Grammatical Categories Workshop Guide
Grammatical Categories Workshop Guide
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The function of the adjective is to characterize the noun or limit its meaning. The adjective is placed
Usually behind the noun, iero can be placed before it to reinforce its
value. Some adjectives change their meaning when placed before the noun. For example:
a poor woman (unhappy or insignificant woman) a poor woman (woman without money)
ACTIVITY Nº1
They explain when you express a quality that derives from the substantive irony, highlighting
that quality. They usually go before the noun, and are more commonly used in the language
literary.
Snow White
Elphineleon
Adjectives are classified into qualificative and determinative. Qualificative adjectives are the
that express a quality of the noun (intelligent, green, traitors, etc.)
The determinative adjectives are those that delimit the extent to which it is taken.
substantive establishing a relationship with grammatical persons (their friends), the position
(those friends) or the quantity (three friends)
ACTIVITY No. 2
Degrees of the Adjective
Grade Definition
Position The adjective aiarecetal and how it is in its normal form (big, good).
Read the following sentences and underline the superlative adjectives with a red line.
a green line for comparative adjectives and an orange line for positive adjectives
THE PRONOUNS
pronoun means 'instead of the name', 'in place of the name' or 'in lieu of the name'. With this
meaning implies its condition as a substitute word. Substitute for what?
Traditionally, it was said that you were a substitute for the noun or name, and today it is talked about
what constitutes the noun phrase.
The ironames mean and flexibilize the expression, avoiding misguided rejections. Always
they have a background, explicit or implied.
Irony does not have value in itself, but rather representatively; its identity is given by
the noun referred to in each case.
Irony names are characterized by not having a concrete meaning. Rather, they have functions.
to accumulate.
Thus, the ironous personal pronouns must signify or indicate the person of the conversation.
In the two previous sentences, we are referring to the same person (Maria). In the first one
we say her name; while in the second we use a pronoun: she.
We could also say that they are words that substitute or replace names or
nouns or the entire noun phrase.
Personal pronouns
Let's look at the following examples:
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The words highlighted in red in the previous table refer to people who perform
an action, whose names are not mentioned. They are personal pronouns.
The personal pronouns are the only part of the sentence that is declined in Spanish. That is,
there are different ways to perform various functions of completion in the sentence.
For example, the personal pronoun can take the forms of me, with me, according to
the function that fulfills. Thus it can be Subject (I), it can be prepositional complement (me,
with me), or it can be a direct object (me) and it can also be a complement
indirect (me).
ACTIVITY No. 1
Escribe en cada cuadro un ironombre iersonal y haz una oración con cada uno de ellos.
ACTIVITY No. 2
THE ADVERBS
Adverbs are words that modify a verb, an adjective, or another adverb.
adverb. In the sentence, they function as circumstantial or as part of
Modifiers. They are invariable, as they have no gender or number.
The adverb
In the drawing, we see that a car is speeding a lot and a child is running a little. A tree.
He is close and another is far away. The teacher is speaking to the children. The words a lot and
Little modifies the verb 'runs'. The words near and far modify the verb 'is'.
The adverb is the invariable part of the sentence that serves to modify the verb, the adjective
or to another adverb.
The adjective qualifies or modifies the noun. Examples: blackboard, the blonde hair.
The adverb modifies the verb. Examples: run a lot, run a little, the tree is close.
tree is far away.
4. Indicate whether the underlined adverb modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb.
OF TIME: today, yesterday, tomorrow, afternoon, soon, now, before, after, never, etc.
OF MANNER: well, badly, thus, like this, barely, and all those that can be obtained with the
the suffix -ly added to qualifying adjectives, such as wisely, rightly,
easily, slowly, etc.
OF QUANTITY: more, less, nothing, little, quite a bit, a lot, too much, etc.
