VIP Class Notes (Raph)

Vocabulary

Permitted (adj): 1- allowed.
E.g.: Chewing gum is not permitted in gym class.

Suffix (n): 1- a letter or group of letters added at the end of a word to make a new word.
E.g.: The suffix “-ness” added to the end of the word “sweet” forms the word “sweetness”, changing an adjective into a noun.
E.g.: The suffix -ful means full of somethings, so if someone is beautiful, that person is full of beauty!

Prefix (n): 1- a letter or group of letters added at the beginning of a word to make a new word.
E.g.: In the word “unimportant”, “un-” is a prefix.
E.g.: ‘un’ is one of the most common prefixes in English.
E.g.: A suffix is added at the end of a word, and a prefix is added to the beginning.

Superlative (n): 1- the form of an adjective or adverb that expresses that the thing or person being described has more of the particular quality than anything or anyone else of the same type:
E.g.: “Richest” is the superlative of “rich”.
E.g.: The magazine article contained so many superlatives that I found it hard to believe that what it was saying was true.

Grammar

Noun = a name of a person, a thing, an animal, a place, etc.
E.g.: cup, computer, table, Shanghai, Emma, flower, umbrella, etc.

Pronoun = a word we use instead of a noun.
E.g.: I, you, he, she, it, we, they, my, mine, their, his, her, hers, yours, our, etc.

Verb = an action = anything you do.
E.g.: to do, to be, to play, to run, to go, to make, to help, to study, to speak, etc.

Adjective = a word that describes a noun or a pronoun.
E.g.: small, smart, big, beautiful, ugly, stupid, great, good, nice, terrible, hot, cold, sunny, etc.

Adverb = a word that describes a verb, adjective or another adverb and answers one of the following questions:

• How: easily, happily, loudly, quickly, well, slowly, sadly, etc..
• How often: never, always, every day,  frequently, seldom, often, sometimes..
• When: now, after, before, early, yesterday, today, soon, since, etc..
• Where: here, there, home, inside, near, outside, away, everywhere, etc..

Irregular Adverbs

Comparative and Superlative Adverbs

With adverbs ending in -ly, you must use more to form the comparative, and most to form the superlative.

With short adverbs that do not end in -ly comparative and superlative forms are identical to adjectives: add -er to form the comparative and -est to form the superlative. If the adverb ends in e, remove it before adding the ending.

Some adverbs have irregular comparative and superlative forms.

Grammar

I can’t say French. – I can’t speak French.

Pronunciation

Glider: /ˈɡlaɪ.dɚ/ 

Gramophone: /ˈɡræm.ə.foʊn/

Permitted: /pɚˈmɪ.tɪd/

Wedges: /we.dʒɪz/

Superlative: /səˈpɝː.lə.t̬ɪv/

Suffix: /ˈsʌf.ɪks/

Prefix: /ˈpriː.fɪks/