Non-finite Clauses There are three kinds of non-finite clauses‚ namely those whose verb groups contain infinitives‚ or present participles‚ or past participles. We’ll first consider infinitives. In (1)‚ there are two lexical verbs‚ expected and go. This means there are two clauses‚ which I have put brackets around. The non-finite clause her to go is the object of expected. This non-finite clause can of course be rephrased by means of a finite clause‚ as in (2): (1) [I expected [her to go]]
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English Sentence 2. Transformation 3. ABC of Preposition Linking Verbs: appear‚ become‚ be‚ feel‚ seem‚ look‚ smell‚ stay‚ sound‚ taste‚ remain‚ grow‚ keep‚ get‚ prove‚ etc.] Syntax: A very little girl entered into the class. + + + + + + + Det. Adv. Adj. noun verb prep. Det. Noun Noun Phrase Verb Phrase Prepositional Phrase
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LECTURE 5 VERB: GENERAL. NON-FINITE FORMS (VERBIDS). PERSON AND NUMBER. TENSE. 1. The verb as a notional word denoting process. Its formal and functional properties. 2. Grammatically relevant subclasses of the verb; notional‚ functional‚ and semi-functional verbs.
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Contents Introduction……………………………………………………………………….3 Chapter I. Theoretical aspect of the verb 1.1 The verb as a notional word denoting process ……………………….4 1.2 Classification of English verbs...........................................................6 1.3 Grammatical categories of the verb....................................................11 Chapter II. Practical aspect of the grammatical categories of the verb in modern English 2.1 The problems of category of voice……………………………………
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Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it." PARTICIPLE A verbal that functions as an adjective. Adjective: participial. Present participles end in -ing (carrying‚ sharing‚ tapping). Past participles of regular verbs end in -ed (carried‚ shared‚ tapped). EX. "God is a comedian‚ playing to an audience too afraid to laugh." INFINITIVE A verbal--often preceded by the particle to--that can function as anoun‚ an adjective‚ or an adverb. Adjective: infinitival
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Familiarize yourself with the word-class labels in English and Dutch (see section 6)‚ and try to determine to which word-class the words in the examples in section 1 c. belong. those‚ weak‚ to speak‚ with (demonstrative pronoun‚ adjective‚ lexical verb‚ preposition She made a sign pers. pronoun lex ind. art. noun She signed a lettre pers. pronoun lex. ind. art. noun this is a hard sign dem. pronoun lex. ind. art. noun they worked hard pers. pronoun lex. adverb 9because it says something about
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Reporting Verbs When using reported speech‚ most students learn to use "say" and "tell": Examples: John told me he was going to stay late at work. Peter said he wanted to visit his parents that weekend. These forms are perfectly correct for reporting what others have said. However‚ there are a number of other reporting verbs which can more accurately describe what someone has said. These verbs take a variety of structures. The following list gives you reporting verbs in various categories
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First Periodical Examination in ENGLISH IV NAME: YEAR AND SECTION: _ A. Direction: Identify the meaning of the underlined word from the choices given. Choose the letter of the correct answer. 1. A fossilized balangay was unearthed in Butuan in the seventies. a. discovered c. preserved b. forgotten d. abandoned 2. A confederacy of several settlements would join forces
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Exercise Directions: Highlight in red the –ing word in each sentence. After it‚ tell how it is being used in the sentence: gerund (subject‚ direct object‚ predicate noun‚ or object of the preposition)‚ participle (adjective)‚ infinitive‚ or is it just part of the regular verb phrase . Remember that any part of speech can be compound‚ meaning that there can be two or more. 1. Helen enjoys sketching children. Gerund 2. Swimming is good exercise. 3. Elaine and Rita are singing in the chorus tonight. 4. Of all my interests
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are in subject-predicate relations to one another‚ as one (the nominal part) denotes the doer of the action or the bearer of the state or quality‚ while the other (the predicated part) may be either verbal (an infinitive‚ a participle‚ a gerund) or non-verbal (an adjective‚ a stative‚ an adverb‚ a noun). But in most cases the dependent status of the construction is manifested by special structural devices of linking: 1. It may be overlapping (наложение) when the embedding sentence and the complex
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