UNIT 1: THE SUBJECT
... (Here are the subjects originally used by the writer of this text. Other answers may also be acceptable.) What is science? The word is usually used to mean one of three things, or a mixture of them. I do not think we need to be precise – it is not always a good idea to be too precise. Science means, ...
... (Here are the subjects originally used by the writer of this text. Other answers may also be acceptable.) What is science? The word is usually used to mean one of three things, or a mixture of them. I do not think we need to be precise – it is not always a good idea to be too precise. Science means, ...
Intro to Words and Phrases
... • Which noun phrases do NOT have determiners? • Proper nouns --names of people (Mary) and places (Turkey) • Plural nouns with a general meaning (cats) • Thus, it is possible to say that (not considering the exceptions), most noun phrases begin with a determiner; i.e., when you see a determiner, be ...
... • Which noun phrases do NOT have determiners? • Proper nouns --names of people (Mary) and places (Turkey) • Plural nouns with a general meaning (cats) • Thus, it is possible to say that (not considering the exceptions), most noun phrases begin with a determiner; i.e., when you see a determiner, be ...
Lay versus Lie
... With help from Carol Bly’s Beyond the Writers’ Workshop In order to understand the difference between “lay” and “lie,” it is helpful to understand the following parts of speech: direct object, transitive verb, and intransitive verb. The direct object is the person or thing that receives the action o ...
... With help from Carol Bly’s Beyond the Writers’ Workshop In order to understand the difference between “lay” and “lie,” it is helpful to understand the following parts of speech: direct object, transitive verb, and intransitive verb. The direct object is the person or thing that receives the action o ...
Confused Words
... Their, There, or They’re? There: Can be used either as an expletive at the beginning of a sentence or as an adverb. • There are many obstacles to a good harvest. • The fields over there will be ...
... Their, There, or They’re? There: Can be used either as an expletive at the beginning of a sentence or as an adverb. • There are many obstacles to a good harvest. • The fields over there will be ...
Daily Grammar Week - Bibb County Schools
... Monday: Analyze this week’s sentence and identify each common noun, proper noun, possessive noun, subject pronoun, object pronoun, possessive pronoun, adjective, conjunction, and interjection. "I'm wondering what to read next." Matilda said. "I've finished all the children's books." (Matilda, by Roa ...
... Monday: Analyze this week’s sentence and identify each common noun, proper noun, possessive noun, subject pronoun, object pronoun, possessive pronoun, adjective, conjunction, and interjection. "I'm wondering what to read next." Matilda said. "I've finished all the children's books." (Matilda, by Roa ...
Curriculum Map for Progression in Vocabulary, Grammar and
... Use conjunctions to express time, place and cause (eg. When, before, after, while, so because) adverbs (eg.then, next, soon therefore) prepositions (eg. Before after, during in because of) Noun phrases expanded by the addition of modifying adjectives, nouns and prepositional phrases (the strict math ...
... Use conjunctions to express time, place and cause (eg. When, before, after, while, so because) adverbs (eg.then, next, soon therefore) prepositions (eg. Before after, during in because of) Noun phrases expanded by the addition of modifying adjectives, nouns and prepositional phrases (the strict math ...
Spanish Level I Grammar Review - LOTE-Wiki
... 9. Possessive adjectives- Possessive adjectives show ownership or possession of the subject that you refer to. They are: English: Spanish: my mi(s) your tu(s) his/her su(s) our nuestro/a(s) their su(s) *note: possessive adjectives in Spanish must agree in number and gender with the noun that it desc ...
... 9. Possessive adjectives- Possessive adjectives show ownership or possession of the subject that you refer to. They are: English: Spanish: my mi(s) your tu(s) his/her su(s) our nuestro/a(s) their su(s) *note: possessive adjectives in Spanish must agree in number and gender with the noun that it desc ...
Direct Object & Direct Object Pronouns
... ________________ take the place of nouns. They have different forms depending on how they are being used in a sentence. Modelo: Ana es mi amgia. Replace Ana with ____________. ____________ es muy simpática. ...
... ________________ take the place of nouns. They have different forms depending on how they are being used in a sentence. Modelo: Ana es mi amgia. Replace Ana with ____________. ____________ es muy simpática. ...
Sentence Patterns #1-17
... #9 OPeN wITh An AdVErB cLAuSE An adverb (adverbial) clause has a subject and a predicate, but cannot stand alone as its own sentence. Common adverb clause beginners: after, although, as, because, before, if, in order that, since, so, though, unless, until, when, where, while Use a comma af ...
... #9 OPeN wITh An AdVErB cLAuSE An adverb (adverbial) clause has a subject and a predicate, but cannot stand alone as its own sentence. Common adverb clause beginners: after, although, as, because, before, if, in order that, since, so, though, unless, until, when, where, while Use a comma af ...
Grammar Handbook Part 1 The Parts of Speech The Eight Parts of
... Common helping verbs: am, is, are, was, were, be, been, has, have, have, had, do, does, may, might, must, can, could, shall, would, will, would, did ...
... Common helping verbs: am, is, are, was, were, be, been, has, have, have, had, do, does, may, might, must, can, could, shall, would, will, would, did ...
GRS – Types of Prepositional Phrases Adjective Phrases and
... following questions: which ones? And what kind? An adjective phrase immediately follows the noun or pronoun it modifies. Ex. I met the woman in the red dress last week. Practice. Copy the following sentences. Underline the adjective phrases and circle the nouns or pronouns they modify. 1. The little ...
