Refining your draft
... One solution is shown below: The different responses were evaluated and two projects chosen as case studies. One of these is a centre for children with physical disabilities and the other a regional CBR programme. ...
... One solution is shown below: The different responses were evaluated and two projects chosen as case studies. One of these is a centre for children with physical disabilities and the other a regional CBR programme. ...
SPAG help booklet - Sprowston Junior School
... For example: The bird ate the apple noisily. The cat sleeps all day. We’ll play when we get home. A word or phrase at the front of a sentence used, like an adverb, to modify a verb or clause. It is often followed by a comma. E.g In fifteen minutes, we will leave. Yesterday, it was Emily’s birthday. ...
... For example: The bird ate the apple noisily. The cat sleeps all day. We’ll play when we get home. A word or phrase at the front of a sentence used, like an adverb, to modify a verb or clause. It is often followed by a comma. E.g In fifteen minutes, we will leave. Yesterday, it was Emily’s birthday. ...
Sentence Variety
... • Original: The drawbridge was pulled up. The enemy knights could not get into the castle. • Combined: When the drawbridge was pulled up, the enemy knights could not get into the castle. • Yours:______________________________ ______________________________________ ...
... • Original: The drawbridge was pulled up. The enemy knights could not get into the castle. • Combined: When the drawbridge was pulled up, the enemy knights could not get into the castle. • Yours:______________________________ ______________________________________ ...
PSAT Grammar
... have dropped rapidly. Correct: In that magazine, an authority states that scores have dropped rapidly. In the incorrect version, the pronoun they is vaguely referring to someone, but we have no clear picture of who it is. If the antecedent is not clear, you can’t use the pronoun. ...
... have dropped rapidly. Correct: In that magazine, an authority states that scores have dropped rapidly. In the incorrect version, the pronoun they is vaguely referring to someone, but we have no clear picture of who it is. If the antecedent is not clear, you can’t use the pronoun. ...
Adjectives - İngilizce Hocam
... It is wide/widely believed that politicians are people who can't be full/fully trusted. ...
... It is wide/widely believed that politicians are people who can't be full/fully trusted. ...
APP explanation for writing grids – use in conjunction with grid
... report = impersonal, with mechanisms for distancing writer; for discussion texts ...
... report = impersonal, with mechanisms for distancing writer; for discussion texts ...
“Yes, Ms. Blossom,” said Alf and - Superkids
... at least one noun and one verb. Read the first sample sentence in the box. Have children tell why there is an N above the word Superkids. (It is a noun. It names someone.) Then ask them to tell why there is a V above the word giggle. (It is a verb. It tells what someone does.) Read the other sample ...
... at least one noun and one verb. Read the first sample sentence in the box. Have children tell why there is an N above the word Superkids. (It is a noun. It names someone.) Then ask them to tell why there is a V above the word giggle. (It is a verb. It tells what someone does.) Read the other sample ...
Modes of Writing
... NOTE: It is usually possible to avoid this awkward construction altogether. Either the judge is wrong or the lawyers are. ...
... NOTE: It is usually possible to avoid this awkward construction altogether. Either the judge is wrong or the lawyers are. ...
SENTENCE CRAFTING What, Why, and How?
... 7. John is responsible for maintaining a 3.0 GPA so that he can transfer next Fall. 8. Counseling 100 is helpful for first-generation college students. Revise the following sentences to use make the noun-form of the verb the main verb of the sentence. 9. Professor Smith is the teacher for my calculu ...
... 7. John is responsible for maintaining a 3.0 GPA so that he can transfer next Fall. 8. Counseling 100 is helpful for first-generation college students. Revise the following sentences to use make the noun-form of the verb the main verb of the sentence. 9. Professor Smith is the teacher for my calculu ...
SUGGESTED SUMMER HOMEWORK KENSINGTON HALL GRADE 5
... 3. I asked myself how I could have been so careless. 4. You gave us support when we needed it. 5. I found the weak battery and replaced it. ...
... 3. I asked myself how I could have been so careless. 4. You gave us support when we needed it. 5. I found the weak battery and replaced it. ...
GRAMMAR RULES _DOL RULES_ 2005-6
... a phrase is a group of words that hang together without BOTH a subject and a verb. Examples of phrases: in the early morning OR after the creative writing class OR of the many senior captains OR shattering into many fragments OR in Tennyson’s beautiful poetry} a clause is a group of words that conta ...
... a phrase is a group of words that hang together without BOTH a subject and a verb. Examples of phrases: in the early morning OR after the creative writing class OR of the many senior captains OR shattering into many fragments OR in Tennyson’s beautiful poetry} a clause is a group of words that conta ...
