Writing Curriculum Overview
... Understand which letters belong to which handwriting 'families' (i.e. Letters that are formed in similar ways) and to practise these. Composition Composing a sentence orally before writing it. Sequencing sentences to form short narratives Rereading what they have written to check that it makes sense ...
... Understand which letters belong to which handwriting 'families' (i.e. Letters that are formed in similar ways) and to practise these. Composition Composing a sentence orally before writing it. Sequencing sentences to form short narratives Rereading what they have written to check that it makes sense ...
The Parts of A Sentence
... - Sentence which is started with there. There is your bag. S There are two cats under the table. S ...
... - Sentence which is started with there. There is your bag. S There are two cats under the table. S ...
Bayou View Middle School - Gulfport School District
... contributed to San Antonio’s growth in the decades after the Civil War.) TW direct students to the word prospered in the first sentence and tell students that when people prosper, they don’t just grow, they are successful, and they do well financially. In the context of a city’s growth, ask students ...
... contributed to San Antonio’s growth in the decades after the Civil War.) TW direct students to the word prospered in the first sentence and tell students that when people prosper, they don’t just grow, they are successful, and they do well financially. In the context of a city’s growth, ask students ...
Mini Grammar Handbook - created by Mr. McCain
... The breaking glass sounded awful. You sound like a broken record Both breaking and broken modify nouns (glass and record). Participle phrases contain all of the words that modify or complete the meaning of the participle. example - Angered by the players’ strike, the owners decided to hold players’ ...
... The breaking glass sounded awful. You sound like a broken record Both breaking and broken modify nouns (glass and record). Participle phrases contain all of the words that modify or complete the meaning of the participle. example - Angered by the players’ strike, the owners decided to hold players’ ...
Refining your draft
... energy of your ideas and makes your writing dull and lifeless. The technical term for this is ‘nominalisation’ (itself an example of such a noun!), which means turning a verb into a noun. Here are some examples of nominalisation. Note how, in each case, the key action in the sentence is expressed by ...
... energy of your ideas and makes your writing dull and lifeless. The technical term for this is ‘nominalisation’ (itself an example of such a noun!), which means turning a verb into a noun. Here are some examples of nominalisation. Note how, in each case, the key action in the sentence is expressed by ...
Part of Speech Tagging
... used to distinguish every type of word. Each word is tagged with more detail. For instance, we would tag book, books, John and mother’s as simply NOUN. But automatic taggers would distinguish them as singular, plural, possessive etc. Also distinction is made between proper noun and common noun. Simi ...
... used to distinguish every type of word. Each word is tagged with more detail. For instance, we would tag book, books, John and mother’s as simply NOUN. But automatic taggers would distinguish them as singular, plural, possessive etc. Also distinction is made between proper noun and common noun. Simi ...
PowerPoint
... that assigns accusative case” is now another name for “verb that has an AgrOP above it.” In Syntax II, we’ll see a potential solution to even this apparent inelegance, but for now we just assume that transitive verbs are those with an AgrOP above them. ...
... that assigns accusative case” is now another name for “verb that has an AgrOP above it.” In Syntax II, we’ll see a potential solution to even this apparent inelegance, but for now we just assume that transitive verbs are those with an AgrOP above them. ...
Ten-Minute Grammar
... In my class, students get full credit as long as they come up with an answer for every question, even if some answers are incorrect. At the very least, for the first few days while new concepts are introduced, students should be allowed to change their answers during the correction session—but only ...
... In my class, students get full credit as long as they come up with an answer for every question, even if some answers are incorrect. At the very least, for the first few days while new concepts are introduced, students should be allowed to change their answers during the correction session—but only ...
Compound and complex sentences
... 3 They played well, but … lost. (They played well, but they lost.) • Martin smiled, … shrugged his shoulders and … said nothing. (Martin smiled, he shrugged his shoulders and he said nothing.) 4 She will come and … get those later. • You can take it or … leave it. • I am waiting and … hoping. 5 They ...
... 3 They played well, but … lost. (They played well, but they lost.) • Martin smiled, … shrugged his shoulders and … said nothing. (Martin smiled, he shrugged his shoulders and he said nothing.) 4 She will come and … get those later. • You can take it or … leave it. • I am waiting and … hoping. 5 They ...
Verb Tense
... What is verb tense? Verb tense tells when an action happened: in the past, in the present, or in the future. Verbs change their form and use the helping verbs have or be to indicate different tenses. Present tense: Rick hikes every weekend. Past tense: He hiked ten miles last weekend. Future ...
... What is verb tense? Verb tense tells when an action happened: in the past, in the present, or in the future. Verbs change their form and use the helping verbs have or be to indicate different tenses. Present tense: Rick hikes every weekend. Past tense: He hiked ten miles last weekend. Future ...
The Category of Predicatives in the Light of Consistent
... Parts of speech: how many? Since the early days of digitalising Slavic language resources and attempts at organising grammatical information in them, scholars in different countries have been approaching the question of classifying lexical-grammatical categories in varying ways. Most adhere on the w ...
... Parts of speech: how many? Since the early days of digitalising Slavic language resources and attempts at organising grammatical information in them, scholars in different countries have been approaching the question of classifying lexical-grammatical categories in varying ways. Most adhere on the w ...
Reflexive Verbs
... Note how “se” can be used for both singular and plural. The use of a subject pronoun in the sentence is recommended to clarify. ...
... Note how “se” can be used for both singular and plural. The use of a subject pronoun in the sentence is recommended to clarify. ...
Using modifiers–adjectives–adverbs–prepositional phrases
... 2. Leroy's careless act set the warehouse on fire. He ___________________ tossed a cigarette into a tank of gasoline. 3. Paige is a brave little girl. She fought _________________ against the poltergeists. 4. Howard is a graceful dancer. He moves ___________________. 5. Tom's apology sounded quite s ...
