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Professor Hoho’s
Book 1: A Dark Tragedy
in Grammar Land
#001: The Ten Different Word Families
of Grammar Land
▣ Objective: To become familiar with the ten word classes of
English
▣ Book: Pages 6-9, Workbook: Pages 2-3
The 10 Word Classes of English:
Verbs, Nouns, Adjectives,
Adverbs, Auxiliary Verbs,
Pronouns, Prepositions,
Articles, Conjunctions,
Interjections
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The Ten Word
Families of English
◈ On page 6 of the book:
Grammar Land
The Auxiliary
Verbs
The Pronouns
Major Word Families
The Verbs
The Nouns
The Adjectives
The Adverbs
The
Prepositions
The Articles
The
Conjunctions
The
Interjections
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The Major Word Families
Verbs
Nouns
Adjectives
Adverbs
• Open: New words can join the Major word families
• New words join these families by adding the suffixes -ly, -ful, -cal
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The Major Word Families
The Traits of the
and
Word Families
① Play the most important roles in Grammar Land
② Used in sentences
Sir Subject, Sir Verb, Sir Object,
and Sir Complement
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English Book > Story #001: The Ten Different Word Families of Grammar Land > Page 7 > Major Word Families > Verbs
The Verbs
To what word family do the words
below belong?
go
get
like
dig
operate
write
draw
walk
grow
start
drive
…
Masters of Action
To describe an action,
state or occurrence
Function as Sir Verb
in a sentence
Can be transformed
into Nouns, Adjectives
and Adverbs
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English Book > Story #001: The Ten Different Word Families of Grammar Land > Page 7 > Major Word Families > Nouns
The Nouns
To what word family do the words below
belong?
name
picture
food
cloth
building
car
train
bag
beauty
book
beer
…
To refer to people,
places and things as
well as states of
existence or ideas
Give name to
everything
Act as Sir Subject,
Sir Object and
Sir Complement
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English Book > Story #001: The Ten Different Word Families of Grammar Land > Page 7 > Major Word Families > Adjectives
The Adjectives
To what word family do the words
below belong?
good
cool
happy
honest
many
royal
blue
magical
natural
true
smart
…
Masters of Description
To qualify (modify)
Nouns/Noun Phrases,
giving information or
detail to them
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English Book > Story #001: The Ten Different Word Families of Grammar Land > Page 7 > Major Word Families > Adverbs
The Adverbs
To what word family do the words
below belong?
well
happily
honestly
fortunately
greatly
soon
very
often
however
therefore
…
Masters of
Modification
Modify the Verbs,
Adjectives, Nouns or
other Adverbs
Express manner, place,
time, frequency, degree,
level of certainty
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English Book > Story #001: The Ten Different Word Families of Grammar Land > Page 8 > Minor Word Families
The Minor Word Families
Auxiliary
Verbs
Pronouns
Prepositions
Articles
Conjunctions Interjections
• Closed: people from other families cannot join/become members
• Have special and important qualities and functions
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English Book > Story #001: The Ten Different Word Families of Grammar Land > Page 8 > Minor Word Families > Auxiliary Verbs
To what word family do the words
below belong?
The Auxiliary Verbs
may
will
would
should
must
might
can
could
…
Verbs that add a
functional or
grammatical meaning
to verbs
or a sentence
Helping verbs
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English Book > Story #001: The Ten Different Word Families of Grammar Land > Page 8 > Minor Word Families > Pronouns
The Pronouns
To what word family do the words
below belong?
you
one
mine
some
any
they
them
that
those
myself
…
Substitutes for Nouns
or Noun Phrases
Work as a Noun
or a Noun Phrase
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English Book > Story #001: The Ten Different Word Families of Grammar Land > Page 9 > Minor Word Families > Prepositions
To what word family do the words
below belong?
The Prepositions
against
from
with
in
on
within
at
toward
beneath
under
…
Explain the spatial or
temporal relationship
between the
Nouns/Noun Phrases
Positioned before
Nouns/Noun Phrases
to make adverbials
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English Book > Story #001: The Ten Different Word Families of Grammar Land > Page 9 > Minor Word Families > Articles
To what word family do the words
below belong?
The Articles
a
an
the
Appear before
Nouns/Noun Phrases
to indicate volumic
and numerical scope.
Specific nouns use the.
Also members of
the Determiners
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English Book > Story #001: The Ten Different Word Families of Grammar Land > Page 9 > Minor Word Families > Conjunctions
The Conjunctions
What word family are these words in?
and
but
or
because
when
if
though
unless
that
…
Connect
words, sentences,
phrases, clauses
Connectors:
connecting whole
ideas together
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English Book > Story #001: The Ten Different Word Families of Grammar Land > Page 9 > Minor Word Families > Interjections
The Interjections
To what word family do the words below
belong?
Cheers!
Hooray!
Ouch!
Wow!
Hi!
Good-bye!
Oh!
Aww!
Express
particular emotions
(excitement, surprise,
anger, happiness…)
Can stand as
a single word
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(Book: pages 6-9, Workbook: pages 2-3)
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In the workbook, fill in the
blanks on pages 2-3.
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Professor Hoho’s
Book 1: A Dark Tragedy
in Grammar Land