How to Form Relative Clauses Level 2 Imagine‚ a girl is talking to Tom. You want to know who she is and ask a friend whether he knows her. You could say: A girl is talking to Tom. Do you know the girl? That sounds rather complicated‚ doesn’t it? It would be easier with a relative clause: you put both pieces of information into one sentence. Start with the most important thing – you want to know who the girl is. Do you know the girl … As your friend cannot know which girl you are talking
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SIMPLE SENTENCE A simple sentence‚ also called an independent clause‚ contains a subject and a verb‚ and it expresses a complete thought. In the following simple sentences‚ subjects are in yellow‚ and verbs are in green. A. Some students like to study in the mornings. B. Juan and Arturo play football every afternoon. C. Alicia goes to the library andstudies every day. | The three examples above are all simple sentences. Note that sentence B contains a compound subject‚ and sentence C contains
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Nouns I. DEFINITION Nouns are the largest group of words in the English language. Nouns may refer language. to: phenomena (ex. Sunshine‚ storm‚ and weather). abstract ideas (ex. Honesty‚ love‚ and loyalty) events (ex. Birthday‚ new year‚ and fiesta) animals (ex. Cat‚ dog‚ and bird) names of persons (ex. Ana‚ nun‚ and datu) names of things (ex. Boat‚ hat‚ and necklace) places (ex. Panay‚ Taal‚ and Borneo) Page 1 of 4 II. DERIVATIONAL NOUNS A noun may be formed by adding
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Name ____________________ Adverb Clause Worksheet Directions: For each sentence‚ please do the following: 1. Underline the adverb clause‚ labeling the subject and the verb of each clause. 2. Circle the subordinating conjunction in each sentence. 3. Identify the question that is being answered by the clause. 4. Draw an arrow to the word that each clause modifies. 1. I will not go to the movies with you unless you buy me soda‚ popcorn‚ and candy. 2. Erica will find the almanacs
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PART A: MULTIPLE CHOICE MAKE THE BEST CHOICE 1. This is the place _________ I met my wife. A. what B. where C. which D. that 2. Simon is the man _________ Mary loves. A. who B. which C. whom D. A&C 3. My wife‚ _________ is a doctor‚ works at Community Hospital. A. who B. which C. whom D. that 4. Only one of the people _________ work in the company is qualified. A. what B. which C. who D. where 5. She is the one _________ I told you about. A. what B. which C. whose D. who 6
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Look at these reduced relative clauses using participles |1. |Who is that man waving at us? | | |2. |Most of those trying to get tickets were unsuccessful. | | |3. |All the workers made redundant last month have now been found new jobs. | | |4. |The money being collected will go to help a new orphanage
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Classification of Sentences According to the Structure 5 1.3.1 The Simple Sentence 6 1.3.2 The Composite Sentence7 1.4 Compound Sentences10 1.5 Complex Sentences ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………11 Chapter 2 2.1 Attributive Appositive Clauses ………………..……………………………………………………………………………………………15 Conclusion…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….…..18 Bibliography……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………...21
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ACT ENGLISH NOTES Punctuation Rules COMMAS Use when… Use a comma with a coordinating conjunction to separate independent clauses within a sentence. Example: Jenny sings in the choir‚ and she plays the guitar in a rock band. Use a comma to separate elements that introduce and modify a sentence. Example: Yesterday‚ I painted the entire garage. Use a comma before and after a parenthetical expression. Parenthetical expression – a phrase that is inserted into a writer’s train of thought Example:
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29 (1998) 155-171 The noun phrase in advertising English* Susan Rush Fonds Gustave Guillaume‚ Ddpartement de langues et linguistique‚ Facult~ des Lettres‚ Pavillon Charles-de Koni.~ck‚ Universit~ Laval‚ Quebec G1K 7P4‚ Canada Received 17 August 1995; revised version 7 April 1997 Abstract The purpose of this paper is to give a formal description of two unusual features of the noun phrase in English print advertising: its ability to operate as an independent clause in all areas of an ad -
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always a noun or a pronoun‚ and the word it explains is also a noun or pronoun. Example: My uncle‚ a lawyer‚ is visiting us. My teacher‚ Miss Marshall‚ is very strict. An appositive phrase consists of the appositive and its modifiers which may themselves be phrases. Example: My radio‚ an old portable‚ is in the repair shop. The boys climbed the mountain‚ one of the highest in the West. THE RELATIVE CLAUSE A relative clause—also called an adjective or adjectival clause—will
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