Module 1: Lesson 2 - Words

Question 1

Name 5 types of adverbs with examples.

Answer 1

Adverbs of manner: info on how someone does something and usually ends in ‘-ly’ (friendly, carefully).

Adverbs of time: when something happens (in two days, three weeks ago).

Adverbs of place: tell us where something happened (anywhere, everywhere, outside).

Adverbs of frequency: how often something happens (seldom, always, rarely).

Adverbs of degree: to what extent something is done (a lot, at all, in the end, really, very).

Question 2

Name 2 types of prepositions.

Answer 2

Prepositions of place: at, on, in.

Prepositions of time: at (precise times); in (period of times); on (dates).

Question 3

Name 2 types of articles (determiners).

Answer 3

Definite article (specific): The
Indefinite article (non-specific): A / An

Definite: The dog is running fast.
Indefinite: A dog is not my favorite pet.

Question 4

When is the definite article used?

Answer 4

When pointing out something specific.

When a person or thing has already been identified, is known, or there is only one of them.

Also with superlative adjectives.

The mountain is big.
The Burj Kaifa is a tall building.
The London bridge is the biggest of them all.

Question 5

When is the indefinite article used?

Answer 5

To point to something non-specific.

We use it before a singular countable noun, NOT before uncountable nouns.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
A beer a day will have the doctor stay.

Question 6

Name 2 types of conjunctions with examples.

Answer 6

Coordinating conjunctions: used to join two similar sentences, or a continuation of a sentence or thought.

Subordinating conjunctions: used to join a phrase that doesn’t make sense on its own to a main sentence.

I am tired, and need to sleep.
She broke her finger, but she can still write.

Question 7

Name 3 forms of conjuctions with examples.

Answer 7

Single word - for example: and, but, because, although.

Compound (often ending with as or that) - for example: provided that, as long as, in order that.

Correlative (surrounding an adverb or adjective) - for example: so…that.

Examples:
Single word: I am tired, but I can’t sleep.
Compound: I can sing, provided that you don’t listen to me.
Correlative: He stared at her, so intensely that she felt uncomfortable.