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  Types of word – Recap

Module 2: Words and
Don’t worry if some of these terms were new to you. For native speakers, and those who have been
punctuation
fluent in English for a long time, these different types of words are often used without conscious
 Types of word - thought. Part of becoming an English language teacher will involve deconstructing the language you
Introduction already know, and piecing it back together with strategies and new understanding.

 Types of word - As a recap of the things we’ve just learned, this table can provide a good reference:
Introduction
continued
Word type: Example: Teaching tips:

 Types of word -
Nouns, verbs, Nouns:
Pen/pencil
adjectives
Home/street Use concrete objects –
Naming words used for things,
Girl/boy realia, pictures etc.
 Types of word - places, people or ideas.
Love/hate
Pronouns, adverbs,
prepositions
Pronouns:
 Types of word -
Conjunctions, Used in place of nouns, referring Start with introducing
I/we/you/she/he/it/they
interjections, & to things previously identified in people and possessions.
determiners conversation.

 Types of word -
Verbs: Use visual
Grouping different
Eat, sleep, jump, watch.
word classes demonstrations, and start
Describe an action or state. Think, feel, daydream.
with the present tense.
 Types of word -
Recap Start with learning colors,
Adjectives: Red, blue, yellow
or giving basic
Types of word - Quiz Hot, cold, windy
 Used for describing nouns. descriptions of previously
Pretty, ugly, expensive.
learned nouns.
 Types of verb -
Introduction Prepositions:
Use objects and ask
Types of verb - In, on, under, behind, in
 Used to express relationships where certain objects are
Action and stative front of.
between other words. in relation to others.

 Types of verb -
Transitive, Conjunctions:
intransitive, Have students compile
auxiliary, modal Used to join together sentences, lists of objects using ‘and’
ideas, phrases or clauses. These And, if, but, or, for. or alternatives to
 Types of verb - can be split into coordinating or someone else’s suggested
Phrasal, regular and subordinating conjunctions. objects using ‘or’ or ‘but’.
irregular

 Types of verb -
Recap
  Types of verb - Quiz
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Word type:
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 Affixes -
Introduction Very, thoroughly
Adverbs: (degree) Introduce activities and
 Affixes - Rules of use Here, there (place) then use ‘how’, ‘when’ and
Describe the manner, time, degree Badly, wonderfully ‘where’ to get your
 Affixes - Teaching or place in which a verb is done. (manner) students to describe the
affixes Later, earlier, tomorrow actions further.
(time)
 Punctuation -
Introduction Interjections:

Punctuation - Pair facial expressions,

 Small comments that have
Oh dear, uh oh, huh. emotions or actions with
Periods, commas specific meanings usually caused
and colons suitable interjections.
by strong emotions.

 Punctuation -
Apostrophes, Use questions involving
question, Determiners: “which” and “how many”,
The, an, that, this,
exclamation and then have students reply.
Placed before nouns to help show those, many, ten,
quotation marks Highlight the different
which noun is being referred to. another.
determiners that could be
 Punctuation - used in their replies.
Hyphens, dashes,
brackets and slashes
Exercise: Compare this table with the notes that you made at the start, and consider how well you
 Punctuation - Recap did. For further practice, try again without using the table above.

 Affixes &
punctuation - Quiz
By being aware of these different types of words yourself, you’ll be able to teach your students about
their uses, and how to form sentences with them. Next, we’ll look at the different types of verbs which
exist.

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Types of word - Grouping different word classes

Types of word - Quiz
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