ENGLISH WRITING WORKSHOP
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THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF WORDS
THIS WAY !
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Nouns
Drums, cat, car, table, lamp, cup, grass, bed...
Verbs
Drive, eat, run, work, write, build, laugh...
W O R D
Articles
A, an, the
Personal pronouns
I, you, he, she, it, we, they, my, your, his, her, its, our, their...
Adverbs
Yesterday, well, quickly, hard, quietly, very...
Adjectives
Beautiful, calm, useful, nice, blonde, famous, clever...
T Y P E S
Prepositions
To, from, of, off, up, down, in, below...
Transition words
Because, therefore, whereas, in addition, although, despite...
CLICK TO DISCOVER
Nouns
Drums, cat, car, table, lamp, cup, grass, bed...
Verbs
Drive, eat, run, work, write, build, laugh...
W O R D
Articles
Personal pronouns
A, an, the
I, you, he, she, it, we, they, my, your, his, her, its, our, their...
Adjectives
Adverbs
Beautiful, calm, useful, nice, blonde, famous, clever...
Yesterday, well, quickly, hard, quietly, very...
T Y P E S
Prepositions
Transition words
Because, therefore, whereas, in addition, although, despite...
To, from, of, off, up, down, in, below...
Marketing
Environmentalist
NOUNS
Nationalism
Arrangement
Economics
Suffixes can help you idenftify nouns
Corporation
Producer
Ability
Partnership
Happiness
UNCOUNTABLES
COUNTABLES
Cannot take the plural form
Have a plural form = S at the end
Can be quantified with a piece of, three pieces of...
May be preceded by a number, or the article a
Used with much, no and some
Used with many, no and some
person/people, child/children, (wo)man/(wo)men, medium/media, criterion/criteria, datum/data
Use is/was (not are/were)
Irregular plurals:
The work is difficult.
Some people prefer the cheaper option.
The information was useful.
The study was a success.
BACK TO MENU
Thomas wrote three questionnaires.
My supervisor gave me three pieces of advice.
Enclose
Good use of pre/suffixes can be a life saver!
Construct
Rationalise
Weaken
Renew
Inspect
Produce
Deliberate
Enable
Rewrite
VERBS SURVIVAL KIT
After and before are always followed by an ing form.
Can, must, might, may, should etc... + infinitive form.
If + present + future = conditional → If the firm has no strategy, then the project will fail.
ing = present participle / ed = past participle.
ing & ed can also be used to create nouns and/or adjectives → a well-known expert vs. he has known him for five years.
Customers can choose between three options.
After completing my litterature review, I will write a synthesis.
BACK TO MENU
The work was done by the team.
Donaldson built his research around 12 surveys.
Efficient
Conventional
Recycled
Capable
Good use of suffixes can be a life saver!
Compliant
Useless
Impressive
Useful
Nervous
Healthy
ADJECTIVES SURVIVAL KIT
Very often come before the noun it describes
Past & present participles can be adjectives
excited / exciting
Attractive people An attractive woman An attractive man
NO PLURAL / NO FEMININE / NO MASCULINE ADJECTIVES
used, reused, unused, useful, useless, usable...
1 ROOT WORD = MANY ADJECTIVES
Jones' theories have become very important.
This paper is very interesting.
BACK TO MENU
This remarkable American article was vital for my research.
I read an interesting paper yesterday.
For
Under
Among
At
Around
By
Of
Until
Off
To
Into
Down
With
From
During
On
Along
In
PREPOSITIONS SURVIVAL KIT
They are linked to nouns
They explain relations between one noun and another in time and place
The revenues were below expectations.
I found useful information on the website.
Sales increased by 30%.
The trade lasted from Monday to Friday.
BACK TO MENU
Everything was planned at the head office in Geneva.
Rapidly
Fast
Repeatedly
Hard
Efficiently
Here
Directly
Never
Always
Very
Often
Carefully
ADVERBS SURVIVAL KIT
Adjective + LY = adverb
Known exceptions:
Hard, fast ...
