Grammarifics Teacher`s Pages
... makes a list of the things (nouns) she will need for the party. Her mother suggests that Frannie make each noun plural, since she will need more than one of each item for the party. At this point, the narrator directs the student’s attention to page 1 of the activity sheets where Frannie’s list is f ...
... makes a list of the things (nouns) she will need for the party. Her mother suggests that Frannie make each noun plural, since she will need more than one of each item for the party. At this point, the narrator directs the student’s attention to page 1 of the activity sheets where Frannie’s list is f ...
intonation pitch and stress – a guide
... What is intonation ? Intonation shows the speaker's attitude. It is by changing the pitch that we can indicate certainty, uncertainty, enthusiasm, boredom, and so on. We can say "yes" so that it almost means "no". As listeners, we become skilled at detecting fine shades of meaning in other people's ...
... What is intonation ? Intonation shows the speaker's attitude. It is by changing the pitch that we can indicate certainty, uncertainty, enthusiasm, boredom, and so on. We can say "yes" so that it almost means "no". As listeners, we become skilled at detecting fine shades of meaning in other people's ...
AVOIDING AWKWARD: CHRONIC PROBLEMS TO LOOK FOR
... Here the phrase “that is” works as a substitute: The costumes for Game of Thrones are stunning in their intricacy. For example, one dress includes hand-sewn, organza beetles with movable wings. Separate clauses must be divided with punctuation. There are five ways to join separate clauses, but you c ...
... Here the phrase “that is” works as a substitute: The costumes for Game of Thrones are stunning in their intricacy. For example, one dress includes hand-sewn, organza beetles with movable wings. Separate clauses must be divided with punctuation. There are five ways to join separate clauses, but you c ...
VISUAL LANGUAGE: USING COLOR, MYTH AND IMAGE TO
... alphabet and recite it at lightning speed without stumbling or else he would send us humiliated back to our desks. Apparently, Mr. McDonald never heard of the term affective filter2. For years after his class I could chant the past tense of the verb ‘to go’ –fui, fuiste, fue, fuimos, fueron – runnin ...
... alphabet and recite it at lightning speed without stumbling or else he would send us humiliated back to our desks. Apparently, Mr. McDonald never heard of the term affective filter2. For years after his class I could chant the past tense of the verb ‘to go’ –fui, fuiste, fue, fuimos, fueron – runnin ...
The rise and fall of Hungarian complex tenses Katalin É. Kiss
... The Hungarian verbal complex follows this Old Turkic/Chuvash pattern. The appearance of a contact-induced grammatical construction presupposes a bilingual environment for a significant part of the population (cf. Bowern 2008). According to historical sources, Hungarians belonged to Turkic tribal all ...
... The Hungarian verbal complex follows this Old Turkic/Chuvash pattern. The appearance of a contact-induced grammatical construction presupposes a bilingual environment for a significant part of the population (cf. Bowern 2008). According to historical sources, Hungarians belonged to Turkic tribal all ...
Grammar, punctuation and spelling. Paper 1
... 15. Which of the sentences below uses commas correctly? Sue found a coin, a conker, a packet of crisps and a ball. Sue found, a coin a conker, a packet of crisps and a ball. Sue, found a coin a conker a packet of crisps and a ball. Sue found, a coin, a conker a packet of crisps, and a ball. 16. Circ ...
... 15. Which of the sentences below uses commas correctly? Sue found a coin, a conker, a packet of crisps and a ball. Sue found, a coin a conker, a packet of crisps and a ball. Sue, found a coin a conker a packet of crisps and a ball. Sue found, a coin, a conker a packet of crisps, and a ball. 16. Circ ...
Genitive Case
... Genitive Case The genitive case is used to show ownership or possession: Ex.: The farmer’s horse is big. ...
... Genitive Case The genitive case is used to show ownership or possession: Ex.: The farmer’s horse is big. ...
