A Case for Teaching Communicative Functions of Certain Grammatical Categories Gaurav Deep‚ lecturer Dept. of English‚ Sobhasaria Engineering College‚ Sikar Introduction: Grammar can be narrowly defined to include only morphology and syntax. Structural linguists held this view of grammar. Grammar can be widely defined so as to include phonology‚ morphology‚ syntax and semantics. Grammar then under such a view will be concerned with the principles and processes of sentence construction. Transformational
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Unit 1 Parts of Speech Every word has a function in every sentence. There are 8 different functions in English usage. Thus‚ all English words are grammatically divided into 8 different parts‚ which are called parts of speech. Sometimes they are called “word classes.” They are: 1. Noun A noun is a word or group of words used for referring to a person‚ thing‚ place‚ or quality. Ex. Birds fly. She is a pretty girl. The man works in the factory. The
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Error Analysis of the Written English Essays of Primary School Students in Malaysia: A Case Study Abstract Participants that were involved are Standard Six students who are studying at a primary school in Malaysia. All of the participants come from non-English speaking background and hardly communicate in English outside the school. The instrument used for this study was participants’ written essays and Corder’s methodology for Error Analysis was implemented. All of the errors in
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ACTIVE VOICE – INDICATIVE MOOD ***Personal endings: -o/m‚ -s‚ -t‚ -mus‚ -tis‚ -nt*** PRESENT TENSE - present stem + special vowel + personal endings Translation: I “verb” - I am “verbing” - I do “verb” First conjugation vowel = a Second Conjugation vowel = e Third Conjugation vowel = i Third Conjugation (io) = i Fourth Conjugation vowel = i IMPERFECT TENSE - present stem + special vowel + ba = m‚s‚t‚mus‚tis‚nt Translation: I was “verbing” - I used to “verb” - I “verbed” First conjugation vowel
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Elementary Level / Grammar ANALYSIS | D ANTICPATED PROBLEMS | A MEANING You have plans to eat with Dave on Sunday So it is…. A planned future event This is an event that will happen in the future. | SS think because is present tense of [to be]‚ that this event is now / in the present. SS may not think it is a definite arrangement‚ more of a plan. Confusion with “meat”? Unlikely in this case | B PRONUNCIATION I’m - /aɪm/ I’m is unstressed‚ weak meeting - /ˈmiːtɪŋ/
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Assignment. 1. Enumerate how language evolved through memes. Ans. A1.Introduction: Amoung all the animal kingdome‚ only we humens are having an advanced system of communication system between indiveduals. We don’t have a ny clear ida whetere the language was existed before the writing system. So it remains difficult to tracd the accurate history of language. It is belived that language first apperared between 30‚000 and 100‚000 years ago‚ but the qustina still remains‚ how did language
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This procedure has been derived from my great interest in innovative grammar teaching and my teaching experience in grammar. The proposed steps are expected to be an alternative pathway for English teachers to teach grammar‚ particularly teaching tenses and modals at college-university levels or even in secondary schools. KEYWORDS: Practice and consciousness-raising‚ explicit/implicit knowledge‚ deductive/inductive approaches‚ English grammar‚ teaching procedures. Grammar gains its prominence in
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unknown point in the past‚ is currently in progress (or occurring repeatedly) and will be completed‚ or stopped at some point. The action has a limited duration and is usually taking place at the time of speaking‚ although sometimes it can refer to the future. Form: Present tense of verb ‘to be’ (am/are/is) + present participle (verb + ing) Pronunciation: Contraction of am to ‘m (I’m)‚ are to ‘re (you’re) and is to ‘s (she’s) Checking Understanding Is it in the past/present/future? (in
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Louise S. Willis Professor Don Chapman Elang 325 14 February 2017 Parallelism and Chiasmus When studying the structure of phrases and clauses within sentences‚ it is impossible to proceed without a close look at the construct of parallelism or parallel structure. Examples of parallelism are found in literary works as well as in ordinary conversations. (13) In parallelism‚ the same general structure for multiple parts of a sentence (words‚ phrases‚ and/or clauses within a sentence) or for multiple
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published by CUP Heinemann English Grammar‚ published by Beaumont & Grainger Practical English Grammar by Thomson and Martinet‚ published by OUP A. STRUCTURES 1. Give an example of each of the following tenses (1 sentence each) Present simple Present continuous Past simple Past continuous Present perfect simple Present perfect continuous Present simple passive 2. These sentences contain common errors. Correct them and say what rules are broken a) I am liking that
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