SPAG terms Meaning / examples Noun A noun is an object, place
... An abstract noun is something that can’t be touched – it isn’t an actual object. For example, a dream, an idea, a hope, a wish etc An adjective describes a noun (red, big, colourful, careful etc) A “doing” word. (play, write, think, drive) An adverb describes a verb. (Slowly, carefully, thoughtlessl ...
... An abstract noun is something that can’t be touched – it isn’t an actual object. For example, a dream, an idea, a hope, a wish etc An adjective describes a noun (red, big, colourful, careful etc) A “doing” word. (play, write, think, drive) An adverb describes a verb. (Slowly, carefully, thoughtlessl ...
Sentence Grammar 1 KEY
... Directions: Identify the subjects, the verbs, and the objects (if there is one) in the following sentences. They are simple, compound, and complex (and complex-complex!) sentences. Key: yellow = subject; blue= verb; pink = subordinating conjunction (comes w/complex sentence only) green = coordinatin ...
... Directions: Identify the subjects, the verbs, and the objects (if there is one) in the following sentences. They are simple, compound, and complex (and complex-complex!) sentences. Key: yellow = subject; blue= verb; pink = subordinating conjunction (comes w/complex sentence only) green = coordinatin ...
16 Mar 09 - Pegasus @ UCF
... Prepositions and articles are two of the hardest things for even advanced ELLs. What is NO ARTICLE? When you want to talk about a CATEGORY or group in general: Cats can be great pets. As opposed to using the article to denote SPECIFIC cats: The cats up for adoption are cute. ...
... Prepositions and articles are two of the hardest things for even advanced ELLs. What is NO ARTICLE? When you want to talk about a CATEGORY or group in general: Cats can be great pets. As opposed to using the article to denote SPECIFIC cats: The cats up for adoption are cute. ...
CHAPTER III WORD
... –Object+ verb (housekeep to keep house) –Adverbial+ verb (baby-sit to sit with a baby) ...
... –Object+ verb (housekeep to keep house) –Adverbial+ verb (baby-sit to sit with a baby) ...
Parts of Speech
... D. Find the ADJECTIVE(s) in each sentence. 1. The huge crowd appeared excited and restless. 2. Two old prospectors and a weary mule trudged across the desert. 3. The loyal fans cheered their team in the game. 4. Our European guests were weary after the long trip. E. Find the PREPOSITION(s) in each s ...
... D. Find the ADJECTIVE(s) in each sentence. 1. The huge crowd appeared excited and restless. 2. Two old prospectors and a weary mule trudged across the desert. 3. The loyal fans cheered their team in the game. 4. Our European guests were weary after the long trip. E. Find the PREPOSITION(s) in each s ...
DGP Tuesday Notes
... Must be noun, pronoun, gerund, or infinitive Can never be in a prepositional phrase “There” and “here” are never the subject of a sentence The subject can be an “understood you”: Bring me the remote control, please. (You) ...
... Must be noun, pronoun, gerund, or infinitive Can never be in a prepositional phrase “There” and “here” are never the subject of a sentence The subject can be an “understood you”: Bring me the remote control, please. (You) ...
LS 123 Correcciones - Portuguese Teacher Training
... Incorrect choice of SER or ESTAR. ESTAR is used to indicate location, emotional or physical condition, and (along with the present participle) to form the present progressive. SER is used to indicate things that are considered defining characteristics: such as nationality, origin, physical appearanc ...
... Incorrect choice of SER or ESTAR. ESTAR is used to indicate location, emotional or physical condition, and (along with the present participle) to form the present progressive. SER is used to indicate things that are considered defining characteristics: such as nationality, origin, physical appearanc ...
Subject-Verb Agreement Subject and verbs must agree in number
... and the subject is plural or I or you, you will use the base form of the verb. If the subject is in a singular form, you will use the –s form of the verb. Base Form Past Tense Past Participle Present Participle -s Form Walk Walked Walked Walking walks I walk to school. You walk to school He, she, it ...
