Parts of Speech

• Noun
• Verb
• Pronoun
• Adjective
• Adverb
• Preposition
• Conjunction
• Article
Sentence Members
• Subject
• Predicate
• Object
• Attribute
• Adverbial Modifier
Types of Sentences according to the Aim of Communication.

• The declarative sentence type is used for making a statement;

Jessica likes history lectures.
• The interrogative type is used to ask a question;
Did he play on a basketball team?
• Imperative sentences are used to tell somebody to do something
(i.e. give a command or an order);
Do not attend these lectures!
• The exclamatory type is used to express (e.g. surprise).
What an excellent idea it was to throw him a surprise party!
Word Order in a Declarative Sentence
• Subject + predicate + object…

• The girl (subject) lost (predicate) her favourite

ball (object).
Interrogative sentence
• auxiliary verb + subject + verb...
• Are you free this weekend?
• who represents people
• what represents things and actions
• where represents places
• when represents time
• why represents reasons
• which represents options in a choice
• whose represents a person in regards to ownership or
possession
• how represents method or manner
• how + an adjective or adverb represents a degree or
amount
• how much or how many represent a number or quantity
Types
• general questions (Yes/no questions)
auxiliary verb + subject + verb...
Can I help you with that?

• special questions (Open-ended questions)

WH word + auxiliary verb or be + subject + main verb
How do you read so fast?

• alternative questions (Or questions)

Can you walk, or should I carry you?

• disjunctive questions (tag questions)

statement + auxiliary verb or be + subject pronoun
His mom drives him to school, doesn’t she?