LANGUAGE FOCUS: THE VOCABULARY SHIFT A distinctive feature of academic writing style is choosing the more formal alternative when selecting a verb‚ noun‚ or other part of speech. Verbs English often has two (or more) choices to express an action or occurrence. The choice is often between a phrasal or prepositional verb (verb + preposition) and a single verb‚ the latter with Latinate origins. Often in lectures and other instances of everyday spoken English‚ the verb
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frōfre gebād‚ wēox under wolcnum weorðmyndum þāh‚ oð þæt ǣghwylc ymbsittendra ofer hronrāde hȳran scolde‚ gomban gyldan; þæt wæs gōd cyning! Glossary: ǣghwylc - adjective; nominative singular masculine of ’ǣghwilc’ all‚ every all; ǣrest - adverb; superlative of ’ǣr’ ere‚ before‚ formerly; æþelingas - strong noun‚ masculine; nominative plural of ’æðeling’ nobleman‚ prince; cyning - strong noun‚ masculine; nominative singular of ’cyning’ king; ðā - definite article; nominative plural
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Please refer to the text or simply ask me for help if you need more explanation of the common errors described here. Punctuation Problems When you have a series of items‚ you must use a comma before the ‘and’ or the ‘or.’ When you use ‘however’ within a sentence‚ you must have a comma on either side of the word. Or‚ you could have no commas at all. But‚ you cannot use just one comma unless ‘However’ is the first word in the sentence. Introductory subordinate clauses need a comma to set them off
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and so on. Context Clues are hints provided by the words and the sentences surrounding the unfamiliar word. What Is a Description Paragraph? Preferably‚ description paragraphs should concentrate on action (verbs)‚ rather than sensations (adverbs and adjectives). Writers should assume the role of readers whose idea of the described events is‚ in entirety‚ constructed by the paragraph content. Description paragraphs should be detailed‚ clear‚ and render the represented reality chronologically
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DESCRIBING GRAPHS AND CHARTS The function of a line graph is to describe a TREND pictorially. You therefore should try and describe the trend in it. If there are many lines in the graph(s)‚ then just generally describe the trend. If there is only one or two‚ then use more detail. So‚ describe the movement of the line(s) of the graph giving numerical detail at the important points of the line. To describe the movement‚ there is some language which will always be useful. Below is a list of language
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statement usually describes the processing steps as actions‚ using verbs and adverbs Example 1 : Add three numbers A program is required to read three numbers add them together and print their total. a) Underlined nouns and adjectives to identify the input and output components of this problem. A program is required to read three numbers add them together and print their total. b) Underlined the verbs and adverbs to identify the processing component of this program. A program is required
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being ashamed of her and I also learnt that she doesn’t really care anymore but she knows that they still love her. To explore my character more I decided to go through the monologue and write an adverb after sentence to find the meaning for example. ‘’ I know that love is too much and not enough’’ The adverb I wrote was sorrowfully this helped me with the tone of my voice because throughout my monologue I was mainly shouting but when I got to this line i felt emotion when I said it quite quiet‚ almost
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of spoken words is a conversation and there are 8 different parts of speech. Noun- names a person‚ place‚ or thing Pronoun- takes the place of a noun Verb- identifies action or state of being Adjective- modifies a noun Adverb- modifies a verb‚ adjective‚ or other adverb Preposition- shows a relationship between a noun (or pronoun) and other words in a sentence Conjunction- joins words‚ phrases‚ and clauses Interjection- expresses emotion Language is being able to communicate. At first
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How to Form Relative Clauses Level 2 Imagine‚ a girl is talking to Tom. You want to know who she is and ask a friend whether he knows her. You could say: A girl is talking to Tom. Do you know the girl? That sounds rather complicated‚ doesn’t it? It would be easier with a relative clause: you put both pieces of information into one sentence. Start with the most important thing – you want to know who the girl is. Do you know the girl … As your friend cannot know which girl you are talking
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noun- team‚ group‚ gang‚ family any group of people 4) Adjective- Describes nouns or pronoun a) The huge dog ate my homework Good‚ better‚ best – large‚ larger‚ largest 5) Adverb- Describes verbs (+adj +adv) most end in ly a) He went fast. He went quickly. I watched the cars zip around the track. No adverb in this sentence 6) Preposition- a word that connects a noun‚ pronoun‚ or verb with some info about it. a) For‚ to‚ in‚ by‚ around‚ from‚ over‚ out of across‚ beside 7) Conjunction-
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