... and the subject is plural or I or you, you will use the base form of the verb. If the subject is in a singular form, you will use the –s form of the verb. Base Form Past Tense Past Participle Present Participle -s Form Walk Walked Walked Walking walks I walk to school. You walk to school He, she, it ...
Verbs - HausauerAmLit
... – They climbed the mountain that winter. – The dangerous storm stopped the trip. ...
... – They climbed the mountain that winter. – The dangerous storm stopped the trip. ...
Present participles, gerunds and `–ing`
... Present participles, gerunds and ‘–ing’ The –ing forms can be used not only as verbs but also like adjectives or nouns. When the –ing form is used like an adjective it is often called a ‘present participle’ and when used like a noun, a ‘gerund’, however some grammar books simply use the term ‘the – ...
... Present participles, gerunds and ‘–ing’ The –ing forms can be used not only as verbs but also like adjectives or nouns. When the –ing form is used like an adjective it is often called a ‘present participle’ and when used like a noun, a ‘gerund’, however some grammar books simply use the term ‘the – ...
Lesson 10. Gerunds, present participles and hanging modifiers
... If we ask, ‘What is he fond of?’, we get the answer He is fond of singing in the first instance and He is fond of his guitar in the second. You can see how singing and guitar are used similarly. Here, singing is a gerund. The old man got tired of walking. The old man got tired of his old radio. What ...
... If we ask, ‘What is he fond of?’, we get the answer He is fond of singing in the first instance and He is fond of his guitar in the second. You can see how singing and guitar are used similarly. Here, singing is a gerund. The old man got tired of walking. The old man got tired of his old radio. What ...
Verb Notes
... with one or more auxiliary/ helping verbs. aux·il·ia·ry verb (n) -a verb that is used with another verb to indicate person, number, mood, tense, or aspect. Some auxiliary verbs in English are “be,” “have,” “will,” and “do.” par·ti·ci·ple (n) A form of a verb that is used to form complex tenses, such ...
... with one or more auxiliary/ helping verbs. aux·il·ia·ry verb (n) -a verb that is used with another verb to indicate person, number, mood, tense, or aspect. Some auxiliary verbs in English are “be,” “have,” “will,” and “do.” par·ti·ci·ple (n) A form of a verb that is used to form complex tenses, such ...
Notes on Chinese Characters 10
... p. 180 #8 In ancient Chinese hui 會meant to intersect or to meet, by design or by chance, like the two lines that join at the top of the character. This explains the modern kaihui 開會, to hold a meeting (verb-object), and weiyuanhui 委員會, committee (literally: delegated personnel meeting). Before a ver ...
... p. 180 #8 In ancient Chinese hui 會meant to intersect or to meet, by design or by chance, like the two lines that join at the top of the character. This explains the modern kaihui 開會, to hold a meeting (verb-object), and weiyuanhui 委員會, committee (literally: delegated personnel meeting). Before a ver ...
A Whistle stop tour – Grammar!
... ‘when’ ‘where’. They can be used with verbs, adjectives or other adverbs. He shouted loudly. The game was really exciting. She ran very quickly. The film will start soon. We can sit over there. ...
... ‘when’ ‘where’. They can be used with verbs, adjectives or other adverbs. He shouted loudly. The game was really exciting. She ran very quickly. The film will start soon. We can sit over there. ...
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Unit 2 Inflection [Modo de compatibilidad]
... aspect marker). • The past participle also has uses that are not necessarily typical of a participle or expressing past (e.g. present tense, passive voice) The children are looked after all the time • We shall look at each one of these in turn. ...
... aspect marker). • The past participle also has uses that are not necessarily typical of a participle or expressing past (e.g. present tense, passive voice) The children are looked after all the time • We shall look at each one of these in turn. ...
