E1010.Lesson 3A
... nominating such as make, name, elect, paint, call, etc. We know there is a difference between calling Mayor Williams and calling Williams mayor or painting a red door and painting a door red. When the word follows the direct object and it tells what the direct object has become, it is the object com ...
... nominating such as make, name, elect, paint, call, etc. We know there is a difference between calling Mayor Williams and calling Williams mayor or painting a red door and painting a door red. When the word follows the direct object and it tells what the direct object has become, it is the object com ...
CAPITALIZATION QUICK FACTS
... PRACTICE: Choose the word in parentheses that correctly completes the sentence. 1. Are you (smarter, smartest) than your twin? 2. She is the (younger, youngest) student in the class. 3. Her hair is (curlier, more curlier) than Mary’s. 4. Of the three brothers, he is the (taller, tallest). 5. I thin ...
... PRACTICE: Choose the word in parentheses that correctly completes the sentence. 1. Are you (smarter, smartest) than your twin? 2. She is the (younger, youngest) student in the class. 3. Her hair is (curlier, more curlier) than Mary’s. 4. Of the three brothers, he is the (taller, tallest). 5. I thin ...
noun
... • The dented, rusty car went into the parking lot. • (typical order - adjectives before the noun they modify) • The car, dented and rusty, went into the parking lot. • (adjectives out of order) Shifting the adjectives after the noun makes them more powerful than placing them before the noun. This c ...
... • The dented, rusty car went into the parking lot. • (typical order - adjectives before the noun they modify) • The car, dented and rusty, went into the parking lot. • (adjectives out of order) Shifting the adjectives after the noun makes them more powerful than placing them before the noun. This c ...
1 Word Choice
... The reader of this book is presumed to be familiar with basic English grammar: parts of speech, tenses, plurals, and so forth. Here we will discuss a few of the more complex rules that sometimes prove troublesome even for those with English as their native language. A. AGREEMENT OF SUBJECT AND VERB ...
... The reader of this book is presumed to be familiar with basic English grammar: parts of speech, tenses, plurals, and so forth. Here we will discuss a few of the more complex rules that sometimes prove troublesome even for those with English as their native language. A. AGREEMENT OF SUBJECT AND VERB ...
Using gerunds and infinitives
... I will instruct her to prepare a handout. We invite you to attend the ceremony. They need her to show the slides. He ordered the group to leave the building. Can we persuade you to contribute again? Please remind him to check the references. They will require you to submit an outline. We should teac ...
... I will instruct her to prepare a handout. We invite you to attend the ceremony. They need her to show the slides. He ordered the group to leave the building. Can we persuade you to contribute again? Please remind him to check the references. They will require you to submit an outline. We should teac ...
Diagramming Indirect Objects
... Once you locate an indirect object, diagramming it is relatively simple. The indirect object is placed on a horizontal line directly below the verb, with a diagonal line that joins it to the verb. When you think about it, an indirect object is diagrammed much like a prepositional phrase, only the di ...
... Once you locate an indirect object, diagramming it is relatively simple. The indirect object is placed on a horizontal line directly below the verb, with a diagonal line that joins it to the verb. When you think about it, an indirect object is diagrammed much like a prepositional phrase, only the di ...
Helpful Grammatical Facts and Examples
... Homonym: One of two or more words spelled and pronounced alike, but different in meaning (as cleave meaning "to cut" and cleave meaning "to adhere" (coincidentally, also antonyms!)) Homophone: One of two or more words pronounced alike, but different in meaning or spelling (as the words to, too, and ...
... Homonym: One of two or more words spelled and pronounced alike, but different in meaning (as cleave meaning "to cut" and cleave meaning "to adhere" (coincidentally, also antonyms!)) Homophone: One of two or more words pronounced alike, but different in meaning or spelling (as the words to, too, and ...
5. Verb Phrase: Aspect and Tense Aspect Aspect in English There
... Semantically speaking, there are two tenses in English: Present -- grammatically unmarked, and Past -marked by -ed for regular verbs or change of the base form for irregular verbs. The future is expressed by the use of the auxiliaries shall/will and the markers of the future shall/will are at the sa ...
... Semantically speaking, there are two tenses in English: Present -- grammatically unmarked, and Past -marked by -ed for regular verbs or change of the base form for irregular verbs. The future is expressed by the use of the auxiliaries shall/will and the markers of the future shall/will are at the sa ...
