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Whole clauses doing the job of a single noun. The previous lesson. English 7.3.1 Clauses I know the answer. I know what he meant. In both, the underlined part is the object of know. The first is a noun; the second is a w…
Explain the components of a noun phrase and form noun phrases in the indigenous language. Earlier lessons in this sub-strand. Indigenous Languages 1.3.1 Phrases - Noun phrase - Verb phrase A phrase is a group of words th…
Identify noun clauses and their functions in sentences. Earlier lessons in this sub-strand. English 7.3.1 Noun Clauses: Functions of noun clauses A noun clause has its own subject and verb and does the work of a noun: it…
The small words that introduce nouns, and how a noun grows into a phrase. Sub-strand 1.3.1 on nouns and 3.3.1 on adjectives. English 4.3.1 Phrases Bus is a noun. The old red bus from Kisumu is a noun phrase - the same no…
English Compound nouns: two-word and three-word; closed, hyphenated and separate Singular and plural forms of compound nouns Using compound nouns in sentences on human rights identify compound nouns in a text use compoun…
Examine the structure of the noun phrase and the verb phrase and use them in sentences. Earlier lessons in this sub-strand. English 4.3.1 Word Classes: Determiners: Articles -Demonstratives and Possessives Words group in…
The four ways nouns are sorted, and why the sorting affects your grammar. Nothing. If you have never heard the word "noun", start here. English 1.3.1 Word classes Point at anything in the room and say its name. That name…
Form new nouns from other nouns with suffixes such as ship, hood and dom, and use them in speaking and writing. Nouns made from verbs: root, suffix and word class. English 11.3.1 Word Classes: Nouns Nouns are not only bu…
English Collective nouns for people, animals and things Singular and plural forms of collective nouns Using collective nouns in sentences on scientific innovations identify collective nouns from a text use singular and p…
Three more noun patterns that change agreement, spelling and the apostrophe. The previous lesson on functions of nouns. English 1.3.1 Word classes Three patterns still cause errors after the types are known: a word for a…
A noun can do more than one job: subject, object, complement or apposition. The previous lesson on the eight word classes. English 1.3.1 Word classes You can now sort a noun by type. Type is not the same as function. Typ…
Use noun clauses to report speech and express opinions and answer the key inquiry. Earlier lessons in this sub-strand. English 7.3.1 Noun Clauses: Functions of noun clauses Noun clauses are very useful in daily communica…
…unted. This lesson explains the rule and practises it. Three to ten Rule 1: opposite gender. With a masculine noun the number has the masculine form with ة: ثَلَاثَةُ كُتُبٍ (three books). With a feminine noun it has…
Construct sentences with the five nouns in the nominative case, ending with a waw. Earlier lessons in this sub-strand. Arabic 4.4 Five Special Nouns (Asmaa ul Khamsa) أسماء الخمسة The nominative is the case of the subjec…
English Quantifiers used with count and non-count nouns Categorising count and non-count nouns in oral and written texts use quantifiers in sentences categorise count and non-count nouns in oral and written texts acknowl…
Find nouns formed from verbs, split the root from the suffix, and use them in sentences. Basic knowledge of nouns and verbs from earlier grades. English 11.3.1 Word Classes: Nouns A noun names a person, place, thing or i…
English Nouns as naming words Common, proper, collective, concrete and abstract nouns Using different types of nouns in sentences identify the different types of nouns from a print or digital text use different types of …
Count nouns take a number. Non-count nouns take some or much, or a unit such as a glass of water. Noun types in 1.3.1 (common, proper, collective, abstract). This lesson is about number, not those labels. English 2.3.1 W…
…َوال َمعُدود The tens are the easiest group: they do not change with gender. You learn them, the rule for the noun that follows, and a word about ten, one hundred and one thousand. The tens Names. عِشْرُونَ (20), ثَلَ…
…hrases: Adverb phrases, adjective phrases, and prepositional phrases Adjective phrases give more detail about nouns than a single adjective can. They may include intensifiers, prepositional phrases or other modifiers. Ad…
