英语语法对于我来说很头疼的英语作文

English Grammar is a Big Headache for Me

My name is Tommy and I'm in 5th grade. I really don't like English class, especially when we have to learn about grammar. Grammar gives me such a headache! All those rules about verbs, nouns, adjectives and other crazy words make my brain hurt. Why can't English just be simple?

It seems like every time I think I understand something in grammar, the teacher throws another weird rule at us that contradicts what I just learned. Like with verbs for example. I thought I had it down that verbs are action words like \"run,\" \"jump,\" and \"play.\" But then Mrs. Anderson said some verbs can be linking verbs that don't show any action at all. Huh?? How can a verb not be an action word? That doesn't make any sense! Then she started going on and on about subjects and predicates and I just zoned out. My friend Sammy leans over and says \"dude, I have no idea what she's talking about either. This grammar stuff is impossible!\" At least I'm not the only one who feels that way.

The worst part is when we have to diagram sentences. Mrs. Anderson puts a sentence on the board and makes us identify

the parts like the noun, the verb, the adjectives, and more. Then we have to split the sentence apart and put the words on different lines to show the subject, predicate, and modifiers. It looks like some kind of weird math equation when we're done. I just stare at it and my head starts pounding.

Last week, Mrs. Anderson put this crazy long sentence on the board and said \"Diagram this!\" I read through it like three times and had no clue where to even start. By the time I finally identified the verb, I had forgotten what the subject was. Sammy and I just stared at each other with blank looks like \"How is anyone supposed to do this??\"

Don't even get me started on verb tenses. Present tense, past tense, future tense, present perfect, past perfect, and about twelve other tenses that make me want to scream! When am I ever going to need to know the difference between past perfect progressive and future perfect in real life? Hasn't anyone heard of keeping it simple?

And of course, in English there are always exceptions to the rules. Just when you finally think you've got a grammar concept figured out, the teacher says \"Except for when...\" and throws a whole new curveball at you. Like with pluralizing nouns, I thought you just added -s or -es at the end. Nope, of course

there are all these irregular plural nouns you just have to memorize separately. Thanks a lot English!

Probably the most confusing thing of all is subject-verb agreement. Making the subject and verb agree sounds easy at first, but then you have to worry about singular and plural subjects. And plural subjects that actually refer to one thing, or singular subjects that are actually made up of multiple things. Its enough to make your head spin!

Don't even get me started on pronoun cases and types. Him, her, she, it, they, this, that, who, whom...my brain is melting just thinking about trying to keep all those straight and knowing when to use each one. Why can't we just say \"that person\" or \"those things\" and keep it simple?

I could go on and on about all the gymnastics you have to do in English just to speak and write properly according to the grammar rules. Apostrophes, commas, semicolons, independent clauses, dependent clauses, phrases, infinitives, gerunds, participles...by the time you get through English grammar, your brain has turned to mush!

Sometimes I just want to raise my hand and ask \"Who invented all these crazy grammar rules anyway? And why did

they have to make English so difficult and complicated?\" I'll never understand it.

My friend Jake is really lucky. His parents just moved here from Korea, so he's learning English as his second language. All he has to do is learn vocabulary words and basic sentence structure. He doesn't have to worry about subjunctive moods, perfect tenses, or identifying subordinate clauses. Why do kids who speak English as their first language have to go through all this grammar torture?

Don't get me wrong, I actually like reading and writing stories, just not all the grammar. I really enjoy English class when we get to be creative and use our imaginations instead of getting bogged down with grammar drills and diagramming sentences all day. Reading the class novels and short stories is fun. Writing my own stories or poems is awesome. It's just the grammar part that makes me miserable and gives me headaches.

Is there any chance we could just skip over all the grammar lessons and technical terms? I'd be happy to just learn the simple basics like making sure I use capital letters at the beginning of sentences and putting periods, question marks, or exclamation points at the end. I could probably handle basic subject-verb agreement too as long as it doesn't get too complicated. But all

the other grammar stuff...participle phrases, gerund complements, infinitive clauses...could we please just forget about all that and make English easier?

I'm probably just dreaming though. I have a feeling grammar torture is just something all us native English speakers have to go through for years and years all the way from elementary school through high school and college too. By the time we're done with school, we'll all have massive grammar headaches that never go away!