Identifying Declarative, Interrogative, Imperative, and Exclamatory
... (3) a comma, but ONLY when the simple sentences are being treated as items in a series: The dog barked, the cat yowled, and the rabbit chewed. 3.A complex sentence consists of a combination of an independent clause and a dependent clause. An example with a relative clause as the dependent clause: Th ...
... (3) a comma, but ONLY when the simple sentences are being treated as items in a series: The dog barked, the cat yowled, and the rabbit chewed. 3.A complex sentence consists of a combination of an independent clause and a dependent clause. An example with a relative clause as the dependent clause: Th ...
Think Before You Ink
... language will inevitably influence how she or he constructs English sentences. When I was a writing tutor in the US, I would often read sentences from Chinese students like "Sarah like to eat chicken; he not vegetarian," "Last year, she get good pay job at city center," and "Yesterday, I go to super ...
... language will inevitably influence how she or he constructs English sentences. When I was a writing tutor in the US, I would often read sentences from Chinese students like "Sarah like to eat chicken; he not vegetarian," "Last year, she get good pay job at city center," and "Yesterday, I go to super ...
Elements of Sentences - English Composition 108
... Elements of Sentences are two : Subjects (nouns, pronouns ,names the topic of the sentence) and Predicates ( includes a verb(s) says what the subject is or does) ...
... Elements of Sentences are two : Subjects (nouns, pronouns ,names the topic of the sentence) and Predicates ( includes a verb(s) says what the subject is or does) ...
ai-prolog9
... representation that can be used in inference. (often referred to as sentence meaning) • Possible representations: • SQL. Map “Find me all the students who are taking AI3” to relevant SQL query. • Predicate Logic: Map “John loves anyone who is tall” onto relevant statement in predicate logic. • Other ...
... representation that can be used in inference. (often referred to as sentence meaning) • Possible representations: • SQL. Map “Find me all the students who are taking AI3” to relevant SQL query. • Predicate Logic: Map “John loves anyone who is tall” onto relevant statement in predicate logic. • Other ...
Think Before You Ink
... influence how she or he constructs English sentences. When I was a writing tutor in the US, I would often read sentences from Chinese students like "Sarah like to eat chicken; he not vegetarian," "Last year, she get good pay job at city center," and "Yesterday, I go to supermarket to buy two cake.” ...
... influence how she or he constructs English sentences. When I was a writing tutor in the US, I would often read sentences from Chinese students like "Sarah like to eat chicken; he not vegetarian," "Last year, she get good pay job at city center," and "Yesterday, I go to supermarket to buy two cake.” ...
Essentials Flier - Classical Conversations
... positive, comparative, superlative A noun names a person, ...
... positive, comparative, superlative A noun names a person, ...
Language Arts Study Guide
... They are the who or what that is doing something. Object pronouns are it, me, him, her, them, us, and you. Helper: Have your child create a sentence with good, well, and each one of these pronouns. 17) Possessive pronouns own something. Examples include his, her, your, their, my, our, and its. Examp ...
... They are the who or what that is doing something. Object pronouns are it, me, him, her, them, us, and you. Helper: Have your child create a sentence with good, well, and each one of these pronouns. 17) Possessive pronouns own something. Examples include his, her, your, their, my, our, and its. Examp ...
Grade 8
... 7. Every thing happened so ……………………... We had to move to California in less than a month. 8. Why does he always have to talk so …………………….. You can hear him in the next room! 9. Although she speaks five languages, she did not do …………………….. on the translation exam. 10.I was so surprised. His new apart ...
... 7. Every thing happened so ……………………... We had to move to California in less than a month. 8. Why does he always have to talk so …………………….. You can hear him in the next room! 9. Although she speaks five languages, she did not do …………………….. on the translation exam. 10.I was so surprised. His new apart ...
2013 Writing and Grammar Exam Review
... pg. 528 Pronoun and Antecedent Agreement Choose the correct pronoun to finish the sentence correctly. Melissa planned (she, her) trip to Canada’s Yukon last month. Tom will lend Melissa (him, his) suitcase. Hikers will have (his, their) pick of trails in the Yukon. The boys have all brought (his, th ...
