User:Landon005/English For Idiots

Common Lessons
1. Grammar:

a) Nouns = the subject. •	Common Nouns: name in common. •	Proper Nouns: name in special. •	Abstract Nouns: •	Collective Nouns: a group or a society as a whole; singular in form but many individuals. •	Plural Nouns: used with reference to more than one.

b) Articles = definite & indefinite of the subject.

c) Verbs & Tenses. •	Simple Verbs: words or phrases indicate an action in the simplest forms. •	Present Tense: verb forms that shows in present times. •	Past Tense: verb forms that shows in past times. •	Future Tense: verb forms that shows in future times. •	Subject-Verb Agreement: agreement between verbs & subjects, as well as tenses.

d) Verb Forms. •	Transitive Forms: taking a direct object. •	Intransitive Forms: taking an indirect object. •	Active Forms: forms when the subject in the sentences, is a constructor. •	Passive Forms: forms when the subject in the sentences, is a point of view.

e) Adjectives & Adverbs. •	Adjectives: words that name the qualities. •	Adverbs: words that answer the questions with when, where, how and modify. •	Comparisons: comparative & superlative.

f) Pronouns & Prepositions. •	Pronouns: words used in the place of nouns (subject, object, possessive) •	Relative Pronouns: words which relates with the statements (who, which, that) •	Prepositions: words which describes the place & time.

g) Sentences = words arranged in an order to form a statement.

h) Conjunctions = sequence connectors.

i) Linkers & Linking Words. •	Linkers: phrases that used in compositions. •	Linking Words: words which link the directions.

j) Homophones & Homographs. •	Homophones: words pronounced like other but different in meanings, spellings or origins. •	Homographs: words spelt like another but with a different meaning but with different meanings or pronunciations.

k) Word Endings. •	Common Endings: for common words. •	Base Words: the roots which support the words.

l) Prefixes & Suffixes. •	Prefixes:            -opposite meanings (non-, un-, dis-, im-)            -time, place, order, importance (inter-, pre-) •	Suffixes: a letter or a group of letters added to the end of a word to make another word (-ly, -ness, -ment, -ion)

2. Punctuation.

a) Apostrophes. •	Apostrophe Forms of ‘S’ (‘s, s’) •	Contractions (eg: do + not = don’t)

b) Letter Forms. •	Capital Letters (eg: LOVE) •	Small Letters (eg: love)

c) Question & Exclamation Marks. •	Question Marks (?) •	Questions Statements (eg: Who....? When.....? Where.....? What.....? How….? etc.) •	Exclamation Marks (!) •	Exclamation Statements (eg: …!) •	Interjections (eg: Wow! Stop! Yeah! What a shame! etc.)

d) Brackets, Hyphens, Commas & Full Stops. •	Brackets (, { }, [ ] ) •	Hyphens (-) •	Commas •	Full Stops (.)

e) Semicolons & Colons. •	Semicolons •	Colons

f) Speech Marks. •	Inverted Commas (eg: “Hello!”)

3. Compositions.

- Format Compositions:

a) Speech/Talks.

b) Formal Letter.

c) Informal Letter.

d) Articles.

e) Report.

f) Dialogue/Forum.

g) Bulletin/Newsletters.

- Non-format compositions:

a) Biography.

b) Opinion.

c) Narrative.

d) Description.

- Summary

4. Literature.

Anthology:

(Form 1)

1. Poem: -Life Brief Candle.

-The Dead Crow.

-The Lake Isle of Innisfree.

2. Short Stories: -Of Bunga Telur & Bally Shoes.

-The Pencil.

-How Dalat Got Its Name.

(Form 4)

1. Poems:

2. Short Stories:

Novels:

(Form 2)

•	Robinson Crusoe. •	Potato People. •	The Phantom of the Opera.

(Form 3)

•	The Prisoner of Zenda. •	Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde.

(Form 5)

•	The Pearl. •	Jungle of Hope. •	The Return.