important part of a sentence‚ but verbs aren’t always easy to spot. Consider the word swim in the sentences The ducks swim in the pond and The ducks love to swim. In the first sentence‚ swim is the verb. In the second sentence‚ swim is part of a noun phrase. (To swim is the thing that the ducks love.) So how do we spot verbs? A verb is what conveys the essential meaning of a clause (a string of words that convey an idea). Every idea requires a verb. The sentence The ducks swim in the pond says that Something
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ExAmple: * Among the great achievements of Benito Mussolini’s regime were the revival of a strong national consciousness‚ the expansion of the Italian Empire‚ and the running of the trains on time. 2. - is a juxtaposition of two words‚ phrases‚ clauses‚ or sentences contrasted or opposed in meaning in such a way as to give emphasis to contrasting ideas. ExAmple: * To err is human‚ to forgive divine. 3. - is a device by which an actor turns from the audience‚ or a writer from
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knowledge of syntax‚ in particular your knowledge of syntactic categories such as nouns‚ verbs and so on‚ and how those categories can be combined with other words to form large categories or phrases. Where some syntactic unit or clauses are independent and others are subordinated. We will introduce you to phrase structure rules‚ a notation that allows us to express this knowledge of syntactic units. But all our knowledge of categories is likely a part of Universal Grammar. 1 Many children
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the prepositional adverb is illustrated by the following two sentences: He ran up the stairs. He ran up a bill. In the first sentence stairs is the object of up‚ and the whole phrase up the stairs is an adverbial prepositional phrase modifying the verb ran. In the second sentence bill is not the object of up‚ nor is up a bill a prepositional phrase modifying the verb. It is
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Verb(V) 3. Complement(C) 4. Object(O) 5. Adjunct(A) 1. SUBJECT is a word or group of words (phrase) in a sentence about which something is said. 2. VERB is a word or phrase expressing existence‚ action or occurrence. 3. COMPLEMENT is a word or phrase that usually come after ‘be’ verb such as am‚ is‚ are‚ was and were to make the sense complete. 4. OBJECT is a word or phrase in a sentence towards which the action of the verbal element is directed. 5. ADJUNCT is the optional
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get his message across to the audience in an easier to understand way. I would say one of John F Kennedy’s favorite devices was antithesis. His famous phrase in this speech was “ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.” This is an example of antithesis‚ which is the contrasting of opposite ideas within a phrase. Another use of this device is “Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.” This provide an understanding of contrasting
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repelled by the meatworks and chooses to be the “furthest end from the bellowing sloppy yards”. This technique helps demonstrate the power of imagery by using such powerful words and phrases to impede with you senses. “Arm-thick corkscrew‚ grinding around inside it‚ meat or not”. This is an example of the cacophonous phrases used in the poem to create the explicit imagery it holds. In the poem the “Old House” Gray creates a lot of analogies using similes as the main comparison technique‚ by creating
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Semester System - MCQ Pattern 30-20 Pattern: Minimum marks for passing - 12/30 and 8/20 Syllabus Compulsory English –BA/BCom/BSc/BBA/BCA/BCS… First Year Objectives: 1) To encourage the students to speak English 2) To enable students to use English in day-to-day communication 3) To build up their confidence in the usage of English 4) To expose them to light prose and poetry 5) To develop their written communicative competence 6) To prepare them for competitive exams Semester-I Textbook entitled
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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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idea of the text and the specific pieces of it that will support your ideas. Asking yourself two questions can help you locate supporting evidence in the text. Ask yourself Which words‚ phrases‚ and sentences did the author select to make me think or feel this way about the text? Why are those words‚ phrases‚ and sentences effective in making me think or feel the way I do about the text? The first question will help you identify examples‚ details‚ or facts to support your central idea. The second
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