WEST ROWAN MIDDLE & OVERTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL'S ESOL

Brooke Bridges

Contact Info:

(704) 638-5561 ext 220 (WEST Middle)

(704) 639- 3000 ext 254 (Overton Elementary)

email: bridgebr@rss.k12.nc.us

*****BIG changes at West Middle for ESOL*******

I am now the ESOL teacher for 2 schools: West Middle & Overton Elementary School

West Middle:  Tuesdays and Wednesdays

Overton Elementary: Mondays, Thursdays & Fridays

Mondays will be divided between West Middle and Overton.

This year the IPT = Idea Profiency Test NC will no longer use the IPT test.    

ESOL program fosters the learning of English in four domains:

Listening

Speaking

Reading

Writing

part of speech	function or "job"	example words	example sentences
Verb	action or state	(to) be, have, do, like, work, sing, can, must	englishclub.com is a web site. I like englishclub.com.
Noun	thing or person	pen, dog, work, music, town, London, teacher, John	This is my dog. He lives in my house. We live in London.
Adjective	describes a noun	a/an, the, some, good, big, red, well, interesting	My dog is big. I like big dogs.
Adverb	describes a verb, adjective or adverb	quickly, silently, well, badly, very, really	My dog eats quickly. When he is very hungry, he eats really quickly.
Pronoun	replaces a noun	I, you, he, she, some	Tara is Indian. She is beautiful.
Preposition	links a noun to another word	to, at, after, on, but	We went to school on Monday.
Conjunction	joins clauses or sentences or words	and, but, when	I like dogs and I like cats. I like cats and dogs. I like dogs but I don't like cats.
Interjection	short exclamation, sometimes inserted into a sentence	oh!, ouch!, hi!, well	Ouch! That hurts! Hi! How are you? Well, I don't know.

The above can be found in more detail at englishclub.com.

Here's a glossary of English Grammar terms.

 http://grammar.englishclub.com/grammar-glossary.htm

Glossary of English Grammar Terms

1. Active Voice
   In the active voice, the subject of the verb does the action (eg They killed the President). See also Passive Voice.
2. Adjective
   A word like big, red, easy, French etc. An adjective describes a noun or pronoun.
3. Adverb
   A word like slowly, quietly, well, often etc. An adverb modifies a verb.
4. Article
   The "indefinite" articles are a and an. The "definite article" is the.
5. Auxiliary Verb
   A verb that is used with a main verb. Be, do and have are auxiliary verbs. Can, may, must etc are modal auxiliary verbs.
6. Clause
   A group of words containing a subject and its verb (for example: It was late when he arrived).
7. Conjunction
   A word used to connect words, phrases and clauses (for example: and, but, if).
8. Infinitive
   The basic form of a verb as in to work or work.
9. Interjection
   An exclamation inserted into an utterance without grammatical connection (for example: oh!, ah!, ouch!, well!).
10. Modal Verb
    An auxiliary verb like can, may, must etc that modifies the main verb and expresses possibility, probability etc. It is also called "modal auxiliary verb".
11. Noun
    A word like table, dog, teacher, America etc. A noun is the name of an object, concept, person or place. A "concrete noun" is something you can see or touch like a person or car. An "abstract noun" is something that you cannot see or touch like a decision or happiness. A "countable noun" is something that you can count (for example: bottle, song, dollar). An "uncountable noun" is something that you cannot count (for example: water, music, money).
12. Object
    In the active voice, a noun or its equivalent that receives the action of the verb. In the passive voice, a noun or its equivalent that does the action of the verb.
13. Participle
    The -ing and -ed forms of verbs. The -ing form is called the "present participle". The -ed form is called the "past participle" (for irregular verbs, this is column 3).
14. Part Of Speech
    One of the eight classes of word in English - noun, verb, adjective, adverb, pronoun, preposition, conjunction and interjection.
15. Passive Voice
    In the passive voice, the subject receives the action of the verb (eg The President was killed). See also Active Voice.
16. Phrase
    A group of words not containing a subject and its verb (eg on the table, the girl in a red dress).
17. Predicate
    Each sentence contains (or implies) two parts: a subject and a predicate. The predicate is what is said about the subject.
18. Preposition
    A word like at, to, in, over etc. Prepositions usually come before a noun and give information about things like time, place and direction.
19. Pronoun
    A word like I, me, you, he, him, it etc. A pronoun replaces a noun.
20. Sentence
    A group of words that express a thought. A sentence conveys a statement, question, exclamation or command. A sentence contains or implies a subject and a predicate. In simple terms, a sentence must contain a verb and (usually) a subject. A sentence starts with a capital letter and ends with a full stop (.), question mark (?) or exclamation mark (!).
21. Subject
    Every sentence contains (or implies) two parts: a subject and a predicate. The subject is the main noun (or equivalent) in a sentence about which something is said.
22. Tense
    The form of a verb that shows us when the action or state happens (past, present or future). Note that the name of a tense is not always a guide to when the action happens. The "present continuous tense", for example, can be used to talk about the present or the future.
23. Verb
    A word like (to) work, (to) love, (to) begin. A verb describes an action or state.

Please review the new flashcards for English Proverbs and the meanings behind them. 

Table of English Parts of Speech

This is a summary of the 8 parts of speech. You can find more detail if you click on each part of speech.

• esol websites this is a great website, listing all links
• Activities for ESL Students Play games, take quizzes, read grammar, and practice vocabulary
• Dave’s ESL Cafe Easy to use, lots of activities, including games, quizzes, pronunciation practice, and stories
• Karin's ESL Partyland Lots of great ESL activities
• About.com ESL Guide Quizzes and tests for different levels; employment opportunities for nonnative speakers
• LINKS FOR ESOL STUDENTS Here's a great and informative link.