Flash Cards
... The Ancient Greek term aristocracy meant a system of government with "rule by the best". This is the first definition given in most dictionaries. The word is derived from two words, "aristos" meaning the "best" and "kratein" "to rule". Spartan kings Powerful city-state in Greece, rival of Athens, be ...
... The Ancient Greek term aristocracy meant a system of government with "rule by the best". This is the first definition given in most dictionaries. The word is derived from two words, "aristos" meaning the "best" and "kratein" "to rule". Spartan kings Powerful city-state in Greece, rival of Athens, be ...
Sentence Development - The Godolphin Junior Academy
... This grid gives an overview of how to develop sentences and should be read vertically, not horizontally. Choice of ...
... This grid gives an overview of how to develop sentences and should be read vertically, not horizontally. Choice of ...
Lesson #4: Other inflections on verbs
... • An operator is a part of a verb phrase. In a verb phrase with more than one verb (e.g. with an auxiliary) the operator is the first verb on the left. I can understand operators. In a verb phrase with just one lexical verb (and no auxiliaries), in which the lexical verb is formed with “be”, the ope ...
... • An operator is a part of a verb phrase. In a verb phrase with more than one verb (e.g. with an auxiliary) the operator is the first verb on the left. I can understand operators. In a verb phrase with just one lexical verb (and no auxiliaries), in which the lexical verb is formed with “be”, the ope ...
Name Date - Grafton Primary School
... The man had three ( patchs, patches ) on his jacket. There were ( splashs, splashes ) of paint on the wall. At the dock were three ( ships, shipes ). The cupboard was full of ( boxes, boxes ). His mum gave him lots of hugs and ( kisss, kisses ). ...
... The man had three ( patchs, patches ) on his jacket. There were ( splashs, splashes ) of paint on the wall. At the dock were three ( ships, shipes ). The cupboard was full of ( boxes, boxes ). His mum gave him lots of hugs and ( kisss, kisses ). ...
DIAGRAMMING_SENTENCES 2014sunny
... • It is an action verb if it is actually doing the action. The tree fell down. • It is a linking verb if it connects something in the predicate to the subject. The apple tastes good. Here the apple isn’t actively tasting. • Trick: If you can replace the verb with is, then it is usually a linking ver ...
... • It is an action verb if it is actually doing the action. The tree fell down. • It is a linking verb if it connects something in the predicate to the subject. The apple tastes good. Here the apple isn’t actively tasting. • Trick: If you can replace the verb with is, then it is usually a linking ver ...
Grammar Glossary Handbook
... – A compound preposition is made up of more than one word. These are common compound prepositions: according to, ahead of, along with, apart from, aside from, as to, because of, by means of, in addition to, in front of, in spite of, instead of, next to, on account of, on top of, out of, owing to. We ...
... – A compound preposition is made up of more than one word. These are common compound prepositions: according to, ahead of, along with, apart from, aside from, as to, because of, by means of, in addition to, in front of, in spite of, instead of, next to, on account of, on top of, out of, owing to. We ...
Language Structure Assignment 7: Key to Seminar
... the noun phrase in English, but the definite article is required before it even though the blind has generic reference. An alternative would be to insert a head noun (e.g. people), but then the definite article must not be used, as people becomes a plural noun used in a generic sense. 11) The old ma ...
... the noun phrase in English, but the definite article is required before it even though the blind has generic reference. An alternative would be to insert a head noun (e.g. people), but then the definite article must not be used, as people becomes a plural noun used in a generic sense. 11) The old ma ...
modal verbs - Natacha Pardo
... or a continuous tense (though the continuous form would be impossible anyway!). Being modal verbs also means they don't necessarily have a form that can be used for the past or the future, though in very general terms can is used to refer to the present and could is used to refer to the past. When y ...
... or a continuous tense (though the continuous form would be impossible anyway!). Being modal verbs also means they don't necessarily have a form that can be used for the past or the future, though in very general terms can is used to refer to the present and could is used to refer to the past. When y ...
1 Naming motion events in Spanish and English Paula Cifuentes
... has asked whether these differences in semantic patterns lead to differences in nonlinguistic cognition, with mixed results. For example, several studies have shown participants videotaped events and have tested for differential memory for aspects of the event based either on the language set given ...
... has asked whether these differences in semantic patterns lead to differences in nonlinguistic cognition, with mixed results. For example, several studies have shown participants videotaped events and have tested for differential memory for aspects of the event based either on the language set given ...
Commonly Mispronounced Words
... 3. Have you heard the expression "When two vowels go walking, the first one does the talking?" This means that when there are two vowels in a row, the first usually has a long ...
... 3. Have you heard the expression "When two vowels go walking, the first one does the talking?" This means that when there are two vowels in a row, the first usually has a long ...
AP Spanish Study Sheet: Gustar and Gustar-like Verbs
... In English, we would say "I like the room." So why isn't the verb gusto instead of gusta? It's because "I" am not the subject anymore! "I" have been turned into an object (the word me, at the beginning of the sentence)! Remember that gustar will always be conjugated to agree with the subject from th ...
... In English, we would say "I like the room." So why isn't the verb gusto instead of gusta? It's because "I" am not the subject anymore! "I" have been turned into an object (the word me, at the beginning of the sentence)! Remember that gustar will always be conjugated to agree with the subject from th ...
Chapter 34: Deponent Verbs Chapter 34 covers the following: the
... Principal Parts. If deponents don’t have active forms, how can they have third principal parts? The perfect active? There’s no active with deponents. So? There’s no third principal part. No (venio, venire,) vēni, or vidi, or vici with deponents. Just sequor, sequi, secutus: “I follow, to follow, hav ...
