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TASK A
Think of one situation where you learned or acquired a new skill (e.g. driving a car, learning to
cook, learning to read).
What were the factors which influenced the successful acquisition of this skill?
(e.g. necessity, motivation, obligation, peer pressure, curiosity, trial and error, early success,
observation of others, participation, repetition, reading, following instructions, self teaching, being
formally instructed, encouragement etc.)
Write a 500 word article describing your experience.
TASK B
Use one of the grammar reference books (or your own background knowledge) to complete the
following activities.
1. Word Classes
Give three additional examples of words which fit in the following categories:
Word Class
Examples
Determiner
(a general category which includes
the
articles, quantifiers, possessive
adjectives)
Verb
to run
Noun
dog
Pronoun
he
Adjective
big
Adverb
quickly
Preposition
on
Conjunction
and
2. Nouns:
2.1. Give three examples of each of the following noun types:
Noun Type
Example
Proper noun
Common noun
Collective noun
Compound noun
Countable noun
Uncountable noun
2.2. What are the three main features of an uncountable noun?
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2.3. Give the plural forms of these nouns:
Regular (s or es)
dog
boy
book
watch
bus
Vowel and consonant
changes
man
foot
mouse
loaf
thief
No change
Irregular endings
sheep
salmon
aircraft
deer
headquarters
child
ox
criterion
medium
crisis
3. Adjectives
Identify the comparative and superlative forms of these adjectives:
Category
Short (one syllable)
Short but ending in vowel +
consonant
Two syllable ending in “y”
Most other two syllable
Some other two syllable
Long (three syllables)
Different word
Base form
old
Comparative form
Superlative form
big
happy
afraid
common
expensive
good
4. Verbs
Give examples of these three types of verb:
Verb Type
Examples
Main / Lexical verbs
Primary Auxiliary verbs
Modal Auxiliary verbs
5. Sentence Analysis
5.1. Identify the nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, pronouns, prepositions,
determiners and conjunctions in these sentences.
Marie is a doctor and she works in a big hospital.
The young man ran quickly along the crowded street.
5.2. Identify subjects, verbs, indirect objects, direct objects, adjuncts / adverbials and
complements in the following sentences.
Tom gave me the book yesterday.
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The old woman has been living in New York for a long time.
Mr Grimaldi is rich.
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