grammatical practice (pg 49)

ARTICLE

Definite article, ‘the’; indefinite, ‘a’, ‘an’ – determiner

Examples ;                      

PARA 1 – the, the, the, a, a, a, the, the, the, the

PARA 2 – the, the, an, the,                 

PARA 3 – the, an, the, the                  

PARA 4 – the

PARA 5 – the, a, the

VERB

A word showing the performance or occurrence of  action, the existence of a state or condition.

Examples ;                      

PARA 2 – generated, have, post, circulate, claimed,

PARA 3 – can, be, spreading, spreading, can, be, detected, has, been, done, damaged, make, operate,  using, realizing,

PARA 4 – theaten, engulf

PARA 5 – display, mutilation, features, site, overload, minds

PARA 6 – ignore, irresponsible

MODALS

i)            CONJUNCTION

A word showing the performance or occurrence of  action, the existence of a state or    

condition.

Examples ;

PARA 1 – and, and, and        

PARA 2 – however, and, that

PARA 3 – and, and, and

PARA 4 – which

PARA 5 – and, as, and

PARA 6 – and, but, for

ii)          adjective

A word giving information about a noun or pronoun. Other can be used with as nouns in 

informal conversation.

Examples ;

PARA 1 – redefined, smooth,fast, accessible,           

PARA 2 – large, irresponsible, incorrect, unidentified, Japanese, ailing,

PARA 3 – corpate, ever, number, never, safe, secret, capable, dangerous, which, after, young, difficult, expensive, individuals, involved,

PARA 5 – violence, rampant, explicit, material, both, adult, graphic

                         

iii)       adverb

A word giving information (how, when, where) about a verb, such as happily, today, well, 

as smile happily, come today, feel well.

Examples ;

PARA 1 – virtually, never, so

PARA 2 – however, move, that, possibly, so, this, when, that, by, out

PARA 3 – their, that, also, even, without,

PARA 5 – internet, certainly

iv)       nouns

A word (not a pronoun) which can function as the subject or object of a verb, or the object 

of preposition

Examples ;

PARA 1 – internet, mankind, communication, effect, information, computer         

PARA 2 – net, criticism, handle, need, organization, information, rumours, internet, example, source, giant, software, company, apple, computer,

PARA 3 – today, access, computers, data, users, increasing, passwords, hours, medicates, information, top, information, net, virus, damage, computers, turkey, south korea, talents, like, analyzer, governments, banks, internet, risks, commitment,

PARA 5 – internet, governments, Pornography, grave, parent, subject, Impact, pornography, material, affect, Mind, adults, youngster, justification, commission, Crimes, british, item, business, Mail, manager, uk, victims, information.

PARA 6 – net, mankind

punctuation

(the use of) the marks ,.;:?! In writing : punctuation marks.

Examples ;                      

PARA 1 – one’s

PARA 2 – ‘netizens’, one’s,

PARA 3 – ‘netizens’ Monday, 1999,          

PARA 6 – ‘information super highway’ ‘gutter of misinformation’ ‘playground for irresponsible individual’

pronoun

A word used in place of a noun or noun phrase, e.g. he, it, hers, me, them.

Examples ;                      

PARA 2 – move, that, it, which, who,

PARA 3 – working, their, which, it,

preposition

A word or group of words (e.g. from, in, to) often placed before a noun or pronoun to show place, direction, source, method.

Examples ;                      

PARA 1 – of, before, of

PARA 2 – so, by, via, of, to, out        

PARA 3 – of, to, with, with, to, on, besides, of, after, on, for, to,

PARA 4 – of, to

PARA 5 – a, on, of, of, of, in, in, if

PARA 6 – but, for, of, for, in