English Grammar
... fact, ——— (I / see) someone about hiring a cook this afternoon. So, I must go now or —— (I / not / get) to their shop before ——— (they / close). ...
... fact, ——— (I / see) someone about hiring a cook this afternoon. So, I must go now or —— (I / not / get) to their shop before ——— (they / close). ...
Passive Voice
... a. This programme _______________________ (watch) by millions of people. b. Paper __________________________ (make) from wood. c. Hundreds of people _______________________ (kill) in accidents every year. d. London __________________________ (visit) by thousands of tourists every year. e. The biolog ...
... a. This programme _______________________ (watch) by millions of people. b. Paper __________________________ (make) from wood. c. Hundreds of people _______________________ (kill) in accidents every year. d. London __________________________ (visit) by thousands of tourists every year. e. The biolog ...
adverb and adverbial phrase
... are in bold. The verbs that they modify are underlined: Children grow up really quickly. I exercise very regularly and I eat quite healthily. ...
... are in bold. The verbs that they modify are underlined: Children grow up really quickly. I exercise very regularly and I eat quite healthily. ...
IV Sentence Problems
... ---The house was so cold that there was ice in the sink. ---The storm came up so fast that we could not find shelter before it was on us. 2. Incomplete comparisons There are two basic kinds of incomplete comparisons: the open-ended comparison and the incomplete than clause. (Ask Ss to read the follo ...
... ---The house was so cold that there was ice in the sink. ---The storm came up so fast that we could not find shelter before it was on us. 2. Incomplete comparisons There are two basic kinds of incomplete comparisons: the open-ended comparison and the incomplete than clause. (Ask Ss to read the follo ...
Basic English Grammar , Book 1
... sentence was first divided into subject and verb by Plato, the famed philosopher from ancient Greece? That was about 2,400 years ago! Ever since then, students all over the world have found it worthwhile to study the structure of words and sentences. Why? Because skill in speaking and writing is the ...
... sentence was first divided into subject and verb by Plato, the famed philosopher from ancient Greece? That was about 2,400 years ago! Ever since then, students all over the world have found it worthwhile to study the structure of words and sentences. Why? Because skill in speaking and writing is the ...
Motivation for studying Italian
... and 2;6. They observed that Spanish children overapplied regular inflectional patterns to verbs that are irregular in adult Spanish. Interestingly they found that overregularization errors were absent from the earliest recordings and only occurred after the children started to use the regular rule p ...
... and 2;6. They observed that Spanish children overapplied regular inflectional patterns to verbs that are irregular in adult Spanish. Interestingly they found that overregularization errors were absent from the earliest recordings and only occurred after the children started to use the regular rule p ...
Parallel Structure Notes
... Joining elements with linking verbs or verbs of being suggests a completing of the first item by the second one. Often, in fact, an equality between the two is being set up, as the examples below illustrate. Examples: Not Parallel: To succeed is opening a new opportunity. Parallel: To succeed is to ...
... Joining elements with linking verbs or verbs of being suggests a completing of the first item by the second one. Often, in fact, an equality between the two is being set up, as the examples below illustrate. Examples: Not Parallel: To succeed is opening a new opportunity. Parallel: To succeed is to ...
Grammar of the Bórnu or Kanuri language
... a native of Kanum), and his select soldiers were likewise ...
... a native of Kanum), and his select soldiers were likewise ...
Analyzing English Grammar
... the repetitive nature of the phrase. As we shall see later on in this text, the two “do’s” are indeed not one in the same (notwithstanding the perceived identical pronunciations). Herein lies the confusion: The first “do” is actually functional, containing no meaning whatsoever and only serves some ...
... the repetitive nature of the phrase. As we shall see later on in this text, the two “do’s” are indeed not one in the same (notwithstanding the perceived identical pronunciations). Herein lies the confusion: The first “do” is actually functional, containing no meaning whatsoever and only serves some ...
print sample of english manuscript for
... between 15 and 16, and class size is about 40 students. Students‟ level of English is intermediate. They have studied English as a subject at junior high school for three years (three hours per week on average) prior to entering the college. After their entrance to the college, students study Englis ...
... between 15 and 16, and class size is about 40 students. Students‟ level of English is intermediate. They have studied English as a subject at junior high school for three years (three hours per week on average) prior to entering the college. After their entrance to the college, students study Englis ...
Commas
... Sometimes an “interrupter” comes at the beginning or the end of the sentence. In such cases, only one comma is needed. EXAMPLES ...
... Sometimes an “interrupter” comes at the beginning or the end of the sentence. In such cases, only one comma is needed. EXAMPLES ...
The Preterite Tense of Regular –AR verbs
... Number your paper 1-4. As you listen to each conversation, jot down as much information as you can from each. You may hear info about what the person is shopping for, where they are shopping, how much the items cost, as well as other related info. ...
... Number your paper 1-4. As you listen to each conversation, jot down as much information as you can from each. You may hear info about what the person is shopping for, where they are shopping, how much the items cost, as well as other related info. ...
The structure of the do/make construction in
... contain little or no semantic information, which may precede a nominalized English bare verb. The nominalized English verb allows the semantic construal of an event, while the light verb creates the appropriate Chichewa syntactic structure and makes it well-formed. I argue that most English verbs un ...
... contain little or no semantic information, which may precede a nominalized English bare verb. The nominalized English verb allows the semantic construal of an event, while the light verb creates the appropriate Chichewa syntactic structure and makes it well-formed. I argue that most English verbs un ...
