Basic ideas of syntax
... Pay attention to abbreviations of lexical categories, you’ll use these when drawing syntax trees Don’t ever use the word itself to determine its lexical category. Look to see how the word is used in the sentence. ...
... Pay attention to abbreviations of lexical categories, you’ll use these when drawing syntax trees Don’t ever use the word itself to determine its lexical category. Look to see how the word is used in the sentence. ...
Christian`s Parts of Speech Notes
... They usually fit in this sentence: The cat is __________ the house or The school is ________________ the road. Prepositions get lonely, so they have to work in a phrase. The preposition is always the first word in the phrase. EX: down the road, about a year, without my mom, etc. They sometimes f ...
... They usually fit in this sentence: The cat is __________ the house or The school is ________________ the road. Prepositions get lonely, so they have to work in a phrase. The preposition is always the first word in the phrase. EX: down the road, about a year, without my mom, etc. They sometimes f ...
Year 6 - Crossley Fields
... quotation, example or explanation. They are also used at the end of a lead-in phrase or lead-in sentence and indicate the meaning ‘as follows’. Note: if the words ‘as follows’ are included explicitly, the correct following punctuation is a full stop rather than a colon. Semi-colon: Semi-colons are a ...
... quotation, example or explanation. They are also used at the end of a lead-in phrase or lead-in sentence and indicate the meaning ‘as follows’. Note: if the words ‘as follows’ are included explicitly, the correct following punctuation is a full stop rather than a colon. Semi-colon: Semi-colons are a ...
Finite State Automata (most slides repeated from Lecture #2) Words
... • Determiners: definite (the), indefinite (a), demonstrative (this) • Prepositions: occur before a noun phrase, semantically they are relational • Conjunctions: coordinating (and), subordinating (if, that) • Auxiliary verbs: can, may, should, are, have • Pronouns: personal (she), possessive (her), i ...
... • Determiners: definite (the), indefinite (a), demonstrative (this) • Prepositions: occur before a noun phrase, semantically they are relational • Conjunctions: coordinating (and), subordinating (if, that) • Auxiliary verbs: can, may, should, are, have • Pronouns: personal (she), possessive (her), i ...
Words and the Lexicon
... • Determiners: definite (the), indefinite (a), demonstrative (this) • Prepositions: occur before a noun phrase, semantically they are relational • Conjunctions: coordinating (and), subordinating (if, that) • Auxiliary verbs: can, may, should, are, have • Pronouns: personal (she), possessive (her), i ...
... • Determiners: definite (the), indefinite (a), demonstrative (this) • Prepositions: occur before a noun phrase, semantically they are relational • Conjunctions: coordinating (and), subordinating (if, that) • Auxiliary verbs: can, may, should, are, have • Pronouns: personal (she), possessive (her), i ...
3rd Nine Weeks Benchmark Review
... d. Use a comma before a conjunction (for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so) to join two independent clauses. (An independent clause is a group of words that could stand on its own as a sentence.) i. Example: Adele had surgery on her vocal cords, yet she still smokes cigarettes. e. A semicolon is only used ...
... d. Use a comma before a conjunction (for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so) to join two independent clauses. (An independent clause is a group of words that could stand on its own as a sentence.) i. Example: Adele had surgery on her vocal cords, yet she still smokes cigarettes. e. A semicolon is only used ...
Verbal Language
... of a word, but be careful because many of the same words have multiple meanings. “Let’s think of some examples.” 2. Connotation – This is what the word means to you based on your feelings and experiences. ...
... of a word, but be careful because many of the same words have multiple meanings. “Let’s think of some examples.” 2. Connotation – This is what the word means to you based on your feelings and experiences. ...
Courtney Wolfberg
... help a verb to tell us exactly when something occurred in time and refine the meaning of a sentence by setting the mood or tone. (Ex. has, could, should, does, will, have, had, might, shall, did, can, must, ought to, would, might, do, am, is, are, was, where, be, being, been, etc.) ...
... help a verb to tell us exactly when something occurred in time and refine the meaning of a sentence by setting the mood or tone. (Ex. has, could, should, does, will, have, had, might, shall, did, can, must, ought to, would, might, do, am, is, are, was, where, be, being, been, etc.) ...
The importance of grammar With the advent of email and text
... “Maureen chose the blue folder” In passive sentences, the “done” comes before the “doer”: “The blue folder was chosen by Maureen” While passive sentences are not used as frequently when talking, they are very useful for occasions when a more formal or objective impression is required, such as for in ...
... “Maureen chose the blue folder” In passive sentences, the “done” comes before the “doer”: “The blue folder was chosen by Maureen” While passive sentences are not used as frequently when talking, they are very useful for occasions when a more formal or objective impression is required, such as for in ...
Useful Terminology for Analysis of Unfamiliar Text
... restructuring, collateral damage I’ve got tonnes of homework ...
... restructuring, collateral damage I’ve got tonnes of homework ...
pinker 1-3
... given node appear. We write them in the order we do simply because that is the way they fall out in English. In English we say “drink milk”, and in Japanese it is “milk drink”. In both cases the structure consists of a head V and an argument NP that combine to form V´. The only difference is in the ...
... given node appear. We write them in the order we do simply because that is the way they fall out in English. In English we say “drink milk”, and in Japanese it is “milk drink”. In both cases the structure consists of a head V and an argument NP that combine to form V´. The only difference is in the ...
Description of Editing Symbols
... word choice—is this word the correct word? Is this word the best, most accurate word? Is wording appropriate for situation and audience? sp misspelled word ...
