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    This document discusses grammatical categories and word classes. It explains that there are nominal categories like number, gender, and case, as well as verbal categories like tense, aspect, and mood. It also notes that English has eight parts of speech and provides tests to determine word classes, such as whether a word can be modified for adjectives or used in a sentence for verbs. The document suggests grammar knowledge is important for EFL students and teachers should teach parts of speech.

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    This document discusses grammatical categories and word classes. It explains that there are nominal categories like number, gender, and case, as well as verbal categories like tense, aspect, and mood. It also notes that English has eight parts of speech and provides tests to determine word classes, such as whether a word can be modified for adjectives or used in a sentence for verbs. The document suggests grammar knowledge is important for EFL students and teachers should teach parts of speech.

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    This document discusses grammatical categories and word classes. It explains that there are nominal categories like number, gender, and case, as well as verbal categories like tense, aspect, and mood. It also notes that English has eight parts of speech and provides tests to determine word classes, such as whether a word can be modified for adjectives or used in a sentence for verbs. The document suggests grammar knowledge is important for EFL students and teachers should teach parts of speech.

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    Grammatical Categories and

    Word Class

    1
    What are grammatical categories?

    = grammatical morphemes express


    grammatical notions

    2
    How many types of grammatical
    categories are there?

    • Nominal categories
    • Verbal categories

    3
    How many types of grammatical
    categories are there?

    • Nominal categories
    – Number
    – Gender
    – Person
    – Case
    – Degree
    – Definiteness

    4
    How many types of grammatical
    categories are there?

    • Verbal categories
    – Tense
    – Aspect
    – Mood
    – Voice

    5
    Is grammatical knowledge important
    to EFL students? Why/Why not? What
    should teachers teach students in term
    of grammar knowledge?

    6
    What are word classes?

    = lexical categories
    = parts of speech

    7
    How many parts of speeches are there
    in English?

    8
    What are some tests which can be
    applied to various word classes?

    - Noun
    - Adjective
    - Verb
    - Adverb
    - Recategorization

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