2019-20 N. American Planner_DP Sample

COMMUNICATION SKILLS
PARTS OF SPEECH
Nouns
• are words which name a person, place, thing,
feeling or idea.
• There are two main types of nouns.
Proper Nouns – used to name a particular person,
place, thing, feeling or idea. They begin with a
capital letter.
Common Nouns – used to name everyday general
persons, places, things, feelings or ideas.Common
nouns can be split into two smaller groups.
Collective Nouns – used to name a group or
collection.
Abstract Nouns – used to name feelings or ideas.
e.g. France, bird, Billy, sadness
e.g. Disneyland is a large theme park.
e.g. The man locked the door
e.g. a herd of cattle
a flock of sheep
e.g. happiness, honesty, toughness, patience
Pronouns • are words which take the place of a noun. e.g. Naming (Nominative)
He climbed the stairs. (I, you, he, she, it, we,
they)
e.g. Receiving (Objective)
Bill told her to go. (me, you, him, her, it, us,
them)
e.g. Having (Possessive)
The watch is his. (my, mine, your(s), his, her(s),
its, our(s), their(s)
Verbs
Adjectives
Adverbs
Prepositions
Conjunctions
Exclamations
Prefixes
Suffixes
Abbreviations
Acronyms
• are words which show the action and the time of
that action, past, present or future.
• are words which describe nouns highlighting
colour, size, state and number.
• are words which describe in what manner, when,
where.
• they tell us more about what happened.
• are words which describe how a noun or pronoun
is related to another word in a sentence.
• prepositions can also be used as adverbs.
• are words which join words, phrases, clauses and
sentences together.
• are words which interrupt other words or phrases.
• they are often called interjections, and followed by!
• are groups of letters which are put in front of a
word to change its meaning.
• are groups of letters which are put at the end of a
word.
• they change the word to another part of speech.
• often the spelling of the word changes.
• are words that have been shortened by:
- leaving out the vowels
- using the first letters
• they are very useful when taking notes.
• are words formed using the first letters from other
words.
Vowels • are the letters a, e, i, o, u.
e.g. Past
e.g. Present
e.g. Future
She stopped at the door.
He needs help now.
She will lift the book.
e.g. The old lady looked out of the front window of
her white house.
e.g. He spoke quietly for a while.
e.g. The pain was much worse than first thought.
e.g. The boys ran up the hill.
e.g. The dog sat down.
e.g. I ate dinner before leaving for the movie.
(and, because, before, after, until, or, nor, but,
unless, though, yet, so, for, when, while, as,
although, since, if, where)
e.g. Oh! What have I done?
e.g. John was given an antidote for the snake bite.
(pre, anti, mis, re, in, trans, dis, un, sub, fore,
com, bi, tri, counter, de, im, uni, ir, it, super, tele)
e.g. Silent, silently – changed from an adjective to
an adverb.
legal, legalize – change from an adjective to a
verb.
repeat repetition – changes from a verb to a
noun and a spelling change.
(ly, ise, ion, ment, ness, er, ed, est, ful, ing, able,
ence, ance, ant, ship, ive, ory, ee)
e.g. dpmt – department
EU – European Union.
e.g. NATO – North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
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