Sentence Parts
... If your students think a clause is one of Kris Kringle’s relatives, set them straight with this creative activity! After a lesson on main and subordinate clauses, give each pair of students one nine-inch and one six-inch construction paper circle, a ruler, a marker, and a brad. Have the students d ...
... If your students think a clause is one of Kris Kringle’s relatives, set them straight with this creative activity! After a lesson on main and subordinate clauses, give each pair of students one nine-inch and one six-inch construction paper circle, a ruler, a marker, and a brad. Have the students d ...
Sometimes there
... A participle can also be used as an adverb, as in, The man ran crying out of the cinema. Here, “crying” modifies the verb “ran,” describing how he ran: “the man ran crying.” ...
... A participle can also be used as an adverb, as in, The man ran crying out of the cinema. Here, “crying” modifies the verb “ran,” describing how he ran: “the man ran crying.” ...
- The IJHSS
... A clause is seen as a “…group of words that has the presence of a verb… and a subject…” Quagie (2010). This means that a clause should have a subject and a verb as the key components in order to be appropriately described so. The verb and the subject have a syntactic structure. The verb together wit ...
... A clause is seen as a “…group of words that has the presence of a verb… and a subject…” Quagie (2010). This means that a clause should have a subject and a verb as the key components in order to be appropriately described so. The verb and the subject have a syntactic structure. The verb together wit ...
Transactions of the Literary and Historical Society of Quebec
... removed from the Saxon is to this day very generally spoken. What we, in our learned superciliousness and abhorrence of the vulgar, denominate the dialects, and the jargon of Somersetshire, ...
... removed from the Saxon is to this day very generally spoken. What we, in our learned superciliousness and abhorrence of the vulgar, denominate the dialects, and the jargon of Somersetshire, ...
Lecture 07
... auxiliary) occurs between the subject (its specifier) and the VP (its complement): S NP Det ...
... auxiliary) occurs between the subject (its specifier) and the VP (its complement): S NP Det ...
Machine-to-man communication by speech Part II: Synthesis of
... into their constituent morphs. For example, [grasshopper] ~ [grass] + [hop] + [er], and [browbeat] ~ [brow] + [beat]. Each of these morphs corresponds to a dictionary entry that contains, in addition to phonemic specifications, parts-of-speech information. I n the case of morphs that can exist alone ...
... into their constituent morphs. For example, [grasshopper] ~ [grass] + [hop] + [er], and [browbeat] ~ [brow] + [beat]. Each of these morphs corresponds to a dictionary entry that contains, in addition to phonemic specifications, parts-of-speech information. I n the case of morphs that can exist alone ...
1st SW grammar packet 2016
... 18. Frequently, one story leads to the next one and then to the next and the next. 19. As I keep going from one story to another, big grins appear on my parents’ faces. 20. When I ask why they are grinning, they reply, “Well, wouldn’t you like to hear a little about our day?” ...
... 18. Frequently, one story leads to the next one and then to the next and the next. 19. As I keep going from one story to another, big grins appear on my parents’ faces. 20. When I ask why they are grinning, they reply, “Well, wouldn’t you like to hear a little about our day?” ...
Chapter 1: Sentence Basics
... A noun is a word that labels a person, place, thing, or idea. • A possessive noun shows ownership. An apostrophe (’)and an -s are used to form the possessive. Shep’s home is in northeast Asia. Tigers’ main food source is wild pig. ...
... A noun is a word that labels a person, place, thing, or idea. • A possessive noun shows ownership. An apostrophe (’)and an -s are used to form the possessive. Shep’s home is in northeast Asia. Tigers’ main food source is wild pig. ...
word classes nouns i (meg 1.1-1.25)
... them and try to explain what the problem is. 1) He had to do all the talking since neither of his parents was very good at English. – neither of=two 2) Have you got a jacket to lend me? – Swedish ‘nån/nåt’ = a/an in English 3) She hurt her back while playing football. Body part=possessive pronoun 4) ...
... them and try to explain what the problem is. 1) He had to do all the talking since neither of his parents was very good at English. – neither of=two 2) Have you got a jacket to lend me? – Swedish ‘nån/nåt’ = a/an in English 3) She hurt her back while playing football. Body part=possessive pronoun 4) ...
Sentence Fragments
... Usually, they are pieces of sentences that have become disconnected from the main clause. You may notice fragments in the things that you read – novels, newspaper articles, online articles, magazines, etc. Sometimes fragments are used stylistically in writing (to creat emphasis) In formal, aca ...
... Usually, they are pieces of sentences that have become disconnected from the main clause. You may notice fragments in the things that you read – novels, newspaper articles, online articles, magazines, etc. Sometimes fragments are used stylistically in writing (to creat emphasis) In formal, aca ...