Grammar Practice Workbook
... A sentence expresses a complete thought. All sentences begin with a capital letter and end with a punctuation mark. A declarative sentence tells or states something. It ends with a period. An interrogative sentence asks a question. It ends with a question mark. An exclamatory sentence expresses a st ...
... A sentence expresses a complete thought. All sentences begin with a capital letter and end with a punctuation mark. A declarative sentence tells or states something. It ends with a period. An interrogative sentence asks a question. It ends with a question mark. An exclamatory sentence expresses a st ...
Syntactic Structure and Ambiguity of English
... (b) adjectives in the superlative degree, excluding "most" and "least". Ex. "prettiest, best, worst". ...
... (b) adjectives in the superlative degree, excluding "most" and "least". Ex. "prettiest, best, worst". ...
Trond Trosterud University of Tromsø
... transducers are as easy to update as hand-made ones, or whether they will look more like a ”black box”, remains to see. Most minority languages do not have many and rich enough speakers to attract commercial language technology projects. Linguists still write reference grammars for these languages. ...
... transducers are as easy to update as hand-made ones, or whether they will look more like a ”black box”, remains to see. Most minority languages do not have many and rich enough speakers to attract commercial language technology projects. Linguists still write reference grammars for these languages. ...
Introduction to Rhetorical Analysis AP English
... medial comma). The idea is to say what it’s like to travel in a Jim Crow car, and the sentence gets through it all in one smooth step. One may be as hard put to diminish logical relationships among the parts as in the first passage, but this sentence doesn’t invite that kind of scrutiny;; it averts ...
... medial comma). The idea is to say what it’s like to travel in a Jim Crow car, and the sentence gets through it all in one smooth step. One may be as hard put to diminish logical relationships among the parts as in the first passage, but this sentence doesn’t invite that kind of scrutiny;; it averts ...
160 hours, includes TROM BESISI B
... adjectives (red-hair, well-known), intensifiers –modifying adjectives and adverbs (very, somewhat, quite) ...
... adjectives (red-hair, well-known), intensifiers –modifying adjectives and adverbs (very, somewhat, quite) ...
Exercise in Composition 5
... ing; as, Hurrah! We have won the game. Alas! She is dead. 17. Some modern grammars include determiners among the parts of speech. Determiners are words like a, an, the, this, that, these, those, every, each, some, any, my, his, one, two, etc., which determine or limit the meaning of the nouns that f ...
... ing; as, Hurrah! We have won the game. Alas! She is dead. 17. Some modern grammars include determiners among the parts of speech. Determiners are words like a, an, the, this, that, these, those, every, each, some, any, my, his, one, two, etc., which determine or limit the meaning of the nouns that f ...
Teaching Clients to Edit Module
... down made them less likely to change but was a problem for the lower class since they could not read. Also if you were not a seignior, meaning you did not own property, the laws did not apply to you. Most laws began with “if a seignior..” and this was very unjustified to women, and lower class peopl ...
... down made them less likely to change but was a problem for the lower class since they could not read. Also if you were not a seignior, meaning you did not own property, the laws did not apply to you. Most laws began with “if a seignior..” and this was very unjustified to women, and lower class peopl ...
ACT English - Dawn Weathersbee
... Nora” as a single unit. In the second example, both Dan and Joann have dirty socks, but they don’t share the same dirty socks, so you treat Dan and Joann as separate units. ...
... Nora” as a single unit. In the second example, both Dan and Joann have dirty socks, but they don’t share the same dirty socks, so you treat Dan and Joann as separate units. ...
File - Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you
... That printed page has too many &s on it. the 1960s = the years in decade from 1960 to 1969 The 1960s were a time of great social unrest. The '60s were a time of great social unrest. Don't use apostrophes for personal pronouns, the relative pronoun who, or for noun plurals. Apostrophes should not be ...
... That printed page has too many &s on it. the 1960s = the years in decade from 1960 to 1969 The 1960s were a time of great social unrest. The '60s were a time of great social unrest. Don't use apostrophes for personal pronouns, the relative pronoun who, or for noun plurals. Apostrophes should not be ...
