Verb / Noun The next sentence pattern builds on the first pattern and is used with nouns that can take objects. Examples: John plays softball. The boys are watching TV. Sentence Patterns #3 - Noun / Verb / Adverb The next sentence pattern builds on the first pattern by using an adverb to describe how an action is done. Examples: Thomas drives quickly. Anna doesn’t sleep deeply. Sentence Patterns #4 - Noun / Linking Verb / Noun This sentence pattern uses linking verbs to link one noun to
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reference: - Being expressed through determiners & adverbs. - Can present a single word or phrase or much longer chunks of text. - Eg: + Doctor Foster went to Gloucester in a shower of rain. He stepped in a puddle right up to his middle and never went there again. + I like the lions and I like the polar bears. These are my favorites and those are my favorites too. 3. Comparative reference: - Being expressed through adjectives & adverbs. - To compare items within a text in terms of identity
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independent clauses are connected with only a comma. “Comma splices often arise when writers use conjunctive adverbs to separate two independent clauses instead of using a coordinate conjunction. A coordinating conjunction is one of the seven words: for‚ and‚ nor‚ but‚ or‚ yet‚ so. A conjunctive adverb is a word like furthermore‚ however‚ or moreover. A conjunctive adverb and a comma (or a conjunctive adverb between two commas) is not strong enough to separate two independent clauses and creates a comma splice;
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Introduction……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………6 Part 1 – Grammar Review 1. Noun……………………………………………….……………………………………………………8 2. Pronoun……………………………………………………………………………………………….13 3. Adjective…………………………………………………………………..…………………………15 4. Verb ……………………………………………………………………………………………..…….17 5. Adverb ……………………………………………………………………………………………….20 6. Preposition …………………………………………………………………………………………21 7. Conjunction..………………………………………………………………………………..……23 8. Interjection..…………………………………………………………………………….………..25 9. Subject‚ Object & Predicate ………………………………………………………………26
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in the world is if he holds onto as much money as he can. This desperation causes the banker to fret over the day he has to pay the lawyer two million dollars (infinitive). The banker absolutely opposes giving up his money; therefore (conjunctive adverb)‚ the banker is willing to kill the lawyer so that the contract is void. This plan shows the banker valued his money above everything else‚ even another human. In real life‚ many
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1 An analysis of cohesive devices in reading texts in English 11 / Hoàng Trà My PART 1: I TRODUCTIO 1. Rationale Among all skills which students need to master in English‚ reading is considered to be very important because it helps students to get materials for other skills. To learn reading well‚ it is necessary for students to comprehend sufficient language base‚ one of which is the cohesion in the text. Because of the importance of cohesion in comprehending a text‚ this small study on discourse
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4 Lexical Composition and Classification of Modal Words……………………………………………………………………………..12 1.5 Modal Words as Means of Expressing the Truth …………………….………12 1.6 Syntactic Functions of Modal Words ……..………………………………….16 1.7 Comparison of Modal Words as Adverbs...……………………………..……17 Chapter II. General Characteristics of Modal Verbs ..……………………………19 2.1. The Verb Must …………...…………………………………………………..20 2.2. The Verb May-Might …………..…………………………………………….22 2.3. Verbs Should and Ought to …………...……………………………………...24 2
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the work. Brush uses adjectives such as "shy" and "little" and verbs like "beamed" and "crying" to describe the woman. The reader is immediately drawn to the wife’s meekness and modesty. She is seen as an innocent mouse who only wishes to please. Adverbs such as "quietly‚" "heartbrokenly" and "hopelessly" make the reader experience compassion and empathy for the wife’s broken spirit. The reader is outraged that someone could treat this gentle
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HOME | PARTS OF SPEECH | SENTENCE STRUCTURE | PUNCTUATION | USAGE | EXERCISES | Elements of Sentence Construction Subjects and Predicates Parts of speech have specific tasks to perform when they are put together in a sentence. A noun or pronoun functions as the sentence subject when it is paired with a verb functioning as the sentence predicate. Every sentence has a subject and predicate. A subject can be a noun or pronoun that is partnered with an action verb. Example:
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The timeline of earth begin with three eras. The first era was the Paleozoic era. Then after that it was the Mesozoic era. The final and present era is the Cenozoic era‚ which we live in now. All of these eras had begun something new for the evolution of man today. The first era was the Paleozoic‚ which began 600 mya (million years ago). It started with the Cambrian period with the form of algae and simple invertebrates like the jellyfish and worms. Then came the Ordovician period 500 mya‚ when
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