THE PASSIVE VOICE
... a. He will be sent b. it will have been sent c. They had been sent d. She has been sent e. They were being sent f. They will have been sent g. They are sent h. They have been sent i. It was sent j. He has been sent ...
... a. He will be sent b. it will have been sent c. They had been sent d. She has been sent e. They were being sent f. They will have been sent g. They are sent h. They have been sent i. It was sent j. He has been sent ...
THE CONJUNCTION (continued) Classes of Conjunctions
... dependent on the other. Hence the Conjunction introducing the dependent or subordinate clause is called a Subordinating Conjunction. Definition: A Subordinating Conjunction joins a clause to another one, which it depends on for its full meaning. - The chief Subordinating Conjunctions are:After, beca ...
... dependent on the other. Hence the Conjunction introducing the dependent or subordinate clause is called a Subordinating Conjunction. Definition: A Subordinating Conjunction joins a clause to another one, which it depends on for its full meaning. - The chief Subordinating Conjunctions are:After, beca ...
Descriptive words in Paresi-Haliti and in other Arawak
... adjective class, languages with a small closed class of adjectives, and languages with no distinct class o f ad jectives. We tzer (1992) d iscussed so me p otential co mplications t o Dixon’s generalizations. For e xample, he s aid that t he a ssociation of human pr opensity type with nouns is less ...
... adjective class, languages with a small closed class of adjectives, and languages with no distinct class o f ad jectives. We tzer (1992) d iscussed so me p otential co mplications t o Dixon’s generalizations. For e xample, he s aid that t he a ssociation of human pr opensity type with nouns is less ...
English Matters
... He always/often/rarely/sometimes laughs -adverbs that modify a whole sentence: ...
... He always/often/rarely/sometimes laughs -adverbs that modify a whole sentence: ...
Penn Treebank Tagset
... By contrast, when there is used adverbially, it receives at least some stress and does not trigger inversion. EXAMPLES: There/RB, a party was in progress. There/RB, a melee ensued. Existential and adverbial there can both occur together in the same sentence. EXAMPLE: ...
... By contrast, when there is used adverbially, it receives at least some stress and does not trigger inversion. EXAMPLES: There/RB, a party was in progress. There/RB, a melee ensued. Existential and adverbial there can both occur together in the same sentence. EXAMPLE: ...
Review on Clauses - Campbell County Schools
... ◦ Example: What I said was misinterpreted. (The dependent clause tells us the topic that was misinterpreted. The whole clause is the subject of the sentence.) ◦ Example: The teacher explained why the students needed a notebook for class. (The dependent clause answers the question, “the teacher expl ...
... ◦ Example: What I said was misinterpreted. (The dependent clause tells us the topic that was misinterpreted. The whole clause is the subject of the sentence.) ◦ Example: The teacher explained why the students needed a notebook for class. (The dependent clause answers the question, “the teacher expl ...
Lesson 6 LESSON 6 - Yerevan State Linguistic University after V
... This combined pronoun functions, however, like a relative pronoun in other languages; it agrees with its antecedent (the word it refers to) in gender and number, but takes the case appropriate to its position in the relative clause. Example: Weis sehwum thana mannan saei stal thata huzd. “We saw the ...
... This combined pronoun functions, however, like a relative pronoun in other languages; it agrees with its antecedent (the word it refers to) in gender and number, but takes the case appropriate to its position in the relative clause. Example: Weis sehwum thana mannan saei stal thata huzd. “We saw the ...
The Adjective Clause
... 1. Cartoonists use a variety of unusual names for the symbols that commonly appear in comic strips. 2. For example, a briffit is the little puff of dust hanging in the spot where a swiftly departing character was previously standing. 3. For times when cartoonists want to make something appear hot or ...
... 1. Cartoonists use a variety of unusual names for the symbols that commonly appear in comic strips. 2. For example, a briffit is the little puff of dust hanging in the spot where a swiftly departing character was previously standing. 3. For times when cartoonists want to make something appear hot or ...
english syllabus - Colegio Villa María
... Responds appropriately to questions, directions, texts read aloud, and oral presentations listening to different audio messages. Expands vocabulary by listening and speaking. Builds simple sentences orally. Participates in short dialogues or drills. Understands vocabulary words (numbers, colors, sha ...
... Responds appropriately to questions, directions, texts read aloud, and oral presentations listening to different audio messages. Expands vocabulary by listening and speaking. Builds simple sentences orally. Participates in short dialogues or drills. Understands vocabulary words (numbers, colors, sha ...
ComparativesSuperlatives
... 1. What case is X in? Why is X in this case? - Dative after persuadeo / verb of giving-showing-preparing-talking - Accusative after preposition taking accusative - Ablative after preposition taking ablative 2. Give the nominative singular of X. (= what is the basic form of this noun) 3. What gender ...
... 1. What case is X in? Why is X in this case? - Dative after persuadeo / verb of giving-showing-preparing-talking - Accusative after preposition taking accusative - Ablative after preposition taking ablative 2. Give the nominative singular of X. (= what is the basic form of this noun) 3. What gender ...
Grammar Mastery Test - Warren County Schools
... 13. I (has, have) already spent all my money. 14. She (has, have) already done that. 15. We are not certain it will be (he, him) who breaks free. 16. Did they assume they scared (she, her)? 17. He is certain it will be (she, her). 18. Between you and (I, me), there's going to be a shake-up here. 19. ...
... 13. I (has, have) already spent all my money. 14. She (has, have) already done that. 15. We are not certain it will be (he, him) who breaks free. 16. Did they assume they scared (she, her)? 17. He is certain it will be (she, her). 18. Between you and (I, me), there's going to be a shake-up here. 19. ...