…in well-formed sentences. A well-formed sentence has a subject and a verb, and its determiners agree with the noun that follows. We can also rewrite a sentence by exchanging a numeral for an ordinal, or the other way rou…
…point clearly at something already known: this one or that one. They change with the gender and number of the noun: dieser with der-nouns, diese with die-nouns and with the plural, and dieses with das-nouns. Our question…
Building noun and verb phrases that add precision to a travel sentence without turning them into clauses by accident. The finite-verb test. English 4.3.1 Phrases Phrases are how a journey becomes visible: not a bus but t…
Categorise regular and irregular nouns. Earlier lessons in this sub-strand. English 1.3.1 Word Classes A noun names a person, place, thing or idea. Most nouns form their plural by adding -s, but some follow other rules a…
Make plurals with -s or -es, learn a few irregular forms, and keep non-count nouns unnumbered. Count and non-count nouns. English 2.3.1 Word Classes: Nouns Singular means one. Plural means more than one. Only count nouns…
REcord is a noun; reCORD is a verb. First-part stress often names a thing; second-part stress often names an action. Sounds /t/ /d/ /l/ /r/ /ʊ/ /uː/. 5.1.1 already used PROject / proJECT. English 9.1.1 Pronunciation: Con…
…and agree with it in gender. One and two One. وَاحِدٌ (masculine) and وَاحِدَةٌ (feminine) come after the noun like an adjective and agree with it: كِتَابٌ وَاحِدٌ (one book), سَيَّارَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ (one car), بِن…
Discuss the conditions and the rule of the five special nouns. Earlier lessons in this sub-strand. Arabic 4.4 Five Special Nouns (Asmaa ul Khamsa) أسماء الخمسة Now you learn the rule: when does a special noun use waw, al…
Construct sentences with the five nouns in the genitive case, ending with a ya. Earlier lessons in this sub-strand. Arabic 4.4 Five Special Nouns (Asmaa ul Khamsa) أسماء الخمسة The genitive is the case after a prepositio…
…َامٍ. أَوْدَعْتُ فِي الْبَنْكِ مِائَةَ شِلِنٍ. Peer assessment. Swap paragraphs. For each number ask: is the noun’s gender right? is the number form right for its range? is the noun singular or plural as it should be? i…
…. Earlier lessons in this sub-strand. Indigenous Languages 3.3.1 Phrases Adjective phrase Adjectives describe nouns. Before studying adjective phrases you listen to an oral text on how education was conducted in traditio…
A noun names a person, place, thing or group. Proper nouns take a capital letter. Independent reading 1.2.1. English 1.3.1 Word Classes: Nouns A noun is a naming word. Without names you cannot say who did what, or where.…
…s sub-strand. Indigenous Languages 7.3.1 Prepositional Phrases A prepositional phrase has a preposition and a noun phrase. You form phrases with flashcards and compare how your language builds them. Forming phrases Struc…
… an-nāfiya li-l-jins) says that there is none of a whole class: no car, no doubt, no problem. Form. لَا + a noun without tanwīn, ending in a fatḥa: لَا شَكَّ, لَا سَيَّارَةَ, لَا مُشْكِلَةَ. Then. A predicate or …
…hyphenated and open compounds and use both numbers in sentences. Identifying two-word and three-word compound nouns. English 1.3.1 Word classes: Compound Nouns The plural of a compound sits on the main noun — the word th…
…ub-strand. Mandarin Chinese 4.3 Word Classes Chinese needs a classifier (measure word) between a number and a noun. 张 (zhāng) is used for flat things such as tickets, tables and maps. Our question: What strategies can yo…
A word class is a job a word does, not a spelling you memorise. The previous lesson on nouns and their types. English 1.3.1 Word classes The last lesson sorted nouns. Nouns are only one of eight word classes - the jobs w…
…f the units and ten: ثَلَاثَةَ عَشَرَ (3 + 10 = 13). Eleven and twelve. Both parts agree in gender with the noun: أَحَدَ عَشَرَ كِتَابًا (11 books, m.), إِحْدَى عَشْرَةَ سَيَّارَةً (11 cars, f.); اثْنَا عَشَرَ كِت…
Construct sentences with the five nouns in the accusative case, ending with an alif. Earlier lessons in this sub-strand. Arabic 4.4 Five Special Nouns (Asmaa ul Khamsa) أسماء الخمسة The accusative is the case of the obje…
PROject is a noun (a school task). proJECT is a verb (to throw forward). Stress can pick the meaning. Consonants /p/ /b/ /k/ /g/ and vowels /i/ /i:/. English 5.1.1 Pronunciation: Sounds and Word Stress Stress is the part…