Unit 10: Parts of Speech
... It had been the _____ idea to ski the _____ most challenging moguls. Judy, the _____ most experienced skier, talked about the previous _____ trips. ...
... It had been the _____ idea to ski the _____ most challenging moguls. Judy, the _____ most experienced skier, talked about the previous _____ trips. ...
Chapter 10 Correctly Using Often Misused Verbs in Daily
... To make these expressions negative, add ne before the verb and pas or another negative word after it. Je n’ai pas envie de chanter. (I don’t feel like singing.) You can also add adverbs to these sentences. Check out French For Dummies by DodiKatrin Schmidt, Michelle M. Williams, and Dominique Wenzel ...
... To make these expressions negative, add ne before the verb and pas or another negative word after it. Je n’ai pas envie de chanter. (I don’t feel like singing.) You can also add adverbs to these sentences. Check out French For Dummies by DodiKatrin Schmidt, Michelle M. Williams, and Dominique Wenzel ...
The Regular, Irregular, and Pronominal Commands
... Part II: Using Verbs Correctly with Questions, Commands, and Such Use the tu command when speaking to one person with whom you’re familiar. You use the vous command when speaking to one person with whom you aren’t familiar, a superior (like your boss or your professor), or someone older than you; an ...
... Part II: Using Verbs Correctly with Questions, Commands, and Such Use the tu command when speaking to one person with whom you’re familiar. You use the vous command when speaking to one person with whom you aren’t familiar, a superior (like your boss or your professor), or someone older than you; an ...
sample lesson - Daily Grammar
... 2. been, could, does, have (learning) 5. The new part was sent to me. 3. might, do, have, been (sleeping) 6. I am sending Jeff with the neighbors. 4. must, were, be (discovered) 5. be, has, should (sold) ...
... 2. been, could, does, have (learning) 5. The new part was sent to me. 3. might, do, have, been (sleeping) 6. I am sending Jeff with the neighbors. 4. must, were, be (discovered) 5. be, has, should (sold) ...
Sentence-Level Editing
... Revising Prose. The following process is a simplified version of Lanham’s method; it will help you revise with an eye to clarity and concision. (Note: it is not inevitable that those two stylistic virtues go together—but they often do. Writers tend to squirt out clouds of language when they are worr ...
... Revising Prose. The following process is a simplified version of Lanham’s method; it will help you revise with an eye to clarity and concision. (Note: it is not inevitable that those two stylistic virtues go together—but they often do. Writers tend to squirt out clouds of language when they are worr ...
SECTION 1 Nouns and pronouns
... Some key verbs are irregular in the perfect tense. See verb tables at the end of this grammar reference. Some verbs are formed from other verbs and therefore follow the same pattern: comprendre (to understand) and apprendre (to learn) follow prendre (past ...
... Some key verbs are irregular in the perfect tense. See verb tables at the end of this grammar reference. Some verbs are formed from other verbs and therefore follow the same pattern: comprendre (to understand) and apprendre (to learn) follow prendre (past ...
160 hours, includes TROM BESISI B
... adjectives (red-hair, well-known), intensifiers –modifying adjectives and adverbs (very, somewhat, quite) ...
... adjectives (red-hair, well-known), intensifiers –modifying adjectives and adverbs (very, somewhat, quite) ...
On Gerunds and the Theory of Categories
... A foundational question for the theory of syntactic categories—and thus for syntax itself—is whether a single syntactic element can be simultaneously nominal and verbal. The answer to this question depends on one’s notion of what it is to be a noun and what it is to be a verb, so linguists have had ...
... A foundational question for the theory of syntactic categories—and thus for syntax itself—is whether a single syntactic element can be simultaneously nominal and verbal. The answer to this question depends on one’s notion of what it is to be a noun and what it is to be a verb, so linguists have had ...