Hi everybody, this is Mr Duncan in England.
How are you today?
Are you OK?
I hope so.
Are you happy?
I hope so.
In this lesson, we're going to talk about a part of English that causes many young learners of English to have difficulty.
A part of English that is very scary.
Something that many students learning English tend to avoid.
Today we're going to talk about grammar.
Grammar is the system that is built up by words, all with their own meaning and place within a sentence.
The sentence is the result of composing these words in the correct order.
Grammar is one of the hardest parts of learning English and is the main reason why many people give up studying English as a second language.
Grammar can be divided into 8 sections.
Verbs Words that describe an action Doing words Nouns Words that give a name to something Naming words
Adjectives Words that add description to something Describing words Adverbs Words that add meaning to an action Action words Pronouns Words that show possessiveness and replacing nouns Relate words
Prepositions Words that describe where and when Placement words Conjunctions Words that continue a sentence Join words Interjections Words that show emotional sounds Exclaim words
Examples of verbs Act Bake Jump Open Push Run Speak Swim Throw Walk Examples of nouns Cat Computer Dictionary Dog Egg House Man Paper Water Woman
Examples of Adjectives Big Cold Damp Fat Hairy Heavy Small Stupid Tall Weak
Examples of adverbs Loudly Fervent Slower Lazily Often Well Quietly Abruptly Constantly Faster
Examples of pronouns hers, his, ours, some, their, who, you, yours Examples of prepositions at, during, for, from, in, of, on, since, to, with,
Examples of Conjunctions also, and, but, for, or, so, though, yet Examples of Interjections Ah, dear!
How important is grammar?
If you want to master the English language, then you will need to know how sentences are formed.
However, it is not the most important part of learning English.
Remembering the meaning of words and expanding your vocabulary will always be the most important part of learning English.
So try to relax and take it easy.
Remember, grammar is not a set rule.
In fact, the English language is constantly changing.
So it is fair to say that grammar will change too.
Even if you are the greatest English speaker in the world, you will need to keep up to date with the new words and ways of speaking.
I hope you have found this lesson useful and interesting.
This is Mr Duncan in England saying thanks for watching and bye bye for now.