Parts of Speech: Noun, Verbs, Adjectives, Adverbs etc - Basic English Grammar

wanna speak real English from your first lesson sign up for your free lifetime account at English class 101.com hi everybody welcome back to ask Alicia the weekly series where you ask me questions and I answer them maybe first question comes from Ruben hi Reuben Reuben says which one of these sentences is correct are you mad with me or are you mad at me ah here we use at when we want to express anger and we want to use the word mad we use at the preposition at like don't be mad at me or are you mad at me when we use the word angry however we use with instead we do not use at so even though these two words express the same emotion when we use mad we use at and when we use angry we use with so for example are you angry with me or don't be angry with me so you can see that there are these small differences the meaning doesn't change but just the words that we use those small in-between words in this case the preposition at and we use with with angry so I hope that this helps you thanks very much for the question let's move on to your next question next question comes from achma Mirza hai ACMA achma says hi Alicia what is the difference between but and yet explain please well it depends on how the word is being used in this sentence both but and yet can have different grammatical functions so to compare the two let's look at two ways that these words are used with the same grammatical function so let's first look at using these words as a conjunction remember a conjunction is a word that's used to connect ideas so we're putting phrases together with conjunctions when we're using but and yet in this way you can use them interchangeably that means they have the same meaning so as a conjunction they function the same I would say that yet tends to sound a little bit more formal than but but they do have the same meaning they mean however so you can use them as you like if you find that you're using the word but too much in your writing you can swap it out for it yet so some examples you said you were going home but you're still here working I tried to get a loan but the bank rejected my application our team was defeated in the semi-finals yet everyone kept a positive attitude so as conjunctions they have the same function let's move along though to talking about these words used as adverbs so when we use yet as an adverb it means like up to now or up until the present point in time so we use this a lot in questions like have you finished your homework yet or have you seen that movie yet when we're making statements we can use it as well we have not yet reviewed the emails from our customers I have yet to receive a phone call today when we're using but as an adverb it means only so this is a key difference when we're using yet and when we're using but as adverbs they have very different meanings and we cannot use them interchangeably so some examples of but used as an adverb this is but the first step in our exciting new project this cut don't worry it's but a scratch so this use a but is actually a little bit formal and can sound a little bit old-fashioned it's not used so much in everyday speech we might instead say something like it's just a scratch or it's nothing big we might use something else slightly different in place of but here but please keep this in mind when you're choosing between but and yet so in summary but and yet can be used in the same way if you're using the words as conjunctions if you're using them as adverbs keep in mind that they are very different so this is a quick introduction to two of the uses of these words for more information and for more example sentences you can take a look at a dictionary this will give you some of the more detailed uses especially of the word but so check that out thanks very much for the question I hope that this helps you ok let's move along to your next question next question this week comes from Sanju hi Sanju Sanju says hi Alicia I have a question about similar or words which start the same for example simultaneous simultaneously simulation how do I understand these kinds of words and how do I use them nice question so I think that may be the best way to answer this question is to give some guidelines for how you can recognize the different parts of speech by that I mean like how do you know is this a noun is it an adverb is it an adjective is this a verb how do you identify that also another thing to keep in mind and the words you've chosen are great examples is that even though words sometimes begin with the same set of letters they don't have the same meaning so let's take the words that you've provided and expand on them a little bit and then let's look at how we can identify the different parts of speech as a noun simulation as an adjective simultaneous as an adverb simultaneously and as a verb simulate so you can already hear the pronunciations are different especially with simulation and simulate and simultaneous and simultaneously okay so with that in mind let's first look at how we can identify different parts of speech based on a couple of hints first there are a couple of spelling hints that you can think about please keep in mind this is not a rule this is just a hint that you can use when you see a word that ends in ly in this case we have the word simultaneously it might be a hint that that word is an adverb there are many adverbs that end in ly so like happily thoughtfully unfortunately hopefully in this case simultaneously ends in ly please keep in mind though that not all words that end in ly are actually adverbs so you need to also think about the position of the word in the sentence we can also think of words that end in things like EE D or tion similarly so words ending in Edie might be regular past tense verbs words that end in tion for example might be nouns so once you recognize a few common spelling patterns that are associated with certain parts of speech you can start to identify clearly which words are adverbs which are adjectives and so on so again this is not a perfect rule but it can be a helpful guide if you're not sure so let's move along to looking at a full sentence to understand the part of speech let's begin by looking at our noun here simulation in an example sentence let's do a simulation okay so if we saw this sentence and we wanted to understand the word simulation how could we do that there are some hints in the sentence actually first simulation comes after the indefinite article ah we know that when we use an indefinite article we follow the article with a noun so that's one hint we also see that the word simulation is not followed by any other word so we can guess that it's probably not an adjective that's modifying another word we also notice the positioning of a simulation comes after the verb do so do what so we're doing some activity in this case because we know the verb is due we can guess that the following word is some kind of activity and is therefore a noun phrase so in this case we have several hints that can guide us to determining is this a noun is this verb is an adjective so with all of these hints together we can see simulation is a noun to go back to the spelling suggestion of the spelling guide I mentioned before simulation ends in that tion that's a common pattern for it noun endings or it's one that many nouns have so let's do the same thing but let's focus on identifying an adjective now our example sentence have you ever done simultaneous interpretation okay so here if we don't know the word simultaneous and we want to identify the part of speech how do we do that here we see simultaneous comes before another word interpretation so interpretation is a noun we see that tion ending there so that's a great hint that maybe this is a noun so it's simultaneous could be an adjective this is one hint that we can use we also see that this Russian simultaneous interpretation comes after done have you ever done from grammar practice we know have you ever done is followed by some activity we need some activity to follow that phrase have you ever done this thing before so that's another pretty good indicator that there's some noun phrase there but we know that interpretation is the noun so maybe simultaneous is modifying that noun so these are a couple of hints we can use to determine is this an