... pg. 528 Pronoun and Antecedent Agreement Choose the correct pronoun to finish the sentence correctly. Melissa planned (she, her) trip to Canada’s Yukon last month. Tom will lend Melissa (him, his) suitcase. Hikers will have (his, their) pick of trails in the Yukon. The boys have all brought (his, th ...
Parts of Speech
... • An adverb is a word that modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb. • Adverbs Modifying Verbs: • An adverb modifying a verb answers the questions where? when? In what way? Or to what extent? • Adverbs can also be placed in many different positions. They can come before a verb or verb phrase ...
... • An adverb is a word that modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb. • Adverbs Modifying Verbs: • An adverb modifying a verb answers the questions where? when? In what way? Or to what extent? • Adverbs can also be placed in many different positions. They can come before a verb or verb phrase ...
Morphological Analyzers
... the following paradigm: • play plays played played playing • look looks looked looked looking So they belong to the same class. But ‘PUSH’ since it differs in its present tense form i.e. it has ‘-es’ and not ‘- s’ falls in another class. Its paradigm is as follows: • push pushes pushed pushed pushin ...
... the following paradigm: • play plays played played playing • look looks looked looked looking So they belong to the same class. But ‘PUSH’ since it differs in its present tense form i.e. it has ‘-es’ and not ‘- s’ falls in another class. Its paradigm is as follows: • push pushes pushed pushed pushin ...
Presentation Exercise: Chapter 23
... “When students _______________ hard, they invariably do well on their tests.” 2. “Finding (_____) the enemy, the soldier went (_____) running to the general.” Final time value: ___________ “When he _______________ the enemy, the soldier went running to the general.” 3. “Having been betrayed (_____) ...
... “When students _______________ hard, they invariably do well on their tests.” 2. “Finding (_____) the enemy, the soldier went (_____) running to the general.” Final time value: ___________ “When he _______________ the enemy, the soldier went running to the general.” 3. “Having been betrayed (_____) ...
English Practical Grammar
... Verb: A word that expresses action, event, or state (strike, happen, be) Adjective A word that names a quality (blue, important, half-baked). Adverb A word that denotes manner or quantity (slowly, obstinately, much) Pronoun A word that stands for a noun/refers to a person, place, thing, idea, or act ...
... Verb: A word that expresses action, event, or state (strike, happen, be) Adjective A word that names a quality (blue, important, half-baked). Adverb A word that denotes manner or quantity (slowly, obstinately, much) Pronoun A word that stands for a noun/refers to a person, place, thing, idea, or act ...
Tree DIAGRAMS for Sentence Forms
... The remaining types of verbs create sentences with SUBJECT COMPLEMENTS in the verb phrase. OBJECT Complements rename or describe the DIRECT OBJECT. SUBJECT Complements rename or describe the SUBJECT. 4. LINKING VERBS (VL). Verbs of the senses (“taste,” “feel,” etc.) or of states of being (“become,” ...
... The remaining types of verbs create sentences with SUBJECT COMPLEMENTS in the verb phrase. OBJECT Complements rename or describe the DIRECT OBJECT. SUBJECT Complements rename or describe the SUBJECT. 4. LINKING VERBS (VL). Verbs of the senses (“taste,” “feel,” etc.) or of states of being (“become,” ...
Composite Tense Recognition and Tagging in Serbian
... The morphological e-dictionary (DELAS) of Serbian is being developed in the format described in (Courtois, 1990), (Vitas, 2000). Presently this dictionary contains approximately 15,000 verb entries, which corresponds to typical one-volume Serbian/Croatian dictionaries. In this dictionary each verb ( ...
... The morphological e-dictionary (DELAS) of Serbian is being developed in the format described in (Courtois, 1990), (Vitas, 2000). Presently this dictionary contains approximately 15,000 verb entries, which corresponds to typical one-volume Serbian/Croatian dictionaries. In this dictionary each verb ( ...
Discrete Skills Inventory
... The DSI is divided into three areas: Parts of Speech, Grammar Skills, and Standards Link. The first two divisions offer specific ideas for the progression of concepts and skills to be taught to students in the ELL classroom, while the final section makes explicit the links between the skills being t ...
... The DSI is divided into three areas: Parts of Speech, Grammar Skills, and Standards Link. The first two divisions offer specific ideas for the progression of concepts and skills to be taught to students in the ELL classroom, while the final section makes explicit the links between the skills being t ...