Grammar Final: Study Guide Noun: A person‚ place‚ or thing (or an idea or activity) Common Nouns – general‚ not specific‚ not capitalized Proper Nouns – specific‚ capitalized Gerund Nouns – a verb that‚ having added‚ ‘ing’ is a noun i.e running: a noun‚ but ‘to run’ is a verb EXAMPLE SENTENCES The boy is in love. boy: common noun‚ functioning as the subject of the sentence love: common noun Skipping through Central Park is energizing. Skipping: gerund noun‚ functioning as
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Estonian Business School Institute of Foreign Languages GRAMMAR OF SPOKEN ENGLISH Term Paper By Maria Esko BBL-2 Supervisor: Ludmilla Podolski Tallinn 2012 Table of Contents Introduction 3 Common Features of Spoken English 4 Grammar Characteristics 7 Clause Combination 7 Position of items 8 Pausing‚ Repeating and Recasting 8 Organising the discourse 9 Ellipsis 9 Response Tokens 10 Vague Expressions 11 Headers and Tails 11 Conclusion 12 References 13 Introduction
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5/ Predicate – the 2nd principal part of the sentence which expresses an action‚ state or quallity of a person or thing‚ expressed by the subject. The adverbal clause The adv cl erform the function of the adv mod It can modifie a V an adj or an adv in principle clause There are several types of adv cl: of time‚ place‚cause/reason‚ perpose‚condition‚consecion‚result‚manner comparison They are usualy joined with the pr cl by means of sub-g conj There is no usualy asyndetical coordination
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Tenses 1) I’m busy at the moment. ~ on the computer. a) I work b) I’m work c) I’m working d) I working 2) My friend ~ the answer to the question. a) is know b) know c) knowing d) knows 3) I think I’ll buy these shoes. ~ really well. a) They fit b) They have fit c) They’re fitting d) They were fitting 4) Where ~ the car? a) did you park b) did you parked c) parked you d) you parked 5) At nine o’clock yesterday morning we ~ for the bus. a) wait b) waiting c) was waiting
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Sentences: Simple‚ Compound‚ and Complex A common weakness in writing is the lack of varied sentences. Becoming aware of three general types of sentences--simple‚ compound‚ and complex--can help you vary the sentences in your writing. The most effective writing uses a variety of the sentence types explained below. 1. Simple Sentences A simple sentence has the most basic elements that make it a sentence: a subject‚ a verb‚ and a completed thought. Examples of simple sentences include the following:
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Page 11: Assignment B 1) Of course‚ my children visit my once in a while 2) Late in the evening the telephone rang. 3) After lunch I go for a walk in Central Park 4) A week ago my brother won 15.000 kroners on the pools. 5) In the morning I’m always to busy to eat anything. 6) Eventually‚ the secretary admitted that he’d made a mistake. 7) “I’ve never been good at mathematics”‚ the father said. 8) Lisa had definitely seen the man before. 9) If I decide to buy the house I’ll let you know
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Complete each of the sentences below with a verb from the box. (The answers are at the bottom of the page.) start ⁄ take ⁄ eat ⁄ think ⁄ sleep ⁄ go ⁄ like ⁄ drink ⁄ write ⁄ lives 1. The film ________________ every day at 8 p.m. 2. Many children _________________ milk with their meals. 3. Cats generally _______________ a lot. 4. Julie _______________ a letter to her mother once a week. 5. Tom and Julie _______________ in a big city in the centre of the country. 6. Tourists _______________ to
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NounsWords that identify a person‚ idea or thing.woman‚ tree‚ love‚ city‚ computer ‘Naming’ words | Types of noun Common: refers to things in general friendship‚ dog‚ night‚ road‚ education Proper: a specific person/place/thing Edinburgh‚ Asia‚ Clare‚ Tuesday‚ Big Ben Concrete: something that exists physically dog‚ road‚ Asia‚ Big Ben‚ computer Abstract: intangible idea love‚ friendship‚ education‚ time Collective: groups of people or things audience
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Learning English Grammar I. Introduction A. Difficulties in learning English Grammar. B. The specific reasons why second year students of MSU N – IDS have difficulties in learning English grammar can be the basis of idea for instructors to develop and enhance the efficiency of the students in English grammar. II. Body A. Importance of Grammar 1. Grammar as an enabling skill 2. Grammar as motivator 3. Grammar as a means to self – sufficiency B. Grammar Structure
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ECE312: Administration of Early Childhood Instructor: Ellis Bishop June 4‚ 2012 The Overview of the program is for the families to Locate affordable‚ quality child daycare‚ especially for children under the age of five‚ its a major concern for many parents. The rise in families with two working parents‚ as well as an increase in the single mom category‚ has created a need within the child daycare industry to fill the void of non-relative child care. Toddler Time Learning and Development
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