Unit 1: Parts of Speech

UNIT 1:

PARTS OF SPEECH

The main function of nouns:

as subject, object and complement in a sentence.

1. As Subject: Indonesia is my country.

2. As Object: I love Indonesia.

3. As Complement: This is Indonesia.

Multiple Choice

What is the function of the highlighted word?

Paris is the capital of France.

• Subject

• Object

• Complement

Multiple Choice

What is the function of the highlighted word?

Harry is a teacher

• Subject

• Object

• Complement

Multiple Choice

What is the function of the highlighted word?

They fight for freedom.

• Subject

• Object

• Complement

Multiple Choice

What is the function of the highlighted word?

We are studying English.

• Subject

• Complement

• Object

Pronouns have three cases:

subjective, objective, and possessive case.

1. Subjective: I love reading.

2. Objective:

He recommended me this book.

I bought this for myself.

3. Possessive:

This is my book.

This book is mine.

Multiple Choice

What type of pronoun is it?

The pencil is hers.

• Subject(ive)

• Object(ive)

• Possessive

• Reflexive

Multiple Choice

What type of pronoun is it?

Have you seen them ?

• Subject(ive)

• Object(ive)

• Possessive

• Reflexive

Adjective positions in a sentence:

I like this beautiful gown.

This gown is beautiful.

This gown looks beautiful.

This gown looks so beautiful.

Multiple Choice

Which word is an adjective in this sentence?

The fast train came last night.

• The

• fast

• train

• came

• last night

Multiple Choice

Which word is an adjective in this sentence?

This movie is so thrilling.

• This

• movie

• is

• so

• thrilling

Types of Verbs

1. Action/ Experience/ Event:

read, write, happen, bloom, etc.

2. State of being:

is, am, are, was, were, be, become,

look, smell, sound, taste, feel, etc.

(terlihat, tercium, terdengar, terasa...di lidah, terasa... di kulit/ di hati)



Multiple Choice

What does the verb express?

Your dancing was excellent

• An action/ occurrence

• A state of being

Multiple Choice

What does the verb express?

The bomb exploded.

• An action/ occurrence

• A state of being

Multiple Choice

What does the verb express?

We planted a lot of flowers.

• An action/ occurrence

• A state of being

How adverbs describe other words:

The children always talk loudly. (Describing a verb "talk")

It is very good.

(Describing an adjective "good")

This machine works quite well.

(Describing an adverb "well")

Luckily, the cost was not high.

(Describing a whole sentence)

Multiple Choice

What word does the adverb modify?

They live happily ever after.

• They

• live

• ever after

Multiple Choice

What word does the adverb modify?

They have worked extremely hard on this project.

• have

• worked

• hard

Multiple Choice

What type of adverb is it?

I never travel to Africa.

• Adverb of Manner

• Adverb of Degree

• Adverb of Frequency

• Conjunctive Adverbs

Multiple Choice

What type of adverb is it?

I am not good at swimming. Hence, I am going to take the course next week.

• Adverb of Frequency

• Adverb of Degree

• Adverb of Manner

• Conjunctive Adverb

Examples:

I will go shopping on Sunday.

You should have listened to me.

He is good at swimming.

Multiple Choice

I usually go to sleep ______ 11.00 pm.

• in

• on

• at

• to

Multiple Choice

My store is located _______ a flower shop on the right and a bookstore on the left.

• behind

• between

• in front of

• among

Multiple Choice

We wanted to go to the other side of the river, so we took a boat to go _______ the river.

• down

• into

• along

• across

Examples:

I like apples and strawberries.

He is either a genius student or a hardworking student.

You can hang out with your friends after you have finished your assignment.

Multiple Choice

Neither Ben ____ John can solve this math problem.

• or

• and

• nor

Multiple Choice

I had completed my assignment _______ I hung out with my friends.

• because

• since

• before

• after

Examples: 

A man came this morning and left a parcel.

An airplane crash-landed nearby.

Can you pass me the salt, please? (the speaker & listener see the salt & knows which salt is referred to)

I bought a new car.  The car is black.

Cats have four legs. (no article)

People need food.

Multiple Choice

I am going to watch _____ movie, I am not sure which one.

• a

• an

• the

• zero article

Multiple Choice

Sally has _____ invention she is working on. I think _____ invention is going to be a big hit.

• a/ the

• an/ the

• an/ an

• the/ the

Examples:

Ouch, it stings. (expresses pain)

You’re going to the Maldives. That’s a long way, wow. (expresses surprise and wonder)

Hooray, here comes the bus at last! (expresses delight)

Ugh, sorry, I can’t eat tomatoes. (expresses disgust)

Multiple Choice

_______ Be quiet. The baby is asleep.

• Oops!

• Hush!

• Oh!

Multiple Choice

______ I did it! I finally passed the exam!

• Phew!

• Yay!

• Yeah!