Word Forms

It's important to understand word forms.  We need to know when to use "communicate" and when to use "communication," when to use "happy" and when to use "happiness."

 There are many parts of speech (verbs, nouns, adjectives, pronouns, adverbs, prepositions, articles, conjunctions, etc.).  Today we will work with verbs, nouns and adjectives.

 Nouns:  person, place, thing or abstraction (love, luck, happiness)

Verb:  action word

Adjective:  describes a noun

 PAIRWORK ACTIVITY

 Every sentence needs a subject/noun and verb.

 My sister _________________ at school.

We know this sentence needs a verb.

 ___________________ live in Seattle.

We know this sentence needs a subject/noun.

 The __________________ student was here.

We know this sentence needs an adjective because there is already a subject/noun (student) and a verb (was).  We need an adjective to describe "student."

 Decide if these sentences need a noun, verb, or adjective.

 1.  She ____________________ her car to school.

2.  She drove her ____________________ car to school.

3.  ____________________ drove to school.

4.  My garden is _______________________.

5.  The students _______________________ after school.

6.  ______________________ is my favorite sport.

 

Let's practice:

 1.

We found a _________________ on the street. a. noun b. verb c. adjective

 2.

_______________ stayed home yesterday. a. noun b. verb c. adjective

 3.

The workers _________________ after lunch. a. noun b. verb c. adjective

 4.

My _____________ friend lives in Portland. a. noun b. verb c. adjective

 5.

She lives in a _____________ city. a. noun b. verb c. adjective

 6.

We _________________ to the city. a. noun b. verb c. adjective

 7.

________________ are expensive. a. noun b. verb c. adjective

 8.

The students _______________ after school. a. noun b. verb c. adjective

 9.

She brought her ______________ to the party. a. noun b. verb c. adjective

 10.

I gave a ________________ gift to my mother. a. noun b. verb c. adjective

 Let's fill in the chart and then complete the next activity:

 1.

I have a bad ________________. a. memory b. memories c. memorize d. memorable

 2.

I ______________ verbs for the test yesterday. a. memory b. memorize c. memorized d. memorable

 3.

We had a _______________ time at the party. I will never forget it. a. memory b. memorize c. memorable

 4.

Seattle has _______________ weather. a. rain b. rains c. rainy

 5.

It _______________ almost every day in November. a. rain b. rains c. rainy

 6.

We _________________ the problem every day. a. discuss b. discussion c. discussions

 7.

Good _______________ is important. a. communication b. communicate c. communicates d. communicative

 8.

His wife is very _________________. She likes to talk. a. communicate b. communication c. communicative

 9.

His _______________ is expensive. a. rent b. rents c. rented

 10.

We ________________ a house last year. a. rent b. rents c. rented

 11.

The _________________ depresses me. a. rainy b. rain c. rains

 12.

Their _________________ continued for hours. a. argument b. argue c. argues d. argumentative

 13.

He is an _______________ person. a. argument b. argue c. argues d. argumentative

 14.

They have a __________________ garden. a. beautiful b. beauty c. beautify

 15.

They ________________ their home every weekend. They wash the windows, sweep, and work in the garden. a. beautiful b. beautify c. beauty

 This time you need to type the correct word. Remember to think about singular/plural (memory/memories), verb tense (memorize/memorized), and subject/verb agreement (He memorizes. / We memorize.).

 1.

We _______________ (memorize) the poem last night.

 2.

I have many _____________ (memorize) of my last vacation.

 3.

She is a _____________ (study) person

 4.

He _____________ (study) in the library every day.

 5.

It rarely ________________ (rain) in California.

 6.

I hate ______________ (rain) days.

 7.

The ________________ (rain) makes the air fresh.

 8.

They had 2 ______________ (discuss) about the problem.

 9.

We ______________ (discuss) the problem yesterday.

 10.

He ______________ (communicate) with his friends by e-mail.

 11.

_________________ (communicate) was difficult before telephones.

 12.

They had many _________________ (argue) about the problem.

 13.

I ______________ (cook) dinner for my parents last Sunday.

 14.

________________ (cook) is fun.

 15.

He won the lottery. He's so ____________ (luck).

 16.

You need _______________ (luck) to win the lottery.

 

 

 

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