ELEMENTS OF GRAMMAR · Subjects and predicates Large doses of alcohol act as a depressant. doses - A simple subject is the single noun or pronoun which identifies what the sentence is about or produces the action of the sentence act - The simple predicate is the main sentence verb · Types of nouns A noun identifies a person‚ place‚ thing‚ or idea. Nouns are introduced with definite or indefinite articles‚ or with a limiting word (like a number‚ a demonstrative pronoun‚ or a relative pronoun)
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evaluative prefixes. Or (A) Malfunction (B) dispossess (C) superstructure (D) superfine (E) undersigned (F) defrost. 3. Write a note on function of prepositional phrase using appropriate examples. 4. Discuss postmodification in a noun phrase. 5. Give two examples each of noun phrase a object‚ complement and adverbial. 6. Write a brief note on subordinates. 7. Revise the following sentences to eliminate the dangling constructions: (A) Driving along
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“LIKE THE SUN” by R. K. Narayan ABOUT THE AUTHOR. R. K. Narayan (1906–2001) was born in Madras‚ India. After completing his education‚ he taught in a small village school. Narayan left teaching to devote himself full time to writing‚ and in 1935 he published his first novel‚ Swami and Friends. Two other early works‚ The Bachelor of Arts and Mr. Sampath‚ helped establish his reputation internationally. The Financial Expert (1952)‚ his first novel to be published in the United States‚ was followed
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he didn’t stay long. The teacher spoke of our country \and its development program. 3. An adverbial parenthetical phrase at the beginning of the sentence. e.g. A few minutes later \we heard a ring at the door. To tell you the truth he’s never late. BUT He’s never late‚ to tell you the truth. Note: In slow speech participial‚ gerundial‚ infinitive‚ prepositional phrases can form syntagms in sentence-final position. e.g. She is sitting by the window‚ reading a book. We too have a house in
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in his gait." (Thackeray). The essential quality of detached construction lies in the fact that the isolated parts represent a kind of independent whole thrust into The sentence or placed in a position which will make the phrase (or word) seem independent. But a detached phrase cannot rise to the rank of a primary member of the sentence—it always remains secondary from the semantic point of view‚ although structurally it possesses all the features of a "primary’ member. This clash of the structural
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comparison of adjectives below. Use of adjectives Adjectives are used in two main ways; they can either be attributive or they can be predicative. Attributive adjectives : This is the most common use of adjectives‚ standing next to a noun in a noun phrase. In English‚ simple and complex adjectives almost always come before the noun . Examples: The big metal box My dear old grandfather . A very modern plastic dish. An easily recognisable face. A pink and green dress A not-too-infrequent
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Preposition …………………………………………………………………………………………21 7. Conjunction..………………………………………………………………………………..……23 8. Interjection..…………………………………………………………………………….………..25 9. Subject‚ Object & Predicate ………………………………………………………………26 10. Phrases & Clauses ………………………………………………………..…………………28 11. Verbals – Gerunds‚ Participles‚ &
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that indicates possession or ownership. * She was glad that he gave her its key. * REFLEXIVE PRONOUN: a pronoun that refers to the subject of the sentence. * The cat keeps itself clean. * RELATIVE PRONOUN: a pronoun that links one phrase or clause to another. * He would speak to whoever had answers. * SUBJECTIVE PERSONAL PRONOUN: a pronoun that acts as a
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Parts of Speech All words in the English language fall into eight groups. The eight parts of speech [Eight classes of words that have a particular form‚ function‚ and meaning; that is‚ verbs‚ nouns‚ adjectives‚ adverbs] are listed here. The function of a word determines its part of speech in that sentence. 1. Nouns (Person‚ thing‚ quality‚ place‚ idea) 2. Pronouns (I‚ you‚ he‚ she‚ it‚ we‚ they) 3. Verbs (think/thought/ had thought‚ change/changed/had changed‚ jump/jumped/had jumped
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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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