... Principal Parts. If deponents don’t have active forms, how can they have third principal parts? The perfect active? There’s no active with deponents. So? There’s no third principal part. No (venio, venire,) vēni, or vidi, or vici with deponents. Just sequor, sequi, secutus: “I follow, to follow, hav ...
How to read with key words
... - Comparison and manner: As (+entire clause) like (+noun) - Wal-Mart is one of the largest employers in the US. In fact it’s the largest (A dire il vero) - Industry usually means productive sector. Plant, factory (are the words for the place where things are manufactured) - When a word is not used ...
... - Comparison and manner: As (+entire clause) like (+noun) - Wal-Mart is one of the largest employers in the US. In fact it’s the largest (A dire il vero) - Industry usually means productive sector. Plant, factory (are the words for the place where things are manufactured) - When a word is not used ...
Verbs, semantic classes and semantic roles in the
... It seems clear that we must distinguish two frames, one corresponding to the domain of Cognition (examples a and c, roughly equivalent to English teach, despite the differences in syntactic construction) and the other to Perception (example b, English show, despite the fact that the constructions is ...
... It seems clear that we must distinguish two frames, one corresponding to the domain of Cognition (examples a and c, roughly equivalent to English teach, despite the differences in syntactic construction) and the other to Perception (example b, English show, despite the fact that the constructions is ...
Gentle Grammar
... A wolf who had a bone stuck in his throat hired a crane, for a large sum, to put her head into his mouth and draw out the bone. When the crane had extracted the bone and demanded the promised payment, the wolf, grinning and grinding his teeth, exclaimed: “Why, you have surely already had a sufficien ...
... A wolf who had a bone stuck in his throat hired a crane, for a large sum, to put her head into his mouth and draw out the bone. When the crane had extracted the bone and demanded the promised payment, the wolf, grinning and grinding his teeth, exclaimed: “Why, you have surely already had a sufficien ...
Collective nouns
... and Finnish have extensive case systems, with different forms for nominatives (used principally for verb subjects), accusatives (used especially for direct objects), genitives (used to express possession and similar relationships) and so on. The only real vestige of the case system on nouns in Moder ...
... and Finnish have extensive case systems, with different forms for nominatives (used principally for verb subjects), accusatives (used especially for direct objects), genitives (used to express possession and similar relationships) and so on. The only real vestige of the case system on nouns in Moder ...
basic rules & examples
... Turkey isn’t as big as China. Mehmet isn’t as intelligent as Ali. The sequel wasn’t as exciting as the original film. ...
... Turkey isn’t as big as China. Mehmet isn’t as intelligent as Ali. The sequel wasn’t as exciting as the original film. ...
Noun clauses
... Infinitives are formed from the base form of the verb, and are part verb and part noun. ...
... Infinitives are formed from the base form of the verb, and are part verb and part noun. ...
Gerunds - jennifermlouis
... WaterAid works to address this issue by building wells in areas where clean water is not available. Your elevated thesis is due on Monday ...
... WaterAid works to address this issue by building wells in areas where clean water is not available. Your elevated thesis is due on Monday ...
Syntax: Phrases
... Exercise #2: Using the properties of phrases, find the heads of the following phrases. Note that in some cases there are phrases within these phrases. You should find only the word which is the head of the whole phrase, and not the heads of any of the phrase’s other constituents. ...
... Exercise #2: Using the properties of phrases, find the heads of the following phrases. Note that in some cases there are phrases within these phrases. You should find only the word which is the head of the whole phrase, and not the heads of any of the phrase’s other constituents. ...
Parts of Speech The parts of speech are the eight different kinds of
... Three phrases make up the sentence: Finishing the race, which lacks a predicate; will require, which lacks a subject; and running down several steep slopes, which lacks both a subject and a predicate. A clause is a group of related words that has both a subject and predicate. An independent clause ...
... Three phrases make up the sentence: Finishing the race, which lacks a predicate; will require, which lacks a subject; and running down several steep slopes, which lacks both a subject and a predicate. A clause is a group of related words that has both a subject and predicate. An independent clause ...
Studies in African Linguistics Volume 21, Number 2, August 1990
... achieved by way of an appropriate ideophonic periphrasis. While (with the exception noted) basic-form adjectives incorporate two copulas, emphatic forms appear to mandatorily incorporate only one. The reason for this is not yet clear. As a result of this they lack the form of ambiguity inherent in b ...
... achieved by way of an appropriate ideophonic periphrasis. While (with the exception noted) basic-form adjectives incorporate two copulas, emphatic forms appear to mandatorily incorporate only one. The reason for this is not yet clear. As a result of this they lack the form of ambiguity inherent in b ...
Frequently Confused Words
... A modifier is a word or a phrase that describes something else. You should place it as close as possible to what it describes. If you don't, your intended meaning may not be clear. Consider the unintentional meanings in the following: ° The young girl was walking the dog in a short skirt. ° The dog ...
... A modifier is a word or a phrase that describes something else. You should place it as close as possible to what it describes. If you don't, your intended meaning may not be clear. Consider the unintentional meanings in the following: ° The young girl was walking the dog in a short skirt. ° The dog ...
Two Colonial Grammars: Tradition and Innovation
... stem + distinct case endings. In Cholón, nominal stems can be preceded by a person prefix and be followed by several suffixes, including case markers. The profusion of moods, tenses and nominal forms bring about an overlap of forms, so that some Latin moods, tenses and forms can be omitted. Basicall ...
... stem + distinct case endings. In Cholón, nominal stems can be preceded by a person prefix and be followed by several suffixes, including case markers. The profusion of moods, tenses and nominal forms bring about an overlap of forms, so that some Latin moods, tenses and forms can be omitted. Basicall ...