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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SIMPLE SENTENCE A simple sentence‚ also called an independent clause‚ contains a subject and a verb‚ and it expresses a complete thought. In the following simple sentences‚ subjects are in yellow‚ and verbs are in green. A. Some students like to study in the mornings. B. Juan and Arturo play football every afternoon. C. Alicia goes to the library and studies every day. COMPOUND SENTENCE A compound sentence contains two independent clauses joined by a coordinator. The coordinators are as
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COURSE CODE - 1010108 UG DEGREE EXAMINATION - FEB 2011 BA / BBA / BBM / BCA / BCOM / BMM / BSC / BSW ENGLISH - II (For Candidate Admitted From Calendar 2007 Onwards) Time: 3 Hours Max. Marks: 75 PART – A Answer All the Questions: 10 X 2 = 20 1. Define prose. 2. What does the term one act play mean? 3. Write about the author George Bernard Shaw. 4. What is meant by composition? 5. Write down the definition for sentence. 6. What is note making? 7. State any two examples
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English 101 Grammar Principles Answer why question to test your thesis and see if your thesis is good. “I want to convince/persuade the reader that …..” - You cannot have a pros and cons for thesis Grammar Punctuation - rhetorical fragments‚ short emphatic sentence should not be used in formal writing (ex. Best.Night.Ever. or Bigger and Better) - the comma (most troublesome) can change the entire meaning of a sentence 4 Rules for use of Comma: 1) before words like BUT‚ YET‚ OR ‚ AND
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REDUCED RELATIVE CLAUSES Reduced relative clauses are participle clauses which follow a noun. They are like relative clauses‚ but with the relative pronoun and auxiliary verb (if there is one) left out. Because they modify nouns‚ (reduced) relative clauses are occasionally referred to as adjective clauses. Reduced relative clauses are used most often instead of defining relative clauses‚ which are what we’ll be mainly looking at. Reduced Relative Clauses You may remove the relative pronoun
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UNITY OF THOUGHT •A sentence has unity if it expresses only one main idea. SENTENCE UNITY HOW TO ACHIEVESENT ENCE UNITY? Consistent Use of Tenses • A verb in an adverbial clause generally agrees with the tense of the verb in the main clause. • Avoid unnecessary shifting from first person to third person or vice versa Consistent use of Number • Shifting persons of pronouns will destroy unity. The pronouns must agree with their antecedents Consistent Use of Persons of pronouns • Do
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Grammar Final: Study Guide Noun: A person‚ place‚ or thing (or an idea or activity) Common Nouns – general‚ not specific‚ not capitalized Proper Nouns – specific‚ capitalized Gerund Nouns – a verb that‚ having added‚ ‘ing’ is a noun i.e running: a noun‚ but ‘to run’ is a verb EXAMPLE SENTENCES The boy is in love. boy: common noun‚ functioning as the subject of the sentence love: common noun Skipping through Central Park is energizing. Skipping: gerund noun‚ functioning as
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Complex and compound sentences Compound sentence O A compound sentence is a sentence with two or more independent clauses joined by: O a comma followed by a coordinating conjunction (and‚ but‚ or‚ nor‚ for‚ yet‚ so): The dog barked‚ and the cat yowled. O a semicolon: The dog barked; the cat yowled. Important Definitions O Independent Clause: O A group of words that makes a complete statement. It can stand alone as a sentence O Coordinating Conjunction: O A word that is used with a comma to
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Conjunctions and Interjections What is a Conjunction? • A conjunction is like glue. It helps things to stick together. • A conjunction joins words‚ phrases‚ and sentences‚ which are called clauses. What is a Conjunction? • Conjunctions join two or more words. Example: I went to the store to buy eggs‚ milk‚ and bread. What is a Conjunction? • Conjunctions can join two prepositional phrases. Ex. I went skiing down the hill and past the trees. What is a Conjunction? • Conjunctions can connect
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Sophomore English [EX] Second Semester 2010-2011 Mr. Sanders Instructions: During each five-day week‚ you’ll have daily grammar practice. We work on only one sentence per week. The sentences are of varying degrees of difficulty. On each Monday‚ you’ll identify parts of speech including noun (type)‚ pronoun (type‚ case‚ person)‚ verb (type and tense)‚ adverb‚ adjective‚ article‚ preposition‚ conjunction (type)‚ interjection‚ infinitive‚ gerund‚ participle. On each Tuesday‚ you’ll identify
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