QUARTER 1
LESSON 9
Grammar Buff
Part 1
PAST PARTICIPLES, MODAL VERBS, COUNTABLE & UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS, COLLECTIVE NOUNS
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LEARNING OBJECTIVES
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Buff up your grammar.
Practice practice practice.
DISCUSSION
DISCUSSION
PAST PARTICIPLES
In English grammar, the past participle refers to an action that was started and completed entirely in the past. It is the third principal part of a verb, created by adding -ed, -d, or -t to the base form of a regular verb.
Past Participles of Regular Verbs
Past Participles of Regular Verbs
VERB SIMPLE PAST PAST PARTICIPLE
Jump jumped has/have jumped
Sleep slept has/have slept
Touch touched has/have touched
Past Participle of Irregular Verbs
Past Participle of Irregular Verbs
VERB SIMPLE PAST PAST PARTICIPLE
Blow blew has/have blown
Freeze froze has/have frozen
Go went has/have gone
Fly flew has/have flown
Rise rose had risen
Shrink shrank had shrunk
Feel felt had felt
Bite bit has bitten
Catch caught have caught
Draw drew have drawn
Drive drove have driven
Eat ate have eaten
Fall fell have fallen
They have always liked dancing together.
She has walked to work four times this week so far.
We had lost all hope until you found us!
She had danced there several times before.
If we had looked harder, we would have found it.
MODAL VERBS
An auxiliary verb that expresses necessity or possibility. English modal verbs include must, shall, will, should, would, can, could, may, and might.
TYPE MODAL VERBS EXAMPLES
ABILITY Can, Could David can speak three languages.
He could speak fluent French when he was 5.
PERMISSION Can, Could, May Can I sit in that chair please? (INFORMAL)
Could I open the window? (POLITE)
May I borrow your dictionary? (FORMAL)
ADVISE Should You should visit your dentist at least twice a year.
OBLIGATION Must, Have to, Ought to I must memorize all of these rules
You have to take off your shoes.
He ought to study a bit harder.
POSSIBILITY Might, May, Could, Can It looks nice, but it might be very expensive.
Richard may be coming to see us tomorrow.
We might see some rain tonight.
NECESSITY Need You need to go now.
SUGGESTION Shall Shall we carry on?
COUNTABLE and UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS
Nouns can be countable or uncountable. Countable nouns can be counted, e.g. an apple, two apples, three apples, etc. Uncountable nouns cannot be counted, e.g. air, rice, water, etc. When you learn a new noun, you should check if it is countable or uncountable and note how it is used in a sentence.
Countable Nouns
There's a man at the door.
I have some friends in New York.
I don't have a dog.
There aren't any seats.
Is there an email address to write to?
Are there any chairs?
How many chairs are there?
There are lots of apples on the trees.
They have a lot of money.
There are a lot of carrots but there aren't many potatoes.
Uncountable Nouns
There's some milk in the fridge.
There isn't any coffee.
Is there any sugar?
How much orange juice is there?
There is a lot of snow on the road.
There's lots of juice but there isn't much water.
COUNTABLE and UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS
chair(s) book(s) marker(s) tablet(s) shop(s) shirt(s)
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sugar equipment advice furniture information rain
Countable Both Uncountable
a the much
many some little
few any a little bit of
a few no
a lot of
lots of
enough
plenty of
COLLECTIVE NOUNS
A count noun that denotes a group of individuals (e.g. assembly, family, crew ).
Common Collective Nouns Used for People
Common Collective Nouns Used for People
A band of musicians A troupe of dancers
A board of directors A team of players
A choir of singers A panel of experts
A class of students A pack of thieves
A crowd of people A gang of thieves
Common Collective Nouns Used for Animals
Common Collective Nouns Used for Animals
An army of ants A pride of lions
A flock of birds A team of horses
A flock of sheep A swarm of locusts
A herd of deer A school of fish
A hive of bees A pack of wolves
A litter of puppies A pack of hounds
A murder of crows
Common Collective Nouns Used for Things
Common Collective Nouns Used for Things
A bouquet of flowers A wad of notes
A bunch of flowers A range of mountains
A fleet of ships A pair of shoes
A forest of trees A pack of lies
A galaxy of stars A pack of cards
PRACTICE PRACTICE PRACTICE
https://www.tinytap.com/activities/gudk/play/collective-nouns
https://www.vocabulary.cl/Games/collective-nouns.htm
https://eslkidsworld.com/Interactive%20games/Grammar%20Games/nouns/collective-nouns-pirate-game.html
https://www.englishclub.com/esl-games/vocabulary/cloze-animals-6.htm
ASSESSMENT
ASSESSMENT
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