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Elegant International School: Topic: Learning Grammar Prepared by Mr. Meyphalla Oudom Tel: 070 42 33 37 FB: Phalla Oudom

The document outlines six steps for learning grammar: 1) Learn parts of speech, 2) Sentence structures, 3) Tenses, 4) Phrases, 5) Clauses, and 6) Sentence diagramming. It provides details on each step, defining key grammatical concepts like the eight parts of speech, four sentence types, three main verb tenses, and different phrase and clause types. The goal is to help readers understand and visually depict the function of each part of a sentence through diagramming.

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Elegant International School: Topic: Learning Grammar Prepared by Mr. Meyphalla Oudom Tel: 070 42 33 37 FB: Phalla Oudom

The document outlines six steps for learning grammar: 1) Learn parts of speech, 2) Sentence structures, 3) Tenses, 4) Phrases, 5) Clauses, and 6) Sentence diagramming. It provides details on each step, defining key grammatical concepts like the eight parts of speech, four sentence types, three main verb tenses, and different phrase and clause types. The goal is to help readers understand and visually depict the function of each part of a sentence through diagramming.

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ELEGANT INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL

Topic: Learning Grammar


Prepared by Mr. Meyphalla Oudom
Tel: 070 42 33 37
FB: Phalla Oudom

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SIX STEPS LEARNING
GRAMMAR

1. Learn Part of Speeches

2. Sentence Structures

3. Tenses

4. Phrases

5. Clauses

6. Sentence Diagram

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1. Part of Speeches
• In grammar, a part of speech (also called lexical categories,
grammatical categories or word classes) is a linguistic category of
words.
• In English there are eight parts of speech:
Verb: used to show an action or a state of being.
Noun: a word used to refer to people, animals, objects, substances,
states, events, ideas and feelings.
Adjective: used to describe or specify a noun or pronoun.
Adverb: used to modify a verb, adjective and other adverbs.
Pronoun: used in the place of a noun or phrase.
Prepositions: used before nouns to form a phrase that shows
where, when, how and why.
Conjunctions: join clauses or sentences or words.
Interjections: used to show surprise or emotion.
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Sentence
 A sentence is the basic grammatical unit. It contains a group of words
and expresses a complete thought.
 There are four types of sentences:
• Declarative sentence
Applicants will be answered in due time. (It makes a statement.)

• Imperative sentence
Show me your photo album, please. ( Gives a command or makes a
request.)

• Interrogative sentence
Do you like this photo? (Asks a question.)

• Exclamatory sentence
What a beautiful dress she is wearing ! (Shows strong feeling)
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Sentence Structures
• There are four types of sentences structure:
 Simple sentences: A simple sentence is an independent clause
with no conjunction or dependent clause.
 Compound sentences: A compound sentence is two independent
clauses joined by a conjunction (e.g., and, but, or, for, nor, yet,
so).
 Complex sentences: A complex sentence contains one
independent clause and at least one dependent clause.
 Compound-complex sentences: A compound-complex sentence
contains multiple independent clauses and at least one dependent
clause. These sentences will contain both conjunctions and
subordinators.

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Tenses
• Tense is the time described by a verb, shown by its grammatical form. There are
three main tenses in English:
• Present Tense:
Present Simple
Present Continuous
Present Perfect
Present Perfect Continuous
• Past Tense:
Past Simple
Past Continuous
Past Perfect
Past Perfect Continuous
• Future Tense:
Future Simple
Future Continuous
Future Perfect
Future Perfect Continuous

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Phrase
A phrase is a grammatical term referring to a group of words that does not
include a subject and verb. There are 9 types of Phrase:
• Noun phrases: consist of a noun and its modifiers.
• Verb phrases: consist of a verb and its modifiers.
• Adverbial phrases: phrases that act as adverbs.
• Gerund phrases: noun phrases that begin with a gerund.
• Infinitive phrases: begin with a verb infinitive and modifiers. It functions as
nouns, adjectives, or adverbs.
• appositive phrase: noun phrase but one that renames another noun in the
sentence.
• participle phrase: begins with a present (-ing) or past (-ed) participle. A
participle phrase includes the participle and its modifiers. Participle
phrases function as adjectives.
• prepositional phrase: a group of words that includes a preposition and a
noun. It functions as either an adjective or an adverb.
• absolute phrase: includes a noun and a participle and any modifiers.
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Clause
A clause in grammar is a subject plus a verb.
• There are two major types of clauses:
• Independent clauses
• Dependent clauses
• An independent clause, also called a main clause, is like a sentence.
It consists of a subject and a predicate and can stand alone like a
sentence.
• A dependent clause, also called subordinate clause, has a subject
and a verb but, unlike a dependent clause, it cannot stand alone as
a sentence. There are three types if dependent clause.
• A noun clause
• Adjective clause
• Adverbial clause

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Sentence Diagram
• Diagramming sentences might seem complicated at first, but you'll
quickly get the hang of it.
• Sentence diagramming enables you to visually understand the
function of every part of a sentence, which helps you construct
better sentences.
• Once you understand the essentials, diagramming a sentence can
be like completing a Sudoku or a crossword puzzle.

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