... 2. Leroy's careless act set the warehouse on fire. He ___________________ tossed a cigarette into a tank of gasoline. 3. Paige is a brave little girl. She fought _________________ against the poltergeists. 4. Howard is a graceful dancer. He moves ___________________. 5. Tom's apology sounded quite s ...
Use of Passive
... Passive Sentences with Two Objects Rewriting an active sentence with two objects in passive voice means that one of the two objects becomes the subject, the other one remains an object. Which object to transform into a subject depends on what you want to put the focus on. ...
... Passive Sentences with Two Objects Rewriting an active sentence with two objects in passive voice means that one of the two objects becomes the subject, the other one remains an object. Which object to transform into a subject depends on what you want to put the focus on. ...
using adjective clauses
... I’d like to buy some English-language dictionaries. I saw them at a bookstore down the street. I‟d like to buy some English-language law dictionaries that I saw at a bookstore down the street. I‟d like to buy some English-language law dictionaries which 14 I saw at a bookstore down the street. ...
... I’d like to buy some English-language dictionaries. I saw them at a bookstore down the street. I‟d like to buy some English-language law dictionaries that I saw at a bookstore down the street. I‟d like to buy some English-language law dictionaries which 14 I saw at a bookstore down the street. ...
Why DGP presentation 1.17.12
... phrases, and objects of prepositions. • Wednesday: Identify the sentence type as either simple or compound and the sentence purpose as declarative, imperative, interrogative, or exclamatory. • Thursday: Add capitalization and punctuation including end punctuation, commas, apostrophes, underlining, a ...
... phrases, and objects of prepositions. • Wednesday: Identify the sentence type as either simple or compound and the sentence purpose as declarative, imperative, interrogative, or exclamatory. • Thursday: Add capitalization and punctuation including end punctuation, commas, apostrophes, underlining, a ...
syntax 1
... (persoon: 1e, 2e, 3e), and number (getal). This means that a singular Subject gets a singular verb form, and a plural Subject gets a plural verb form: Every member has to have a ponytail. AII members have to have ponytails. and that a first-person Subject singular, I, gets a different verb form from ...
... (persoon: 1e, 2e, 3e), and number (getal). This means that a singular Subject gets a singular verb form, and a plural Subject gets a plural verb form: Every member has to have a ponytail. AII members have to have ponytails. and that a first-person Subject singular, I, gets a different verb form from ...
Chapter Four From Word to Text
... But when any other element of the sentence is replaced by a question word, an auxiliary verb must appear before the subject. If the basic sentence does not contain an auxiliary verb, we must insert did or do(es) immediately after the question word, as in: What would John steal, if he had the chance? ...
... But when any other element of the sentence is replaced by a question word, an auxiliary verb must appear before the subject. If the basic sentence does not contain an auxiliary verb, we must insert did or do(es) immediately after the question word, as in: What would John steal, if he had the chance? ...
Subject English (Special)
... 9. Participinal phrases (present and past participles qualifying nouns) 10. Gerunds as objects of prepositions 11. Infinitive as objects of verbs 12. Adverb clauses of concession and result 13. Gerunds as subjects and objects 14. Relative pronouns deletion in adjective clauses 15. Participial phrase ...
... 9. Participinal phrases (present and past participles qualifying nouns) 10. Gerunds as objects of prepositions 11. Infinitive as objects of verbs 12. Adverb clauses of concession and result 13. Gerunds as subjects and objects 14. Relative pronouns deletion in adjective clauses 15. Participial phrase ...
Natural Language Engineering 1
... the resulting form. Other weak paradigms include roots whose first radical is n and roots whose second and third radicals are identical. Thus, the roots q.w.m, g.n.n, n.p.l and i.c.g, when combining with the hCCCh pattern, yield the seemingly similar lexemes hqmh, hgnh, hplh and hcgh, respectively. ...
... the resulting form. Other weak paradigms include roots whose first radical is n and roots whose second and third radicals are identical. Thus, the roots q.w.m, g.n.n, n.p.l and i.c.g, when combining with the hCCCh pattern, yield the seemingly similar lexemes hqmh, hgnh, hplh and hcgh, respectively. ...
Chapter 5 Dictionaries
... word class, in this case noun. Logically, the entry then divides into three component parts (a), (b), and (c), essentially distinguishing three different uses or meaning of the noun in English which have distinct translations into French. Where a particular meaning can be identified by reference to ...
... word class, in this case noun. Logically, the entry then divides into three component parts (a), (b), and (c), essentially distinguishing three different uses or meaning of the noun in English which have distinct translations into French. Where a particular meaning can be identified by reference to ...
Noun Compound Interpretation Using Paraphrasing Verbs
... doghouse, and mothballs. Some other examples contained a modifier that is a concatenation of two nouns, e.g., wastebasket category, hairpin turn, headache pills, basketball season, testtube baby; we decided to retain these examples. A similar example (which we chose to retain as well) is beehive hai ...
... doghouse, and mothballs. Some other examples contained a modifier that is a concatenation of two nouns, e.g., wastebasket category, hairpin turn, headache pills, basketball season, testtube baby; we decided to retain these examples. A similar example (which we chose to retain as well) is beehive hai ...
to them
... chercher (to look for), attendre (to wait for) and demander (to ask for) take the direct object in French. In English they take the indirect. This is not so hard to remember as, in French, these verbs are not followed by “à” which introduces the indirect object. ...
... chercher (to look for), attendre (to wait for) and demander (to ask for) take the direct object in French. In English they take the indirect. This is not so hard to remember as, in French, these verbs are not followed by “à” which introduces the indirect object. ...