Summary Grammar 1
Lerarenopleiding Engels, jaar 1
HAN
Onderwerpen:
- Word classes
- The tenses of ‘be’
- Spelling
- The present tenses
- The past tenses
- The present perfect tenses
- The past perfect tenses
- The future tense
- Conditional sentences
- The passive (1)
- The passive (2)
- The passive (3)
- The noun (1)
- The noun (2)
,Chapter 1, word classes
Nouns (zelfstandige naamwoorden)
- Countable nouns; can take a/an and have a plural.
- Uncountable nouns, cannot take a/an and have no plural.
- Proper nouns, names of people, places and things (e.g Christmas).
Articles (lidwoorden)
- Definite article, the
- Indefinite article, a or an
Verbs (werkwoorden)
- Lexical verb, main verb, notional verb or ordinary verb (zelfstandig
werkwoord); verbs that does not need another verb; work, read, study, etc.
- Auxiliary (hulpwerkwoord); verbs that cannot form the predicator (gezegde) on
its own, may, have, must, shall, etc.
- Modal auxiliaries, modal verbs or modals; auxiliaries that express a certain
meaning, can, will, must, might, should etc.
- Linking verb, link verb, copula (koppelwerkwoord); a verb that connects the
subject to the subject complement (additional information about the subject).
Be, become, get, grow, seem, feel, smell, taste, look, sound.
Adjectives (bijvoegelijk naamwoord); tell something about a noun.
- Degrees of comparison (trappen van vergelijking), cold, colder, coldest.
Adverbs (bijwoord)
- Refers to a verb, an adjective, or another verb.
- Adding -ly to the adjective; extremely, accurately, etc.
Pronouns (voornaamwoorden)
- Personal pronouns (persoonlijke voornaamwoorden) are often used as subject
or object in a sentence; I, you, he, she, it, we, you, they, him, us, them.
- Possessive pronouns (bezittelijke voornaamwoorden) indicate possession;
my, your, her, his, its, our, your, their.
- Demonstrative pronouns (aanwijzende voornaamwoorden) are used to point
at something; this, that, these, those.
- Interrogative pronouns (vragende voornaamwoorden) are used in questions;
who, what, which.
- Relative pronouns (betrekkelijke voornaamwoorden) refer to preceding
persons and things; who, which, that.
- Indefinite pronouns (onbepaalde voornaamwoorden) refer to indefinite
persons or things; some, any, every, each, all.
- Reflexive pronouns (wederkerende voornaamwoorden) are pronouns ending
in -self; myself, yourself, herself, himself, itself, ourselves, yourselves,
themselves.
Conjunctions (voegwoord)
- Joins together words, word groups and main clauses (hoofdzinnen) and
subclauses (bijzinnen); and, but, or, until, though, if, unless, while, etc.
, Prepositions (voorzetsels)
- Indicate place, time, direction; in, on, at, into, from, of, under, over, above, etc.