THE PREPOSITIONS
The preposition is an unchanging word that serves as a type of link since it connects
words, sentences, and even propositions denoting the relationship they have with each other. The
prepositions can indicate origin, provenance, instrument, destination, time, cause,
direction, place, means, purpose, starting point, reason, etc.
Las preposiciones son: a, ante, bajo, con, de, desde, durante, en, entre, excepto, hacia,
["until","by means of","for","by","except","according to","without","on","and after"]
Classification of prepositions.
The separable prepositions, in total, are nineteen:
since
a against for
before in according to
low between without
head toward so
with until about
of for back
These prepositions are classified into various groups based on the meaning they attribute to
the qualifying expressions, although some encompass more than one:
Prepositions of place — that specifically assign content of place: to,
["of","in","between","toward","for","after"]
Time prepositions — that locate an event in time: at, with, of,
["from","in","for","by","about"]
Causal prepositions — that provide a link from cause to result:
of, by.
Prepositions of purpose - which determine a purpose or objective: to,
for.
Prepositions of company — that express an association of subjects in
when to an action: with
Instrumentation prepositions - that express the means by which
has done the action: to, with, of, in.
Prepositions of manner — which indicate the way in which the action is performed: to,
{"con":"with","de":"of","en":"in","por":"for"}
ACTIVITY No. 1
The meat was so tough that it couldn't be cut even with the knife.
with
by
ACTIVITY N° 2
Locate and underline the prepositions that appear in the following text:
From these pages, I would like to make you aware that the educational potential of the
reading goes beyond success in studies; reading provides culture, develops the
aesthetic sense, acts on the formation of personality, is a source of recreation and
joy
ACTIVITY N° 3
Here is a series of incorrect sentences because the prepositions are used incorrectly.
Write the correct sentence below each one.
The more flowers I send him, the less attention he pays to me.
THE CONJUNCTIONS
Las conjunciones son palabras que no tienen variaciones en su empleo,
although they serve in the sentences to relate some of their
elements, making the entire sentence acquire an expressive sense
complete.
Conjunctions are classified into different groups, based on their function.
they fulfill the relationship of the components of a sentence.
2. Classes of conjunctions
According to the ideas they express, conjunctions can be:
COPULATIVE: and, e, nor. Examples: María speaks and Ana listens; father and son
they greet each other.
DISJUNCTIVES: or, or, now, well, or. Example: attend to me or leave.
ADVERSATIVES: but, but, instead. Example: I looked for you yesterday but I didn't find you.
I found.
CAUSALS: since, because, as, given that. Example: I do not you
Because I have little money.
CONSEQUENTIAL: then, so, in such a way that. Example:
I think, therefore I am.
CONDITIONALS: if, provided that, as long as. Example: if it rains, no.
we will go out.
CONCESSIVE: although, despite the fact that. Example: she was here, although she left.
soon.
COMPARATIVES: like, just as, just like. Example: you play at
football as the best.
FINALS: so that, in order that, with the purpose of. listen to the
instructions so that you don't make a mistake.
ACTIVITY No. 1
3. Indicate the class of these conjunctions:
but
why
then
although
yes
when
like
for what
A) Underline the conjunctions you find in the sentences. Say what type
belong.
Point out the coordinating conjunctions in the following sentences, say what type they are.
they belong and explain their meaning:
ACTIVITY No. 3
The determinants
that speaks. Close: this, this (feminine), these (masculine), these (feminine). Medium distance: that, that (feminine), those (masculine)
those.
(a person) or to several holders (several people). Mine, mine (feminine), mine (plural masculine), mine (plural feminine),
{"mi":"my","mis":"my (plural)","nuestro/a":"our (masculine/feminine)"}
4. Numerals: accompany the noun and indicate number or order. They can be
cardinals (two, eight...) and
any, none, so much, a lot, few, diverse, several, equal, another, everything...
6. Interrogatives and exclamatives: They are those that accompany the noun in
interrogative sentences or
The Interjections
Interjections do not constitute a part of the sentence, but rather they are
equivalents of a sentence that express a