... word choice—is this word the correct word? Is this word the best, most accurate word? Is wording appropriate for situation and audience? sp misspelled word ...
Year 3 - Crossley Fields
... happens in a sentence by adding to the meaning of the verb. They can answer the questions ‘how?’ (‘happily’), ‘when?’ (‘always’) or ‘where?’ (‘here’). However, adverbs have many other functions. For instance, adverbs of degree, such as ‘very’ or ‘extremely’, answer the question ‘how much?’ They can ...
... happens in a sentence by adding to the meaning of the verb. They can answer the questions ‘how?’ (‘happily’), ‘when?’ (‘always’) or ‘where?’ (‘here’). However, adverbs have many other functions. For instance, adverbs of degree, such as ‘very’ or ‘extremely’, answer the question ‘how much?’ They can ...
Aim: How can the study of the parts of speech help us understand
... • Conjunction. A word that connects words or groups of words. • Examples: and, or, nor, but, yet, for, so. • Example: Every little while he locked me in and went down to the store, three miles, to the ferry, and traded fish and game for whisky, and fetched it home and got drunk and had a good time, ...
... • Conjunction. A word that connects words or groups of words. • Examples: and, or, nor, but, yet, for, so. • Example: Every little while he locked me in and went down to the store, three miles, to the ferry, and traded fish and game for whisky, and fetched it home and got drunk and had a good time, ...
Document
... Eliminate clutter in language by eliminating needless words and redundancies. For example: we don’t need to say “each and every” or “free gift” or “surrounded on all sides” or “past history” and so forth. Any excessively wordy phrase only serves to bog down the idea and frustrate the audience. ...
... Eliminate clutter in language by eliminating needless words and redundancies. For example: we don’t need to say “each and every” or “free gift” or “surrounded on all sides” or “past history” and so forth. Any excessively wordy phrase only serves to bog down the idea and frustrate the audience. ...
Syntax, word order, constituent analysis, tree diagrams
... languages. English language is a configurational language. It means it relies on word order when expressing the relationships between words. Then there are nonconfigurational languages such as Czech or Latin. In these languages endings or inflections indicate the relationship between words. The word ...
... languages. English language is a configurational language. It means it relies on word order when expressing the relationships between words. Then there are nonconfigurational languages such as Czech or Latin. In these languages endings or inflections indicate the relationship between words. The word ...
Year 2 Grammar Glossary
... A preposition links a noun or noun phrase to another word. They often mark direction or locations, but can also make time links. • The cat hid under the car. • I haven't seen her since playtime. ...
... A preposition links a noun or noun phrase to another word. They often mark direction or locations, but can also make time links. • The cat hid under the car. • I haven't seen her since playtime. ...
Strategies for literacy
... is necessary to teach students to use pronouns correctly. These include: he, she, it, they, we, you (both singular and plural). They also include me, I, us, them. To explain pronouns teachers need to help students understand that they refer back to someone or more than one who has already been menti ...
... is necessary to teach students to use pronouns correctly. These include: he, she, it, they, we, you (both singular and plural). They also include me, I, us, them. To explain pronouns teachers need to help students understand that they refer back to someone or more than one who has already been menti ...
midterm review sheet - Sacred Heart Academy
... 1. Verb- a verb is a word that is used to express action or a state of being 2. Noun: a word or group of words that is used to name a person, place, thing or idea 3. Adjective: A word that is used to modify a noun or pronoun 4. Adverb: A word that modifies a verb, an adjective or an adverb 5. Pronou ...
... 1. Verb- a verb is a word that is used to express action or a state of being 2. Noun: a word or group of words that is used to name a person, place, thing or idea 3. Adjective: A word that is used to modify a noun or pronoun 4. Adverb: A word that modifies a verb, an adjective or an adverb 5. Pronou ...
ELA Milestones
... Compound sentence – A sentence that contains two complete ideas that are related. They are usually joined together with a conjunction: and, but, or, yet, so. Run-on sentence – Two or more sentences that run together Statement - A sentence that makes a statement; a telling sentence that ends with a p ...
... Compound sentence – A sentence that contains two complete ideas that are related. They are usually joined together with a conjunction: and, but, or, yet, so. Run-on sentence – Two or more sentences that run together Statement - A sentence that makes a statement; a telling sentence that ends with a p ...
Q: What is a Phrase?
... • They are a group of words in a sentence that act as a single part of speech. • No matter how long a prepositional phrase is or how many different parts of speech it contains, a prepositional phrase in a sentence always acts as if it were a oneword adjective or adverb. ...
... • They are a group of words in a sentence that act as a single part of speech. • No matter how long a prepositional phrase is or how many different parts of speech it contains, a prepositional phrase in a sentence always acts as if it were a oneword adjective or adverb. ...
Unit 3: Grammar and Usage
... A phrase is a group of closely related words used as a single part of speech but not containing a subject and predicate. A prepositional phrase is a group of words that begins with a preposition and ends with a noun or a pronoun. ...
... A phrase is a group of closely related words used as a single part of speech but not containing a subject and predicate. A prepositional phrase is a group of words that begins with a preposition and ends with a noun or a pronoun. ...
7 Common Mistakes Made by English Learners and Implications for
... “be,” but we do not always follow the rule in conversation (e.g. “You want to go to the movies?”). English learners do not always learn this rule implicitly and need direct instruction for it to become part of their ...
... “be,” but we do not always follow the rule in conversation (e.g. “You want to go to the movies?”). English learners do not always learn this rule implicitly and need direct instruction for it to become part of their ...