Never, sometimes, often, always, yesterday, today...
There are also time adverbs:
The Japanese work harder than Western people.
Adverbs can take the comparative forms:
Most customers download the application rapidly.
BACK TO MENU
They found the task very difficult.
People often choose the cheapest option.
In addition
Similarly
Despite
On the contrary
because
Thus
However
While
Although
Therefore
Furthermore
Nevertheless
Whereas
CONJUNCTIONS AND TRANSITION WORDS
Show relations between sentences or parts of a sentence
Can express cause, consequence or contradiction...
The project was late because we had a problem.
Although we had difficulties, the results were validated.
Despite the difficulties, the results were validated.
The firm could not pay its debt. Therefore, it went bankrupt.
BACK TO MENU
The product was popular. However, the firm still had many problems.
ARTICLES SURVIVAL KIT
Placed before nouns
A / an = before a singular, unspecified, countable noun + 1st mention of the noun
An is used when the noun starts with a vowel
European starts with an e but is pronounced y so you cannot use an // MBA starts with an m but is pronounced em so you have to use an.
The = before a specified, already identified noun
When referring to a general class of things, we use a plural or uncountable noun with no article
Consumers prefer price over convenience.
A European Union study examined the subject.
BACK TO MENU
This respondent had an MBA.
Firstly, I had to decide on a research strategy. When the strategy was defined...
PERSONAL PRONOUNS SURVIVAL KIT
Used to replace nouns
Good to avoid repetition
The form (singular/plural, feminine/masculine) = same as the noun it replaces
Place in the sentence (subject or object) = same as the noun it replaces
Objects (chairs, tables, plants...) = it
walked down 5th Avenue under pouring rain yesterday .
= SUBJECT
I / YOU / HE / SHE / IT / WE / THEY
When can he call
= OBJECT
ME / YOU / HIM / HER / IT / US / THEM
BACK TO MENU
favourite book.
MY / YOUR / HIS / HER / ITS / OUR / THEIR
This is
= POSSESSIVE
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ENGLISH WRITING WORKSHOP
TURN IT UP!
THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF WORDS
THIS WAY !
CLICK TO DISCOVER
Nouns
Drums, cat, car, table, lamp, cup, grass, bed...
Verbs
Drive, eat, run, work, write, build, laugh...
W O R D
Articles
A, an, the
Personal pronouns
I, you, he, she, it, we, they, my, your, his, her, its, our, their...
Adverbs
Yesterday, well, quickly, hard, quietly, very...
Adjectives
Beautiful, calm, useful, nice, blonde, famous, clever...
T Y P E S
Prepositions
To, from, of, off, up, down, in, below...
Transition words
Because, therefore, whereas, in addition, although, despite...
CLICK TO DISCOVER
Nouns
Drums, cat, car, table, lamp, cup, grass, bed...
Verbs
Drive, eat, run, work, write, build, laugh...
W O R D
Articles
Personal pronouns
A, an, the
I, you, he, she, it, we, they, my, your, his, her, its, our, their...
Adjectives
Adverbs
Beautiful, calm, useful, nice, blonde, famous, clever...
Yesterday, well, quickly, hard, quietly, very...
T Y P E S
Prepositions
Transition words
Because, therefore, whereas, in addition, although, despite...
To, from, of, off, up, down, in, below...
Marketing
Environmentalist
NOUNS
Nationalism
Arrangement
Economics
Suffixes can help you idenftify nouns
Corporation
Producer
Ability
Partnership
Happiness
UNCOUNTABLES
COUNTABLES
Cannot take the plural form
Have a plural form = S at the end
Can be quantified with a piece of, three pieces of...
May be preceded by a number, or the article a
Used with much, no and some
Used with many, no and some
person/people, child/children, (wo)man/(wo)men, medium/media, criterion/criteria, datum/data
Use is/was (not are/were)
Irregular plurals:
The work is difficult.
Some people prefer the cheaper option.
The information was useful.
The study was a success.
BACK TO MENU
Thomas wrote three questionnaires.
