Grammar - Unit 1

In this chapter, I got the opportunity to analyze the different elements which are part of the system of rules, Grammar, which manage a language in terms of form and uses.

In this first unit I did not learn something new, but I could recall certain information about what grammar is and realize different terms which were not clear for me. It is going to be summarized in the following:

First, Grammar refers and how people uses the language through combinations its elements and forms when they speak and write. Any language has its own rules (grammar). Parts of speech, grammatical structures and affixation can show us clearly grammatical forms.

Parts of speech
Parts of speech	Functions
Nouns	Are used to name places, people, things, qualities, ideas, etc.
Verbs	Show an action.
Adjectives	Describe or give more information about the noun.
Adverbs	Say more about how, when and where.
Determiners	Make clear which noun is referred to
Prepositions	Link and show relationship between nouns or noun phrases
Pronouns	Replace a noun
conjunctions	Join words, sentences, etc.
Exclamations	Show feelings

Created by: Cristian Baño

Since a language exist, people who use it, they combine the different parts of speech and through affixation (change of form) grammatical structures appear. These help people to convey a meaning.  Each grammatical structure has its own function or use´; it means according to what we need to express we use the appropriate. For example, I will travel to London the next year. This example displays us a structure which is in future and the speaker probably make that travel after that period of time (use).

In conclusion, even when we write or speak any language, it is useful to know how or language is structured and how it works. It is normal to make some mistakes while we are learning a foreigner language. However, native sparkers also cannot use their own grammar well

Here a video to understand better Grammar.

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Reference

Mary Spratt, A. P. (2011). The TKT Course. United Kingdom: Cambridge.

Willis, D. (2015). British Council. Obtenido de British Council: http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/english-grammar