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In this unit we studied Parts of Speech, briefly introducing key categories starting with nouns (names of people, places, things, and concepts - Peter, London, chair, bravery). There are also four ways of categorising a noun; common (no capital letters), proper (names of cities, countries, people - capital letter) compound (two nouns put together to make one word meaning - car park) abstract (an idea or something you can't touch - beauty) and collective (group of individuals as if they were one - family). These can be furthered divided into uncountable and countable nouns. Countable nouns (such as dog/dogs, cat/cats) are easy to make plural as you just add an -s (or sometimes an -es) onto the end of the word. Uncountable nouns must have 'much' or 'a little' added to them to show excess or lack thereof. "I don't have much rice at home." Adjectives are words that describe nouns, such as big/small, dirty/clean. Comparative adjectives compare; John is taller than Mark. We take the adjective and ad -er + than. The superlative is similar but we ad -est + than at the end instead. Articles a/an and the, (indefinite and definite) and how to choose between them. "Can you pass me a pen?" (any) versus "Can you pass me the blue pen?" (a specific one). Verbs are action or state words: go, eat and feel, be. Some verbs you need to (or can) put an object after: I invite "Jacob over to my house." Whereas intransitive verbs cannot have an object come directly after, they must have a preposition. "I go to school."
After finishing this unit I realised how much I take for granted as I'm a native speaker - many of the grammar points I do not know and need to continue studying to consolidate them in my memory.