My supervisor gave me three pieces of advice.
Enclose
Good use of pre/suffixes can be a life saver!
Construct
Rationalise
Weaken
Renew
Inspect
Produce
Deliberate
Enable
Rewrite
VERBS SURVIVAL KIT
After and before are always followed by an ing form.
Can, must, might, may, should etc... + infinitive form.
If + present + future = conditional → If the firm has no strategy, then the project will fail.
ing = present participle / ed = past participle.
ing & ed can also be used to create nouns and/or adjectives → a well-known expert vs. he has known him for five years.
Customers can choose between three options.
After completing my litterature review, I will write a synthesis.
BACK TO MENU
The work was done by the team.
Donaldson built his research around 12 surveys.
Efficient
Conventional
Recycled
Capable
Good use of suffixes can be a life saver!
Compliant
Useless
Impressive
Useful
Nervous
Healthy
ADJECTIVES SURVIVAL KIT
Very often come before the noun it describes
Past & present participles can be adjectives
excited / exciting
Attractive people An attractive woman An attractive man
NO PLURAL / NO FEMININE / NO MASCULINE ADJECTIVES
used, reused, unused, useful, useless, usable...
1 ROOT WORD = MANY ADJECTIVES
Jones' theories have become very important.
This paper is very interesting.
BACK TO MENU
This remarkable American article was vital for my research.
I read an interesting paper yesterday.
For
Under
Among
At
Around
By
Of
Until
Off
To
Into
Down
With
From
During
On
Along
In
PREPOSITIONS SURVIVAL KIT
They are linked to nouns
They explain relations between one noun and another in time and place
The revenues were below expectations.
I found useful information on the website.
Sales increased by 30%.
The trade lasted from Monday to Friday.
BACK TO MENU
Everything was planned at the head office in Geneva.
Rapidly
Fast
Repeatedly
Hard
Efficiently
Here
Directly
Never
Always
Very
Often
Carefully
ADVERBS SURVIVAL KIT
Adjective + LY = adverb
Known exceptions:
Hard, fast ...
Never, sometimes, often, always, yesterday, today...
There are also time adverbs:
The Japanese work harder than Western people.
Adverbs can take the comparative forms:
Most customers download the application rapidly.
BACK TO MENU
They found the task very difficult.
People often choose the cheapest option.
In addition
Similarly
Despite
On the contrary
because
Thus
However
While
Although
Therefore
Furthermore
Nevertheless
Whereas
CONJUNCTIONS AND TRANSITION WORDS
Show relations between sentences or parts of a sentence
Can express cause, consequence or contradiction...
The project was late because we had a problem.
Although we had difficulties, the results were validated.
Despite the difficulties, the results were validated.
The firm could not pay its debt. Therefore, it went bankrupt.
BACK TO MENU
The product was popular. However, the firm still had many problems.
ARTICLES SURVIVAL KIT
Placed before nouns
A / an = before a singular, unspecified, countable noun + 1st mention of the noun
An is used when the noun starts with a vowel
European starts with an e but is pronounced y so you cannot use an // MBA starts with an m but is pronounced em so you have to use an.
The = before a specified, already identified noun
When referring to a general class of things, we use a plural or uncountable noun with no article
Consumers prefer price over convenience.
A European Union study examined the subject.
BACK TO MENU
This respondent had an MBA.
Firstly, I had to decide on a research strategy. When the strategy was defined...
PERSONAL PRONOUNS SURVIVAL KIT
Used to replace nouns
Good to avoid repetition
The form (singular/plural, feminine/masculine) = same as the noun it replaces
Place in the sentence (subject or object) = same as the noun it replaces
Objects (chairs, tables, plants...) = it
walked down 5th Avenue under pouring rain yesterday .
= SUBJECT
I / YOU / HE / SHE / IT / WE / THEY
When can he call
= OBJECT
ME / YOU / HIM / HER / IT / US / THEM
BACK TO MENU
favourite book.
MY / YOUR / HIS / HER / ITS / OUR / THEIR
This is
= POSSESSIVE