Lesson 1 / Handout 1a


Fill in missing letters:


Chalker, S. (1998) A Student’s English Grammar Workbook. Essex: London.

- Chapter 2, pp. 7 – 10, revision


1.  A s _ _ _ _ _ _ _ contains a s _ _ j _ _ t and a p _ _ d _ _ a _ _ .

2.  The p _ _d _ _a _ _ can be divided into an o _ _ _ _ _ _ r and a p _ _ d _ _ a _ _ _ n.

3.  The o _ _ _ _ _ _ r means the first or only a _ _ _ _ _ _ _ y in a v _ _ _ phrase.

4.  The main sentence/clause elements are:


5.  The verb has to a _ _ _ _ with the subject. It is called ‘subject-verb c _ _ _ _ _ _ ’.

6.  Verb phrases, noun phrases, adverb phrases and adjective phrases may consist of a  s _ _ g l _
verb, noun / pronoun, adverb or adjective or of  s _ v_ r _ l  words built around the ‘ h _ _
_       w _ _ _’ .

7.  We divide word classes (parts of speech) into  t _ _  broad categories, depending on whether
these classes are relatively fixed or constantly changing:  c _ _ _ _ d    x    o _ _ n .

8.  Write down all ten word classes (as compared to our Czech ones):



9. In English, traditional grammar usually distinguishes eight parts of speech (word classes).
Which are they?



10.  N _ _ - a _ _ _ _ _ _ _ e applies to certain words that are restricted in use to negative
statements and q _ _ _ _ _ _ _ s.