Nominaliser - The Heretaunga College Intranet
... from the verbs “to write” and “to listen”. By adding “ing” they can be treated like “nouns”. By adding こと or の to Japanese verbs, you make them into nouns and can use them in the same way, This also allows you to join two sentences when you would have had to write two separate ones before. テニスをすることが ...
... from the verbs “to write” and “to listen”. By adding “ing” they can be treated like “nouns”. By adding こと or の to Japanese verbs, you make them into nouns and can use them in the same way, This also allows you to join two sentences when you would have had to write two separate ones before. テニスをすることが ...
Noun_Verb Jeo - Grammar Genius
... Choices are: concrete noun, abstract noun, collective noun, proper noun, common noun, and possessive noun ...
... Choices are: concrete noun, abstract noun, collective noun, proper noun, common noun, and possessive noun ...
Sentence Variety I Avoiding the SVO Cookie Cutter
... the lower classes. Everyone will be treated equally. The fair tax system would be much easier for the government and for tax payers. This system would make consumers pay an added tax on sold goods. That way the government would not have to worry about loopholes or overcomplicated tax laws. If the go ...
... the lower classes. Everyone will be treated equally. The fair tax system would be much easier for the government and for tax payers. This system would make consumers pay an added tax on sold goods. That way the government would not have to worry about loopholes or overcomplicated tax laws. If the go ...
statements with transitive verbs about groups of objects
... (representing entities: subject, object, indirect object) appear to the right of the predicate letter determines what role the named object plays with respect to the verb. For example, Pba means “Beverly photographs Andrew.” That is, the object in the first position to the right of the predicate let ...
... (representing entities: subject, object, indirect object) appear to the right of the predicate letter determines what role the named object plays with respect to the verb. For example, Pba means “Beverly photographs Andrew.” That is, the object in the first position to the right of the predicate let ...
Verbals and Verbal Phrases
... a noun. It ends in –ing. Ex. Inventing can be dangerous. A gerund phrase includes a gerund plus its modifiers and complements. Ex. Writing Frankenstein must have given Mary ...
... a noun. It ends in –ing. Ex. Inventing can be dangerous. A gerund phrase includes a gerund plus its modifiers and complements. Ex. Writing Frankenstein must have given Mary ...
subject-verb agreement: practice
... Dollars are often used instead of rubles in Russia. RULE #8: Nouns such as scissors, tweezers, trousers, and shears require plural verbs. (There are two parts to these things.) These scissors _____________ dull. Those trousers are made of wool. RULE #9: In sentences beginning with “there is” or “the ...
... Dollars are often used instead of rubles in Russia. RULE #8: Nouns such as scissors, tweezers, trousers, and shears require plural verbs. (There are two parts to these things.) These scissors _____________ dull. Those trousers are made of wool. RULE #9: In sentences beginning with “there is” or “the ...
Phrases - Midland ISD
... from “I Hear America Singing” by Walt Whitman I hear America singing, the varied carols I hear, Those of mechanics, each one singing his as it should be blithe and strong, The carpenter singing his as he measures his plank or beam, The mason singing his as he makes ready for work, or leaves off wor ...
... from “I Hear America Singing” by Walt Whitman I hear America singing, the varied carols I hear, Those of mechanics, each one singing his as it should be blithe and strong, The carpenter singing his as he measures his plank or beam, The mason singing his as he makes ready for work, or leaves off wor ...
Appendix A
... • compound sentence = two or more independent clauses • complex sentence = one independent clause + one or more dependent clauses • compound-complex sentence = two or more independent clauses + one or more ...
... • compound sentence = two or more independent clauses • complex sentence = one independent clause + one or more dependent clauses • compound-complex sentence = two or more independent clauses + one or more ...
Article
... Ex: Give Marie the prize. (Marie is the indirect object because she is who GIVE (the verb) points to. ...
... Ex: Give Marie the prize. (Marie is the indirect object because she is who GIVE (the verb) points to. ...