Pronouns
... A common problem with pronoun usage results from attempts to use nonsexist language. Much of this difficulty can be avoided by using plural nouns and pronouns. Some specific and clear “Guidelines for Nonsexist Language” are available from the Society of Music Theory at http://www.wmich.edu/mustheo/n ...
... A common problem with pronoun usage results from attempts to use nonsexist language. Much of this difficulty can be avoided by using plural nouns and pronouns. Some specific and clear “Guidelines for Nonsexist Language” are available from the Society of Music Theory at http://www.wmich.edu/mustheo/n ...
En el Agente de Viajes más con… QUERER, PREFERIR, TENER
... Students should be able to conjugate the following verbs in all of their present tense forms: QUERER, TENER, & PREFERIR. Demonstrate your ability to do this by creating a conjugation table/chart with all of the proper conjugations. Pre-Assessment of Today’s Lesson: Imagine you are a travel agent, wi ...
... Students should be able to conjugate the following verbs in all of their present tense forms: QUERER, TENER, & PREFERIR. Demonstrate your ability to do this by creating a conjugation table/chart with all of the proper conjugations. Pre-Assessment of Today’s Lesson: Imagine you are a travel agent, wi ...
by Bruce Jaffee - East Central College
... 2. Adjective clauses starting with that and which cause lots of trouble. a. Use which to introduce a clause that is parenthetical (nonessential = nonrestrictive). example: The lion, which rested by the river, seemed well fed. b. Use that to introduce a clause that restricts the meaning and is essent ...
... 2. Adjective clauses starting with that and which cause lots of trouble. a. Use which to introduce a clause that is parenthetical (nonessential = nonrestrictive). example: The lion, which rested by the river, seemed well fed. b. Use that to introduce a clause that restricts the meaning and is essent ...
Click to the English Handbook
... reading comprehension. Using a highlighter while reading and underlining key phrases are a few of the strategies learned. In addition, children may be given post-it notes for additional comprehension strategies. However, there are many more that may be put to use and here are some that might be more ...
... reading comprehension. Using a highlighter while reading and underlining key phrases are a few of the strategies learned. In addition, children may be given post-it notes for additional comprehension strategies. However, there are many more that may be put to use and here are some that might be more ...
Subjects, Predicates, and Complements
... Avoid mistaking adverbs and objects of prepositions for complements. Chloe studies hard. “Hard” is an adverb describing how Chloe studies. Chloe studies after rehearsal. “After rehearsal” is a prepositional phrase telling when Chloe studies. Chloe studies grammar. “Grammar” completes the meaning of ...
... Avoid mistaking adverbs and objects of prepositions for complements. Chloe studies hard. “Hard” is an adverb describing how Chloe studies. Chloe studies after rehearsal. “After rehearsal” is a prepositional phrase telling when Chloe studies. Chloe studies grammar. “Grammar” completes the meaning of ...
Parts of Speech - Fort Thomas Independent Schools
... or another adverb. They tell how, where, when, or to what extent. They often end in –ly. ...
... or another adverb. They tell how, where, when, or to what extent. They often end in –ly. ...
The Use of the Participle in Latin The Circumstantial Participle The
... Latin, too, has participles that are employed in this fashion; generally speaking, however, these are forms that have become so frequent that their origin is ignored or has largely been forgotten, to the point that they are treated like any other adjective or, often (in the case of present participl ...
... Latin, too, has participles that are employed in this fashion; generally speaking, however, these are forms that have become so frequent that their origin is ignored or has largely been forgotten, to the point that they are treated like any other adjective or, often (in the case of present participl ...
Verbs for Elegant Exposition
... Revision time. Go back to your expository writing for homework and rewrite some portion of it using one of these evocative verbs. 2. CHRONOLOGY VERBS – these verbs help you navigate exposition of a story. They will help you easily and powerfully explain the story in order. The most common ones are b ...
... Revision time. Go back to your expository writing for homework and rewrite some portion of it using one of these evocative verbs. 2. CHRONOLOGY VERBS – these verbs help you navigate exposition of a story. They will help you easily and powerfully explain the story in order. The most common ones are b ...
sequence(s) of tenses
... • But remember that many kinds of subordinate clauses can or even must have an indicative verb. • Remember, too, that subordinate and subjunctive are not the same thing! • We’ll study only subjunctive subordinate clause verbs for two reasons: • because the subjunctive lacks the future and future per ...
... • But remember that many kinds of subordinate clauses can or even must have an indicative verb. • Remember, too, that subordinate and subjunctive are not the same thing! • We’ll study only subjunctive subordinate clause verbs for two reasons: • because the subjunctive lacks the future and future per ...
Relative Clauses
... project that is due Monday. This weekend figure out a way to explain reducing relative clauses. It can be a check list, an activity, a graph, or anything else that will help YOU understand reducing the relative clauses. Do you have relative clauses in your native language? How are the same or differ ...
... project that is due Monday. This weekend figure out a way to explain reducing relative clauses. It can be a check list, an activity, a graph, or anything else that will help YOU understand reducing the relative clauses. Do you have relative clauses in your native language? How are the same or differ ...
English Language Arts Vocabulary and Strategies
... paraphrase - (verb) to take information from an outside source and put it into your own words. A paraphrase often has facts and details from the source. Even though you have put most of the writing into your words, you must cite the source. participle – a verb-like word that ends with ~ing, ~ed, ~en ...