East Cree nominalizations: negotiating category1 - Marie
... Like neighboring languages Innu and Naskapi, East Cree participles exhibit mixed verbal and nominal properties, but are even more limited in their nominal properties. They bear clear nominal morphology only in the locative, in the rare case when this inflection is semantically possible17. Otherwise ...
... Like neighboring languages Innu and Naskapi, East Cree participles exhibit mixed verbal and nominal properties, but are even more limited in their nominal properties. They bear clear nominal morphology only in the locative, in the rare case when this inflection is semantically possible17. Otherwise ...
limba engleză contemporană. sintaxa propoziţiei
... (complex or compound sentences, which include two or more clauses). ...
... (complex or compound sentences, which include two or more clauses). ...
EssentialPrimaryGrammar - Open Research Exeter
... is not focused on eliminating errors or mistakes in children’s use of language, nor on teaching them to speak or write ‘correctly’ or ‘properly’. Indeed, children will often make more mistakes when they are trying out new, more sophisticated, grammatical patterns in their speech and writing, and th ...
... is not focused on eliminating errors or mistakes in children’s use of language, nor on teaching them to speak or write ‘correctly’ or ‘properly’. Indeed, children will often make more mistakes when they are trying out new, more sophisticated, grammatical patterns in their speech and writing, and th ...
A Grammar of the Tamil Language, with an Appendix
... have given us of the Tamil language. But they all have failed in giving us pure Tamil; they have mixed vulgarisms with grammatical niceties, and left us in want of a regularly digested Syntax. ...
... have given us of the Tamil language. But they all have failed in giving us pure Tamil; they have mixed vulgarisms with grammatical niceties, and left us in want of a regularly digested Syntax. ...
Boom and Whoosh: Verbs of Explosion as a
... explode verb class overlap with other semantic verb classes, a property that is explained in Chapter Four, due to the different components of the explode-event that can be experienced (e.g., the bright flash, the loud boom, the shockwave, etc.). The classification of verbs on the basis of their sema ...
... explode verb class overlap with other semantic verb classes, a property that is explained in Chapter Four, due to the different components of the explode-event that can be experienced (e.g., the bright flash, the loud boom, the shockwave, etc.). The classification of verbs on the basis of their sema ...
THEORETICAL GRAMMAR 4 U SYNTAX
... undergraduate audience. The book uses a cognitive structure that builds on students’ prior knowledge of practical grammar, meant to reinforce their practical grammar skills, advancing higher levels of retention and, at the same time to introduce, cultivate and upgrade students’ interpretation of the ...
... undergraduate audience. The book uses a cognitive structure that builds on students’ prior knowledge of practical grammar, meant to reinforce their practical grammar skills, advancing higher levels of retention and, at the same time to introduce, cultivate and upgrade students’ interpretation of the ...
An ERP study of the processing of subject and object relative
... they hear or read them because there are many cues available early on, most notably a relative pronoun immediately following a head noun. In contrast, Japanese comprehenders cannot be certain that there is a RC noun structure until the appearance of its very last word, the head noun. Another importa ...
... they hear or read them because there are many cues available early on, most notably a relative pronoun immediately following a head noun. In contrast, Japanese comprehenders cannot be certain that there is a RC noun structure until the appearance of its very last word, the head noun. Another importa ...
adjectives and adverbs
... Adverb (Latin: adverbium) has several functions, i.e. it explains verbs, explains adjectives, and explains other adverbs or the entire grammatical constructions. In general, an adverb is formed by adding “ly” to an adjective, such as simultaneous simultaneously, active actively, and high highl ...
... Adverb (Latin: adverbium) has several functions, i.e. it explains verbs, explains adjectives, and explains other adverbs or the entire grammatical constructions. In general, an adverb is formed by adding “ly” to an adjective, such as simultaneous simultaneously, active actively, and high highl ...
On Representations in Morphology Case, Agreement and Inversion
... section 1.1.2.2 below), one might raise the question of which NP in a clause is properly called its subject. The syntactic evidence on this point is quite clear, however (cf. section 1.2 below), and confirms a decision to call 'subject' that NP which usually corresponds to the subject in a translati ...
... section 1.1.2.2 below), one might raise the question of which NP in a clause is properly called its subject. The syntactic evidence on this point is quite clear, however (cf. section 1.2 below), and confirms a decision to call 'subject' that NP which usually corresponds to the subject in a translati ...
Slide 1
... Point of View: Point of view refers to the position from which a writer “speaks” to their audience. Writers must be careful and maintain a consistent point of view. Academic writing should primarily rely on third person point of view to appear objective with minimal instances of first person point o ...
... Point of View: Point of view refers to the position from which a writer “speaks” to their audience. Writers must be careful and maintain a consistent point of view. Academic writing should primarily rely on third person point of view to appear objective with minimal instances of first person point o ...
Tone assignment on Nata deverbal nouns - UBC Linguistics
... cause fire to burn objects. This shows that speakers’ concepts play an important role in word formation1. (1) a. READ ...
... cause fire to burn objects. This shows that speakers’ concepts play an important role in word formation1. (1) a. READ ...
The problem of Parts of the sentence
... sentence are organically related. This does not call for much to explain. The part of speech classification is known to be based not only on the morphological and ...
... sentence are organically related. This does not call for much to explain. The part of speech classification is known to be based not only on the morphological and ...