... following questions: which ones? And what kind? An adjective phrase immediately follows the noun or pronoun it modifies. Ex. I met the woman in the red dress last week. Practice. Copy the following sentences. Underline the adjective phrases and circle the nouns or pronouns they modify. 1. The little ...
Grammar Notes: Nouns (p. 192 – 196)
... 4. A helping verb is added before another verb to make a verb phrase. a. It usually changes the tense of the verb. am is are ...
... 4. A helping verb is added before another verb to make a verb phrase. a. It usually changes the tense of the verb. am is are ...
Grammar Review Notes – 1st quarter 2010
... Most often, an adjective happens just before the noun or pronoun it modifies. ...
... Most often, an adjective happens just before the noun or pronoun it modifies. ...
Noun Phrases and Independent Clauses
... fact that”. Accordingly, The fact that McDonald’s is cheap is one reason for its popularity. is indeed a complete sentence. As is That he had no money bothered him. B- Any verb can become a noun by adding “ing” to it. In grammar these “V-ing” nouns are called gerunds. Hence “smoke” cannot be the sub ...
... fact that”. Accordingly, The fact that McDonald’s is cheap is one reason for its popularity. is indeed a complete sentence. As is That he had no money bothered him. B- Any verb can become a noun by adding “ing” to it. In grammar these “V-ing” nouns are called gerunds. Hence “smoke” cannot be the sub ...
Hierarchy of ESL Errors
... “teacher,” no “a” should precede “homework” since the latter is a non-countable noun. Many non-Western languages do not include articles at all, making it extremely difficult for non-native and bilingual students to know when and how to use them. Consequently, proficiency in articles is usually gain ...
... “teacher,” no “a” should precede “homework” since the latter is a non-countable noun. Many non-Western languages do not include articles at all, making it extremely difficult for non-native and bilingual students to know when and how to use them. Consequently, proficiency in articles is usually gain ...
KEY P. 1
... b. 440.1: the genitive / ‘s structure is used to talk about possessions, relationships etc. when the first noun refers to a person 495.2: the relative clause follows immediately after the noun it modifies 495.1: we use a non-restrictive / non-identifying relative clause when we simply give more info ...
... b. 440.1: the genitive / ‘s structure is used to talk about possessions, relationships etc. when the first noun refers to a person 495.2: the relative clause follows immediately after the noun it modifies 495.1: we use a non-restrictive / non-identifying relative clause when we simply give more info ...
Group 2: Sino-Tibetian Languages - E-MELD
... group that builds a particular COPE based on common grammaticalization patterns? In other words: What is inventory of relations between grammatical classes as exemplified in historical change? ...
... group that builds a particular COPE based on common grammaticalization patterns? In other words: What is inventory of relations between grammatical classes as exemplified in historical change? ...
Subject/Verb Agreement
... If a subject is plural, its verb must be plural. Example: My dog, Jesse, and Ralph’s dog, Fido, jump over the fence. (2 dogs are jumping over the fence, now) Notice that the verb jump does NOT have a “s”. This is because a verb is plural when it does NOT have an “s”. Remember: A verb is NOT a noun! ...
... If a subject is plural, its verb must be plural. Example: My dog, Jesse, and Ralph’s dog, Fido, jump over the fence. (2 dogs are jumping over the fence, now) Notice that the verb jump does NOT have a “s”. This is because a verb is plural when it does NOT have an “s”. Remember: A verb is NOT a noun! ...
Only transitive verbs can be made passive
... • Here’s a sentence that a teacher mistakenly marked as passive. It’s not passive --- but it’s not a particularly good sentence either. When he first saw New Bedford, Mass., Douglass was doubtful of his own ...
... • Here’s a sentence that a teacher mistakenly marked as passive. It’s not passive --- but it’s not a particularly good sentence either. When he first saw New Bedford, Mass., Douglass was doubtful of his own ...
Chinese grammar
This article concerns Standard Chinese. For the grammars of other forms of Chinese, see their respective articles via links on Chinese language and varieties of Chinese.The grammar of Standard Chinese shares many features with other varieties of Chinese. The language almost entirely lacks inflection, so that words typically have only one grammatical form. Categories such as number (singular or plural) and verb tense are frequently not expressed by any grammatical means, although there are several particles that serve to express verbal aspect, and to some extent mood.The basic word order is subject–verb–object (SVO). Otherwise, Chinese is chiefly a head-last language, meaning that modifiers precede the words they modify – in a noun phrase, for example, the head noun comes last, and all modifiers, including relative clauses, come in front of it. (This phenomenon is more typically found in SOV languages like Turkish and Japanese.)Chinese frequently uses serial verb constructions, which involve two or more verbs or verb phrases in sequence. Chinese prepositions behave similarly to serialized verbs in some respects (several of the common prepositions can also be used as full verbs), and they are often referred to as coverbs. There are also location markers, placed after a noun, and hence often called postpositions; these are often used in combination with a coverb. Predicate adjectives are normally used without a copular verb (""to be""), and can thus be regarded as a type of verb.As in many east Asian languages, classifiers or measure words are required when using numerals (and sometimes other words such as demonstratives) with nouns. There are many different classifiers in the language, and each countable noun generally has a particular classifier associated with it. Informally, however, it is often acceptable to use the general classifier 个 [個] ge in place of other specific classifiers.Examples given in this article use simplified Chinese characters (with the traditional characters following in brackets if they differ) and standard pinyin Romanization.