... paraphrase - (verb) to take information from an outside source and put it into your own words. A paraphrase often has facts and details from the source. Even though you have put most of the writing into your words, you must cite the source. participle – a verb-like word that ends with ~ing, ~ed, ~en ...
Automatic translation of support verb constructions
... translate without difficulty into English. However, the support verb can be deleted in French, as in (9)b and (10)b, but not in English. The latter sentences can only be translated by re-introducing the deleted support verb. To handle all these difficulties, a link must be established in the lexicon ...
... translate without difficulty into English. However, the support verb can be deleted in French, as in (9)b and (10)b, but not in English. The latter sentences can only be translated by re-introducing the deleted support verb. To handle all these difficulties, a link must be established in the lexicon ...
Countable Nouns
... "Will" often suggests that a speaker will do something voluntarily. A voluntary action is one the speaker offers to do for someone else. Often, we use "will" to respond to someone else's complaint or request for help. We also use "will" when we request that someone help us or volunteer to do somethi ...
... "Will" often suggests that a speaker will do something voluntarily. A voluntary action is one the speaker offers to do for someone else. Often, we use "will" to respond to someone else's complaint or request for help. We also use "will" when we request that someone help us or volunteer to do somethi ...
Verbs Types and Their Usages Traditional Classification of verbs for
... non-finite forms. The two finite forms are the present tense and the past tense; the three non-finite forms are the infinitive (including the bare infinitive and the toinfinitive), the -ing participle and the –ed participle. Finite verbs are marked for tense, and non-finite verbs have no tense disti ...
... non-finite forms. The two finite forms are the present tense and the past tense; the three non-finite forms are the infinitive (including the bare infinitive and the toinfinitive), the -ing participle and the –ed participle. Finite verbs are marked for tense, and non-finite verbs have no tense disti ...
Phrases
... An introductory, participial phrase is a participial phrase that comes at the beginning of the sentence. There are two rules for these phrases: 1. Introductory participial phrases must be set off by a comma. 2. Introductory participial phrases will always modify the subject. ...
... An introductory, participial phrase is a participial phrase that comes at the beginning of the sentence. There are two rules for these phrases: 1. Introductory participial phrases must be set off by a comma. 2. Introductory participial phrases will always modify the subject. ...
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... processing, namely how to lemmatize them. It is commonly accepted that a lemma has the same prefix as all of the word-forms which can be derived from it. The exception for the Czech and Slovak are the negation prefix neand superlative intensifying prefixes nej-/naj-/наи- of adjectives and adverbs in al ...
... processing, namely how to lemmatize them. It is commonly accepted that a lemma has the same prefix as all of the word-forms which can be derived from it. The exception for the Czech and Slovak are the negation prefix neand superlative intensifying prefixes nej-/naj-/наи- of adjectives and adverbs in al ...
Lesson 11. Pattern with Indirect Object. Page 30 Some verbs take
... The exam was more difficult than the students expected. Meaning: we have contrast (i.e. difference) between the exam and what the students expected. In other words, the exam was different from what the students expected. Ellipsis in the comparative clauses The linking verb is in the comparative clau ...
... The exam was more difficult than the students expected. Meaning: we have contrast (i.e. difference) between the exam and what the students expected. In other words, the exam was different from what the students expected. Ellipsis in the comparative clauses The linking verb is in the comparative clau ...
Verb and adjective complement clauses
... • Raising describes the relationship between the main clause subject and the to-clause. It occurs with to-complement clauses controlled by verbs of probability and simple fact (seem, tend) or by adjectives – To-clauses controlled by verbs can have subject-to-subject raising. Millar was determined to ...
... • Raising describes the relationship between the main clause subject and the to-clause. It occurs with to-complement clauses controlled by verbs of probability and simple fact (seem, tend) or by adjectives – To-clauses controlled by verbs can have subject-to-subject raising. Millar was determined to ...
THE DE-GERMANICISING OF ENGLISH(1)
... Within’another two hundred years ．the nominative ． and accusative．plural’Tes ．was extended analogically to the ．other plural cases，’ and the dative singular in 7e was dropped， with．the ・result that only two ・’forms existed：．dai and dai（e）s （serving as the genitive singular and as the plUral）． dce ...
... Within’another two hundred years ．the nominative ． and accusative．plural’Tes ．was extended analogically to the ．other plural cases，’ and the dative singular in 7e was dropped， with．the ・result that only two ・’forms existed：．dai and dai（e）s （serving as the genitive singular and as the plUral）． dce ...
What is a Verb?
... • According to lexical meaning, main verbs can be dynamic and stative. Dynamic verbs (sometimes referred to as “action verbs”) usually describe actions we can take, or things that happen; stative verbs usually refer to a state or condition which is quite static or unchanging. ...
... • According to lexical meaning, main verbs can be dynamic and stative. Dynamic verbs (sometimes referred to as “action verbs”) usually describe actions we can take, or things that happen; stative verbs usually refer to a state or condition which is quite static or unchanging. ...
Explanation of Stamped Comments Used in Marking and
... 3. LACK OF AGREEMENT In English, verbs may have different forms indicating singular and plural, and indicating whether the subject of the sentence is first person (I/we), second person (you/you), or third person (she, he, it, John, Jane/they, John & Jane). The verb must agree in number and person wi ...
... 3. LACK OF AGREEMENT In English, verbs may have different forms indicating singular and plural, and indicating whether the subject of the sentence is first person (I/we), second person (you/you), or third person (she, he, it, John, Jane/they, John & Jane). The verb must agree in number and person wi ...