Homophones
... were talking about a book, but you wanted to describe the pages belonging to that book, you would say something like this: o I read a very old book yesterday. Its pages were faded and torn at the edges. In this case, “its” refers to the book’s pages. Notice how the word “its” is used in the same way ...
... were talking about a book, but you wanted to describe the pages belonging to that book, you would say something like this: o I read a very old book yesterday. Its pages were faded and torn at the edges. In this case, “its” refers to the book’s pages. Notice how the word “its” is used in the same way ...
Word Formation: A Morphological Analysis - E
... words by writers, inventors, scientists, and others who are in need of a term to express a certain meaning or to name a product like ...
... words by writers, inventors, scientists, and others who are in need of a term to express a certain meaning or to name a product like ...
Syntax
... Determiners (DET) often signal that a noun or adjective + noun is following, as in the book, many blue pencils. This class includes words like a, the, many, several, few, some, all, and which. It also includes possessive words and phrases, for example, my, her, your, and our. ...
... Determiners (DET) often signal that a noun or adjective + noun is following, as in the book, many blue pencils. This class includes words like a, the, many, several, few, some, all, and which. It also includes possessive words and phrases, for example, my, her, your, and our. ...
Journal of the Linguistic Society of Papua New Guinea
... categories of lexical items defined by their morphological or syntactic behavior (Tallerman: 1998, p. 31). Major word classes, such as Verb Phrase (VP), Noun Phrase (NP), Adjective Phrase (Adj.P), and Prepositional Phrase (PP), are distinguished by the morphology, functions, and patterns of distribu ...
... categories of lexical items defined by their morphological or syntactic behavior (Tallerman: 1998, p. 31). Major word classes, such as Verb Phrase (VP), Noun Phrase (NP), Adjective Phrase (Adj.P), and Prepositional Phrase (PP), are distinguished by the morphology, functions, and patterns of distribu ...
LEVEL THREE: PHRASES A phrase is a group of words that does
... We always put a comma if not doing so would be misleading. From the beginning Churchill suspected Stalin. Like the nation’s true leader, Churchill was blunt. From the start of the war, Churchill suspected Stalin. AVOID SPLITTING THE SUBJECT AND VERB WITH A PREPOSITIONAL PHRASE. Wrong: The collection ...
... We always put a comma if not doing so would be misleading. From the beginning Churchill suspected Stalin. Like the nation’s true leader, Churchill was blunt. From the start of the war, Churchill suspected Stalin. AVOID SPLITTING THE SUBJECT AND VERB WITH A PREPOSITIONAL PHRASE. Wrong: The collection ...
Syntax
... What we have proven is that constituents with different structures can have the same functions because they can be used in the same position in a sentence. This means that they belong to the same category, and since some constituents may involve combinations of more than one word, these categories a ...
... What we have proven is that constituents with different structures can have the same functions because they can be used in the same position in a sentence. This means that they belong to the same category, and since some constituents may involve combinations of more than one word, these categories a ...
1.1. How to do morphological analysis
... The cat sat on my favorite chair. Examples the, a, my, your, his, her, its, our, their, this, that, those, some, all, every, one, two, three… Auxiliary Syntactic position Before a verb; no more than three auxiliaries may appear before a single verb. I could have been lying on the beach right now. Ex ...
... The cat sat on my favorite chair. Examples the, a, my, your, his, her, its, our, their, this, that, those, some, all, every, one, two, three… Auxiliary Syntactic position Before a verb; no more than three auxiliaries may appear before a single verb. I could have been lying on the beach right now. Ex ...
Grammar Jargon Buster for Parents
... • in pairs before and after a word or phrase that gives extra information. For example: The trainers, a present from my mum, were filthy. ...
... • in pairs before and after a word or phrase that gives extra information. For example: The trainers, a present from my mum, were filthy. ...
Grammar Jargon Buster - Farndon Primary School
... always use them in pairs. The brackets contain information that could be left out, and the sentence would still make sense. For example: His stomach (which was never very quiet) began to gurgle ...
... always use them in pairs. The brackets contain information that could be left out, and the sentence would still make sense. For example: His stomach (which was never very quiet) began to gurgle ...
Dictionary skills
... want to say and see if you can put it another way, using words you already know. To rephrase things you can: > Use a word with a similar meaning. This is particularly easy with adjectives, as there are a lot of words which mean good, bad, big etc and you’re sure to know at least one. > Use negatives ...
... want to say and see if you can put it another way, using words you already know. To rephrase things you can: > Use a word with a similar meaning. This is particularly easy with adjectives, as there are a lot of words which mean good, bad, big etc and you’re sure to know at least one. > Use negatives ...
Spring Themed Grammar Review
... 2. “Hurry, it’s starting to rain.” 3. “Phew, we almost did not make it inside before the rain started.” 4. “Hey there! Have you seen my dog?” 5. “These are beautiful flowers. Wow, they are huge!” 6. “Aha! There’s my umbrella.” Write two sentences below using interjections. ...
... 2. “Hurry, it’s starting to rain.” 3. “Phew, we almost did not make it inside before the rain started.” 4. “Hey there! Have you seen my dog?” 5. “These are beautiful flowers. Wow, they are huge!” 6. “Aha! There’s my umbrella.” Write two sentences below using interjections. ...
Lecture 2
... passive voice should never be used. Do not put statements in the negative form. Verbs has to agree with their subject. Proofread carefully to see if you words out. If you reread your work, you can find on rereading a great deal of repetition can be avoided by rereading and editing. A writer must not ...
... passive voice should never be used. Do not put statements in the negative form. Verbs has to agree with their subject. Proofread carefully to see if you words out. If you reread your work, you can find on rereading a great deal of repetition can be avoided by rereading and editing. A writer must not ...