17 FEBRUARY 2011

 Today is the presentation of grammar from third group in topic PREPOSITION. This topic was presented by Dalila, Marini and Jo.

Definition :
%Preposition are a class of words that indicate relationships between nouns, pronouns and other words in a sentence.

%Most often they come before a noun.

  e.g : after class,before Tuesday.

Simple preposition :

* Is single word preposition..

*Preposition of time : 

         > on (days of the week)
     eg :: on Monday
> in (month/season, time of day, year)
     eg :: in August/in winter, in the morning, in 2011
> since [from a certain point of time (past till now)]
     eg :: since 1992
> to (telling the time)
     eg :: ten to six (5.50)
> ago (a certain time in the past)
     eg :: 2 years ago
> before (earlier than a certain point of time)
     eg :: before 2012
> past (telling the time)
     eg :: ten past six (6.10)
> to/till/until (marking the begining and end of a period of time)
     eg :: from Monday to/till Friday
> by (in the sense of at the latest, up to a cretain time)
     eg :: I will be back by 6 pm

                  

*Preposition of place :

          > in (room,building, street/book paper)
     eg :: in the kitchen,in the picture/in the book
> at (meaning next to, by an object/for events/place where you are to do something typical)
     eg :: at the door / at the concert / at the cinema
> on (attached/being on surface/for a certain side)
     eg :: the picture on the wall / on the table / on the wall
> under (on the ground, lower than / covered by something else)
     eg :: the bag is under the table 
> above (higher then something else, but not directly over it)
     eg :: a path above the lake
> into (enter a room / building)
     eg :: go into the kitchen
> towards (movement in the direction of something but not directly to it)
     eg :: go 5 steps toward the house  
> onto ( movement to the top of something)
     eg :: jump onto the table
> from (in the sense of where from)
     eg :: a flower from the garden


^There is another type of preposition, that is compound prepositions^
      - more than one word such as in between, because of, in front of, on behalf of.
      - this topic is not in our syllabus.

Next is presentation from Ika, Sal and Baini's group. They all present the topic of adverb.

Definiton :

  An adverb is used to add information to a clause  or another word.

Form of adverb :

<> Adverb of time ( now, soon, later, then )

       eg :: Syifa will be shifting to a new place soon.

<> Adverb of place ( out, up, there, everywhere )

     eg :: He went there to get a better look at the place.

<> Adverb of manner ( slowly, quickly, well, hard )

     eg :: Iffah quickly ran for shelter when it started rain.

<> Adverb of degree ( much, almost, quite, very )

     eg :: They are very happy when the singer appeared on stage

Thanks to both group for the information given. ^_^