doc format - Skyline College
... Revise the following sentences to replace the “to be” verb with an active verb. 1. I study nursing at University of San Francisco. 2. The psychology class interests me because it focuses on how war affects soldiers. Revise the following sentences to remove the “there + to be.” 3. Many Skyline Colleg ...
... Revise the following sentences to replace the “to be” verb with an active verb. 1. I study nursing at University of San Francisco. 2. The psychology class interests me because it focuses on how war affects soldiers. Revise the following sentences to remove the “there + to be.” 3. Many Skyline Colleg ...
Glossary
... These are conjunctions (eg Firstly, In addition, Finally) whose function is to join large parts of a text in a way that organises the text. They come at the beginning of the stages of a genre. ...
... These are conjunctions (eg Firstly, In addition, Finally) whose function is to join large parts of a text in a way that organises the text. They come at the beginning of the stages of a genre. ...
Jeopardy: Subjects, Verbs, Fragments, & Run-Ons
... Susie will run for President of the Student Government Association and win because the incumbent is squandering student funds and is not a good leader. Helping verbs: will, is (squandering) Action verbs: run, win, squandering Linking verb: is (not a good leader) ...
... Susie will run for President of the Student Government Association and win because the incumbent is squandering student funds and is not a good leader. Helping verbs: will, is (squandering) Action verbs: run, win, squandering Linking verb: is (not a good leader) ...
Most Common Errors in English Writing
... a question. When the answer to the question begins with a subjective pronoun or noun, use who. For example, Who was the journalist who threw a shoe at George Bush? (The answer would be Muntadar al-Zeidi was the Iraqi journalist who threw a shoe at him. In the answer, Muntadar al-Zeidi is the subject ...
... a question. When the answer to the question begins with a subjective pronoun or noun, use who. For example, Who was the journalist who threw a shoe at George Bush? (The answer would be Muntadar al-Zeidi was the Iraqi journalist who threw a shoe at him. In the answer, Muntadar al-Zeidi is the subject ...
Passive and Active Voices
... The paragraph is clearly about this new policy so it is appropriate that policy move from being the object in the first sentence to being the subject of the second sentence. The passive voice allows for this transition.† ...
... The paragraph is clearly about this new policy so it is appropriate that policy move from being the object in the first sentence to being the subject of the second sentence. The passive voice allows for this transition.† ...
pdf format - Skyline College
... Revise the following sentences to replace the “to be” verb with an active verb. 1. I study nursing at University of San Francisco. 2. The psychology class interests me because it focuses on how war affects soldiers. Revise the following sentences to remove the “there + to be.” 3. Many Skyline Colleg ...
... Revise the following sentences to replace the “to be” verb with an active verb. 1. I study nursing at University of San Francisco. 2. The psychology class interests me because it focuses on how war affects soldiers. Revise the following sentences to remove the “there + to be.” 3. Many Skyline Colleg ...
08 Grammar Past Participles
... BBC Learning English - Quiznet Grammar Past Participles For each of the six questions choose the one correct answer. 1. Did you know over 200 people have successfully ______ solo across the channel from England to France? a. swimmed b. swim c. swam d. swum 2. Hmmm, I love the smell of freshly _____ ...
... BBC Learning English - Quiznet Grammar Past Participles For each of the six questions choose the one correct answer. 1. Did you know over 200 people have successfully ______ solo across the channel from England to France? a. swimmed b. swim c. swam d. swum 2. Hmmm, I love the smell of freshly _____ ...
Passive forms
... The action or situation described in a sentence can be viewed in two ways, without changing the truth value of the facts reported, by using the active or the passive voice: A fireman saved the kid from the fire The kid was saved from the fire by a fireman Switching from the active to the passive voi ...
... The action or situation described in a sentence can be viewed in two ways, without changing the truth value of the facts reported, by using the active or the passive voice: A fireman saved the kid from the fire The kid was saved from the fire by a fireman Switching from the active to the passive voi ...
DGP * Sentence 1
... 1 independent clause (put in brackets & label “IC”) 1 dependent clause (put in parentheses & label “DC”) ...
... 1 independent clause (put in brackets & label “IC”) 1 dependent clause (put in parentheses & label “DC”) ...
Scope and Sequence sheets for the Red Program
... * Write a sentence starting each word with a given letter ...
... * Write a sentence starting each word with a given letter ...
Questions from students
... ANSWER. I said in the handout on p.7 that complement is just another term for argument, with the difference that complements of verbs have to appear inside VP. QUESTION. Also in Handout 1, I do not understand very well the concept of "abstract cases"... Could you explain it to me again please? ANSWE ...
... ANSWER. I said in the handout on p.7 that complement is just another term for argument, with the difference that complements of verbs have to appear inside VP. QUESTION. Also in Handout 1, I do not understand very well the concept of "abstract cases"... Could you explain it to me again please? ANSWE ...
File - Shoal Bay Public School Curriculum
... person, place, thing or idea (ACELA1508) understand how ideas can be expanded and sharpened through careful choice of verbs, elaborated tenses and a range of adverb groups/phrases (ACELA1523) identify a variety of connectives in texts to indicate time, add information, clarify understanding, sho ...
