Spelling (Verbs)
Next Friday we are to have a spelling .
(only 10 words will be chosen)
Remember to study the words given in the picture.
Good Luck!
Action Verbs
Action Verb
An action verb expresses an activity that a person or thing can do. For example:
1. Lee eats cake.
(Eating is something Lee can do.)
The bear chased the salmon in the
shallow rapids.
(Chasing is something the bear can do.)
Compare those verbs with these:
Lee likes cake.
(To like is not an activity. It's a state.)
The bear is hungry.
(To be is not an activity. It's a state.)
Compare those verbs with these:
Lee likes cake.
(To like is not an activity. It's a state.)
The bear is hungry.
(To be is not an activity. It's a state.)
Noun
NOUNS
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| mind map for nouns |
All nouns which are not proper nouns are common nouns.
Eg: book, frog, milk, family.
Common noun are either countable or uncountable.
Proper Nouns:
Proper Nouns:
- start with capital letters
- names of people, places, times, organisation.
- EG: Ah ling, Merdeka Square, Universiti Malaya
- can be made plural : a tree, two trees
- In the singular, they may have the determiner a or an sausage
- cannot be made plural
- We cannot say : two funs, three advices
- never use a or an
Word classes
Word classes can be divided into :
- Noun
- Pronouns
- Determiners
- Verbs
- Adjectives
- Adverbs
- Preposition
- Conjuctions