Introduction to grammar.ppt

There are so
many ways of
communication
.

LANGUAGE is the easiest
way

LANGUAGE
can be SPOKEN or
WRITTEN

COMMUNICATION

LANGUAGE
 SPOKEN WRITTEN

LISTEN ---- SPEAK
READ ---- WRITE

 Words (Vocabulary) tell us What to say.

 Grammar tells us How to say.

GRAMMAR consists
of--

PARTS Of SPEECH

PARTS OF
SPEECH
CONSTRUCT
LANGUAGE

GIVE SURITY OF
CORRECT USAGE

PARTS OF
SPEECH
NOUNS
PRONOUNS
VERBS
ADJECTIVES
ADVERBS
CONJUNCTIONS
PREPOSITIONS
INTERJECTIONS
ARTICLES

(1) Noun → A naming word.

EXAMPLES-
-
boy

books

(2) Pronoun → A word used
in the place of a noun.

EXAMPLES-

I, You, He,
Each, Every, Either,
She
Neither, anyone,
It, They

(3) Verb → A word used to
express an action or state.

EXAMPLES
-

Run walk read go eat

(4) Adjective → A word
used to describe a noun.
EXAMPLES--
-

Beautiful, pretty,
swift, obedient, tall

(5) Adverb →used to qualify a verb,
an adjective or another adverb.

EXAMPLES--

Quickly, briskly, fast, so, very, little, much

(6) Preposition→ A word which
shows the relationship between
two words in a sentence.
EXAMPLES- -

In on at from over under
beside

(7) Conjunction → A word
used to join words or sentences.

EXAMPLES-

For and nor but or yet

(8) Interjection → A word which
expresses some sudden feeling.

Wow! Alas! Sigh!

(9) Articles – small words
used before nouns

Examples--

A An

How words are
combined and used to
form legible and
coherent sentences--

noun and verb structure
 We need at least a noun and a verb to
make a sentence—
 Ram runs.
 Sohan plays.
 The baby sleeps.
 Mother walks.

noun verb noun structure
 Ram runs on the ground.
 Sohan plays tennis.
 The baby sleeps on the bed.
 Mother walks in the garden.

Pronoun and verb structure
 I run.
 You sleep.
 He shouts
 She cries.
 It sinks.
 They talk.

Adjective and noun structure
 Big table.
 Small girl.
 Naughty boy.
 Pink frock.
 Funny joke.

Adjective plural noun structure
 Big tables.
 Small girls.
 Naughty boys.
 Pink frocks.
 Funny jokes.

adverb and adjective structure
 She is a very beautiful girl.
 Your gift is really nice.
 Her son is so intelligent.
 Her house is pretty big.
 The class is really noisy.

Verb and adverb structure
 He runs fast.
 She sings sweetly.
 I write neatly.
 Boys eat quickly.
 Rohan speaks fluently.

Conjunction
 Ram and Shyam are friends.

 Hema or Seema will get the first prize.

 He is foolish but honest.

Preposition
 The dog is in the basket.
 The dog is on the chair.
 The dog is beside the table.

 Knowledge of Grammar
makes you sure of
“How to say”

Complex made Simple

Introduction to grammar.ppt

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