... person, place, thing or idea (ACELA1508) understand how ideas can be expanded and sharpened through careful choice of verbs, elaborated tenses and a range of adverb groups/phrases (ACELA1523) identify a variety of connectives in texts to indicate time, add information, clarify understanding, sho ...
Grammar 1.4 - Mr. F. Rivera
... A run-on sentence consists of two or more sentences written as though they were a single sentence. RUN-ON Most ghost towns are in ruins, some have been restored to their original condition. REVISION Most ghost towns are in ruins. Some have been restored to their original condition. REVISION II Most ...
... A run-on sentence consists of two or more sentences written as though they were a single sentence. RUN-ON Most ghost towns are in ruins, some have been restored to their original condition. REVISION Most ghost towns are in ruins. Some have been restored to their original condition. REVISION II Most ...
File - American Studies Radboud University
... • the cardinal number an (in meaning: one) (anre giefe (gen./dat. sg. fem.)) How to recognise? • mostly like declensions of dem. pronouns and strong nouns • so more morphological distinctions than in weak declension (including an instrumental) • nom. + ac. pl. is distinguished for gender: masc. gode ...
... • the cardinal number an (in meaning: one) (anre giefe (gen./dat. sg. fem.)) How to recognise? • mostly like declensions of dem. pronouns and strong nouns • so more morphological distinctions than in weak declension (including an instrumental) • nom. + ac. pl. is distinguished for gender: masc. gode ...
160 hours, includes TROM BESISI B
... Passive voice – present simple, past simple Recognise modals - of present or future meaning (can, could, may, might, should, must) and understand their meaning. ...
... Passive voice – present simple, past simple Recognise modals - of present or future meaning (can, could, may, might, should, must) and understand their meaning. ...
Adjective Clauses • Practice 1
... Introductory Words Relative pronouns connect adjective clauses to the words they modify. They also play a role within their own clauses, as shown in the chart. Relative adverbs connect adjective clauses to the words they modify and act as adverbs within the clauses. Note in the second example that a ...
... Introductory Words Relative pronouns connect adjective clauses to the words they modify. They also play a role within their own clauses, as shown in the chart. Relative adverbs connect adjective clauses to the words they modify and act as adverbs within the clauses. Note in the second example that a ...
2006 TSJCL Novice 1.wpd
... TU # 17: You live in an ancient Roman town. The bread you bought this morning is already stale; the water at the baths just isn’t as hot as it used to be; your house was burglarized last week; the water from the local fountain has a bit of dirt in it and you want to complain about all of this. Which ...
... TU # 17: You live in an ancient Roman town. The bread you bought this morning is already stale; the water at the baths just isn’t as hot as it used to be; your house was burglarized last week; the water from the local fountain has a bit of dirt in it and you want to complain about all of this. Which ...
Lecture 9 - Studentportalen
... 1. Predicative: head of a subject or object predicative Det Pre Head Post Det Pre Head the | small | bowl | on the desk my | purple | tie 2. Attributive: modifier (usually premodifier) in noun phrases ...
... 1. Predicative: head of a subject or object predicative Det Pre Head Post Det Pre Head the | small | bowl | on the desk my | purple | tie 2. Attributive: modifier (usually premodifier) in noun phrases ...
Present progressive
... In English The present perfect indicative is used to say what has or has not happened in a period of time up to the present. It is formed with the present tense of the verb to have and the past participle of the main verb: (I, you) have, (he, she, it) has, (we, you, they) have + past participle. Isa ...
... In English The present perfect indicative is used to say what has or has not happened in a period of time up to the present. It is formed with the present tense of the verb to have and the past participle of the main verb: (I, you) have, (he, she, it) has, (we, you, they) have + past participle. Isa ...
Syntax, lexical categories, and morphology - Assets
... which subsumes prepositions and postpositions. In traditional grammar, lexical categories are given notional definitions, i.e. they are characterized in terms of their semantic content. For example, noun is defined as ‘the name of a person, place or thing’, verb is defined as an ‘action word’, and a ...
... which subsumes prepositions and postpositions. In traditional grammar, lexical categories are given notional definitions, i.e. they are characterized in terms of their semantic content. For example, noun is defined as ‘the name of a person, place or thing’, verb is defined as an ‘action word’, and a ...
Action verbs and verbals
... Review A Underline each verb, and circle each verbal in this passage from Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Which do you think are the most lively? The boys cried out to each other, but the roaring blasts and the booming thunder blasts drowned their voices utterly. However, one by one they ...
... Review A Underline each verb, and circle each verbal in this passage from Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Which do you think are the most lively? The boys cried out to each other, but the roaring blasts and the booming thunder blasts drowned their voices utterly. However, one by one they ...
Document
... structure “NP of X” or “NP with/having to do with X” (with a more specific and less awkward meaning). Most of the Column A examples can be rephrased in these ways and retain their original meanings (damage of the brain, a fan of Phish, the counter of tickets, a study having to do with science), but ...
... structure “NP of X” or “NP with/having to do with X” (with a more specific and less awkward meaning). Most of the Column A examples can be rephrased in these ways and retain their original meanings (damage of the brain, a fan of Phish, the counter of tickets, a study having to do with science), but ...