adjective is this a noun in this case it's an adjective so it's modifying interpretation simultaneous interpretation it's giving us extra information about the noun word their interpretation so this is how we might identify an adjective let's move on then to the word simultaneously how might we identify an adverb in a sentence adverbs can be a little bit tricky depending on the adverb because sometimes we can place adverbs are like the beginning or the middle or the end of a sentence let's look at an example sentence with simultaneously many people in the crowd were laughing and crying simultaneously okay so in this example sentence we already see our spelling hints that we can use there's the ly ending for this word we also see that the word comes at the very end of the sentence this is a position that adverbs can be placed in also we see simultaneously comes after these two actions laughing and crying so there are actions happening in the situation and we have this other word at the end of the sentence that's giving more information about it so that tells us that this is probably an adverb it's giving us more information about the actions happening in the situation so these are a few hints that we can use to identify an adverb finally let's take a look at identifying a verb we simulated weather patterns for next week here our focus word is simulated simulated so going back to our spelling guide we know that some words that end in Edie are simple past tense regular verbs so this is a pretty good example of one such case so simulate in press tense becomes simulated in past tense we also see the position of this word in relation to the other words in the sentence the subject we is followed by this word simulated and then there's this noun phrase weather patterns so something is happening here weather patterns is a noun and we have a subject and then there's this place that's just right for a verb for some action here so we can guess from these few hints that simulated is probably a verb from this situation so again this is just kind of a rough guide and as you get more practice and you can identify more spelling patterns and the ways that words are commonly positioned this will become easier but the other point the other big point that I want to make in my answer to this question is something that I mentioned at the beginning of my answer which is that even though these words share the same first four letters they don't have the same meanings so simultaneous and simultaneously prefer two things happening at the same time simulation and simulate refer to making a model of something and like creating a model of a thing happening so even though these words do share spellings at least at the beginning of the word they do not share meanings that is something that will come with study and with practice so I hope that this helps you and I hope that this helps you be able to identify words in a sentence too thanks very much for sending this question okay let's move on to your next question next question comes from Ricardo Guyardo hi Ricardo Ricardo says what is the difference between sense and feel it depends a little bit on how they are used for this answer let's focus on using these words as verbs so when we use the verb feel we use it to talk about our emotions or our physical condition I feel sad today are you feeling okay you look a little sick that massage felt so good I feel this is enough example sentences so let's compare this to the verb sense we use sense to explain our opinions or our ideas yes but we do this with relationship to information we receive indirectly so when we used feel we're talking about our emotions our physical condition when we use sense it's like we're just making a guess about something I sensed some tension in the room she sensed he was angry with her so in these example sentences in these example situations rather there's not necessarily information being provided directly like maybe there is some specific way that a person looks at someone else or there's like a certain choice of vocabulary words in a meeting and you don't have direct like clear information about the situation but there's a feeling there when we want to describe that or make a guess about that we can use the word sense we would not use the word feel the verb feel to do that another great example is like the famous quote from Spider Man like he says my spider sense is tingling so a sense in this case it's being used as a noun but the idea remains the same that like there's some kind of feeling it's an indirect sort of thing but you get a feeling that something is happening there's some kind of sensation somehow like in your mind or maybe just in the air that something is happening so we use sense to describe that we used feel more for like physical things or for like emotions for things that are a little bit more direct and more clear so I hope that this helps you understand the difference between sense and feel if you want to use sense to talk about things that aren't clear it's gonna sound a little weird like I sense you are sad today you sound like I don't know like a Jedi or something it sounds kind of weird if you can clearly see like oh you look sad today or are you feeling sad today that sounds much more natural if you use sense for things that are pretty obvious it's going to sound strange so I hope that this helps you thanks very much for the question okay let's move on to your next question next question comes from Carol Moreno hi Carol Carol says hi Alicia I don't know how to use in order to can you help me yes sir people use in order to to mean for the purpose of but when you're using it to make positive statements it's actually redundant so redundant means it's extra it's like you have two things that serve the same purpose so you don't actually need to use in order to because the infinitive form of a verb to plus the verb has the meaning of in order to do something for the purpose of doing something so let's look at some examples in order to arrive on time we need to leave for the airport now you need to study every day in order to learn a new language so in both of these examples sentences we can remove in order and the meaning remains like we don't need to use in order in the positive you can just include two plus the verb and you're fine in the negative however it can be important to use in order not to or you can use an order to not there is some debate about which is the correct way to use it but in my mind since there's no communication problem and both forms are used you can choose but when you're using this in the negative you should use in order not to do something because this can help you avoid some confusion so let's see some examples in the negative we should carefully review our plans in order not to make any mistakes he should leave early in order not to be late for class these are patterns that you can use if you like personally I don't like the way that in order not to sounds I would use something like we should leave now so we're not late for class or we should review these so we don't make any mistakes I would use a pattern like that I personally don't like the way in order not to or in order to not I don't like the way that that sounds so I tend to avoid that pattern but if you want to use it you can just remember yes you need to include in order not to when you're making a negative statement but you can drop in order when you're making positive statements it means for the purpose of something so I hope that this helps you thanks very much for sending this question in okay that is everything that I have for this week thank you as always for sending you questions remember you can send them to me English class 101.com / ask - Alicia of course if you liked this lesson please don't forget to give it a thumbs up subscribe to our channel if you haven't already and check us out at English class 101.com for other things that can help you with your English Studies thanks very much for watching this week's episode of ask Alisha and I will see you again next week bye bye want to speed up your language learning take your very first lesson with us you'll start speaking in minutes and master real conversations sign up for your free lifetime account just click the link in the description

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Published: Sat Jul 06 2019