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In Unit two I learned basic sentence structure and the different parts of speech, along with their purposes. Each word in an English sentence can be classified according to its purpose and the meaning it adds.I learned that nouns name the subject and objects of the sentence; the main types of nouns and how to know when each one should be used. I also learned about adjectives which are used to describe nouns such as people and things. I learned how to use them in clusters- an unofficial rule to use a list form where the last one is separated by the word 'and' and goes in the order from size-age-color-material-noun. When using adjectives it is important to note that there are two types of comparisons. Comparative: when you are only comparing 2 people or things; and Superlative: when you are comparing a group of more than 2 people or things. Articles were an important lesson in this unit as is knowing that 'the' is a definite article, whereas 'a, an' are indefinite articles. It is important to understand that the indefinite articles are used when the meaning of the noun is not clear in the sentence. A definite article is used when the meaning of the noun is perfectly clear in a sentence. An article is not always necessary when the noun is referring to something in a general sense. Verbs are the 'doing' words of the sentences. It covers the actions and states of being and is paired with a subject to form the basis of a sentence. There are two types of verbs; Transitive: a verb that is directly followed by an object; Intransitive: a verb that cannot be followed directly by an object. I have examples in my notebook for the purpose of using them when teaching, as well as a list of the base forms, past simple, past participle, and present participle verb forms of many verbs. The infinitive form of a verb is the action as a whole and is formed by preceding the base form of a verb with the word 'to'. Adverbs were important because they add meaning or information to the action/ verb. They are usually placed after the objective of a transitive verb. Gerunds are verbs that can be used as a noun in a sentence. Pronouns are words that are used instead of more precise nouns or noun phrases. Prepositions were mentioned because they show the relationship between a noun or a pronoun and some other word in the sentence. Conjunctions are what join words or groups in a sentence. All of these were important to learn so that when needed, I can explain them on a basic level. To teach English I must first fully understand it myself. I also discovered many different ideas for games to learn the different parts of speech while studying this unit! I will use these ideas to help my students memorize the parts of speech and put them in practical use.
