stadium, home, cinema, Doctor Chen, Mister Smith, Mrs. Fateh
things - car, computer, pen, phone, cellphone, knuckle, elbow, earlobe, forehead
ideas - feelings, emotions- love, hate, sadness, happiness, goodness, evil, education, freedom, knowledge, sensible
ideas - abstract nouns
things- concrete noun
proper noun (capitalized) - Vancouver, Joe, Egypt, Lululemon, Mazda
singular plural
pen pens
bottle bottles
child children
person people
woman women (wimin)
man men
mouse mice
deer deer
fish fish
sheep sheep
thief thieves
belief beliefs
knife knives
wife wives
leaf leaves
half halves
sheet sheets
uncountable
paper - two pieces of paper
water - one bottle of water, two cups of water
sugar - two cubes of sugar, one half tablespoon of sugar
cheese - one slice of cheese, some cheese, a wheel of cheese
milk, salt, beer, wine
advice - a piece of advice, some good advice
a piece of pizza, wood, gold, paper
2. Verbs - action words, state
actions- run, buy, eat, fall, drive, write, fix, learn, cook, throw
"She throws the football."
state- be, is, has
"She is very happy."
"She will be very happy tomorrow." future
"He is married."
"He is single."
"She likes movies."
"Joe is a father of three kids."
verb tenses - past, present, future
3. Adjectives- describe nouns
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Size
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Age
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Shape
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Colour
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Origin
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Material
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*size - large, small, wide, narrow, huge, tiny, two-inch, six-foot
*age - old, young, teenaged, senior, four-year-old, adult, ancient, brand-age, junior
*shape- round, square, triangular, circular, rectangular, straight, crooked, wavy, curly
*colour- green, white, black, sky blue, light blue, deep blue, ocean green, lime green, dark red, burgundy, chocolate brown, cafe au lait, turquoise,
shades and colours
*origin - Canadian, Japanese, Vietnamese, American, Persian, Indian, Egyptian, English, Irish
*material - metal, gold, silver, steel, iron, aluminum, nickle
wooden, plastic, cotton, silk, polyester, fleece, cashmere, wool, paper, glass, chamois
*purpose - school, work, sports, church,
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This is a nice red wool hat.
She bought a round Japanese tea cup.
Canada is a nice and huge country.
Canada is a very cold but nice country.
Forms of Adjectives
cold colder coldest
old older oldest
good better best
beautiful more beautiful most beautiful
expensive more expensive most/least expensive
4. Adverbs - modify verbs
-ly
The little kids run quickly after the ice cream truck.
slowly
nicely
beautifully
lazily
carefully
She speaks French very well.
You must speak to children slowly and quietly.
nicely/gently
I shouted angrily at my daughter.
The ballet dancer dances beautifully.
We must drive carefully and safely.
cautiously
5. Pronouns
I, you, he, she, they, we
my, your, his, her, their, our
me, you, him, her, them, us
6. Conjunctions-
7. Prepositions - show direction and place
We live in BC.
She lives on Fraser Street.
He lives at 1234 Main Street.
She is walking in the street.
She is sleeping in her bed.
She is sleeping on her bed.
He is sitting on a chair.
He is sitting in an armchair.
We get on a bus/plane/bicycle/train.
We get in a car/taxi/elevator.
to
for
with
above
below
beside
up
down
after
before
8. Interjections - express emotion in a word
Oh.
What?
Um...
Wow!
Oh no!
Huh?
Yeah.
Yup.
Nope.
No way.
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