Units

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Units are sets of Resources on the same theme.

Word Formation: Compound Nouns Plan Starter Show learners the first slide and the list of words. Have the learners discuss what they think the words have in common in pairs or small groups. In the next slide, explain that they are all compound nouns. Compound nouns are formed with a base word, which is always a noun, and a specifying word, that can belong to several word classes. » Read more	Word order We have to have some sort of structure to organise words if we are to communicate. That structure is a big part of grammar. Linguists use a term – syntax – to describe word order. » Read more
Word Formation: Noun Derivation 1 Plan Starter Show learners the first slide and the list of two words. Have the learners discuss what they think the words have in common in pairs or small groups. In the next slide, check to see if they noticed all the same criteria: they are nouns, formed of base words, with an extra element added to the start and/or end. See if learners know what we call these extra elements. In the next slide, have learners take notes on the definitions of affixes, prefixes and suffixes. » Read more	Word salads (primary) In this lesson, students arrange words on the smart board in order to create acceptable sentences. Goals Use implicit grammatical knowledge to arrange word tiles on a smart board into sentences. Lesson Plan The teacher explains that today, we will arrange words to make sentences. All of the example sentences here have been drawn from our corpus. » Read more
Word Formation: Verb Derivation Plan Starter Show learners the first slide with the two example sentences. Ask them to change the bracketed base words into adjectives by using an appropriate suffix. Allow them to try this independently and to share in small groups before checking together as a whole class. Show the second slide and explain how the suffix changes the word class from verb to adjective. » Read more	Word salads (secondary) In this resource we’ll look at what grammar is and why we need it. First of all, take a look at the word salads. They can be found in the Activity pages within the menu entitled 'This Unit' in the upper right of this page. The slides show real spoken sentences drawn from our corpus, which have been jumbled up into the wrong order. The students' task is to rearrange the words into an order that makes sense. » Read more
Word frequency What are the most frequently used words in English? And could we do without them? » Read more	Word structure The study of word structure is called morphology. Understanding word structure helps us: improve spelling expand vocabulary In studying word structure, we start by looking at a few key concepts first: root words prefixes suffixes Root words are words, or parts of words, that can usually stand alone. The following are all root words: » Read more
Word frequency in speech and writing Comparing word frequencies is an interesting way to think about some of the differences between speech and writing. Which are the most frequent words in speech, and how do they compare with the most frequent words in writing? » Read more	Words This lesson looks at words and word-formation and is designed for KS1 students. Goals To explore the definition of the notion 'word'. To explore how words are formed and understand some word-formation processes. To explore how words create meaning. Lesson Plan Start the lesson by asking your students to discuss what a ‘word’ is. It's a surprisingly tricky thing to define! Next, display the following words on the board: » Read more

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