Abstract
The purpose of this study were to study the content words used in a school textbook, Team Up in English 3, used for Grade 9 students and to study the frequency of content words used in a school textbook, Team Up in English 3, used for Grade 9 students. The study found that nouns is used with the highest frequency (79), followed by verb (58), adjective (46), and adverb (24).With the nouns analyzed, it was found that the Modifiers + N used with the highest frequency (92.40%), the compound nouns were ranked in second (7.59 %). Considering the verbs used in the text, it was found that transitive verbs were most commonly used (77.58%), followed by intransitive verbs (12.06%), linking verbs (10.34%). As regards the adjectives used in the text, there were 46 adjectives in total, 30 adjectives were used as attributive (65.21 %) and 16 adjectives were used as predicative (34.78%). As for the adverbs, it was found that adverbs of times were used with the highest frequency (37.5 % ), followed by the adverbs of purpose and degree (33.33%) , the adverbs of frequency (12.5 %) , the adverbs of place ( 8.33% ) and the adverbs of manner ( 8.33 % ).
Highlights
English is an important language to communicate with people other nations
The study aimed to analyze the content words used in the school text, Team Up in English 3, used for Grade 9 students and to study the frequency of the content words used in a school textbook, Team Up in English 3, used for Grade 9 students
The study found that out of four content words: nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs, the type which is used with the highest frequency is a noun (79), followed by a verb(58), an adjective (46), and an adverb (24)
Summary
English is an important language to communicate with people other nations. English spread widely all over the world, and is an important key to success if everyone wants to study, to do business, to make new friends, to go aboard, etc. As one of the world's major languages, English is the international language and the common language of humanity to contact between the humans around the world. To interact with people of different languages, different cultures, and different people need to use English as the primary means of interaction. For this reason, all nations, all languages are encased in English as a second language into the national language.
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