Basic Sentence Patterns A sentence in English usually names the subject of the sentence (the person or thing doing the action) and then offers a comment or assertion about that subject. That comment is known grammatically as a predicate. Examples The sections of a sentence used as examples where there are more than one item are formated as noted‚ otherwise examples are italic. In the sentence "He left‚" He is the subject and left is the predicate. A subject can be a word‚ a phrase‚ a clause
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BASIC SENTENCES IN ENGLISH 1. Simple 2.1. What is a simple sentence? * A simple sentence is an independent clause. 2.2. Kinds of independent clause * Subject-Verb: The dog laughed. * Subject-Verb-Adjunct (định ngữ): A policeman lives in that house. * Subject-Verb-Complement: That sounds a good idea. * Subject-Verb-Object: He loved her dog. * Subject-Verb- Object- Adjunct: The government sent the envoy to Africa. * Subject-Verb- Object-Object: They passed
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variety of sentence structures to achieve the effect of humans having excessive desires and also the effect of humans having a greedy personality. Using a long sentence‚ Johnson declares that “ Whoever thou art‚ that‚ not content with a moderate condition‚ imaginest happiness in royal magnificence and dreamest that command or riches can feed the appetite of novelty with perpetual gratifications‚ survey the pyramids‚ and confess thy folly”. Furthermore‚ just like the length of this sentence‚ a person
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1. Indeterminate sentence is a fixed minimum and maximum term of incarceration‚ rather than a set period. For example‚ a defendant is sentence to 20 to 30 years in prison. That defendant is obligated to do more than 20 and less than 30 years in prison. Only the parole board truly knows how much time that defendant will served once their eligible for parole. In difference‚ determinate sentence is a set period of incarceration. There’s no chance of parole‚ once the sentence is given‚ that is the
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500 ENGLISH SENTENCES Issue(s) of Contention Mr Honda: Fear of losing face Japanese culture is known for its highly collectivistic nature. They always visualize themselves as part of a group and interactions are supposed to be group vs. group and never individual vs. individual. They are perceptive of their position in the society in relation to acting differently or independently. One of their greatest fears is being detested by the society. In this particular instance‚ it is Mr. Honda losing
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writing process to include: research (note cards)‚ pre-writing (outline)‚ draft (first draft)‚ revise‚ edit (self and peer edit)‚ publish (final draft). 3. Students will use a variety of resources (print‚ reference‚ electronic) to research selected sub-topics related to WWII and Lord of the Flies. 4. Students will link literary analysis with historical research. Directions: You will be writing a paper that integrates Lord of the Flies with historical research. The prompt for your paper is: Analyze Lord
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Extempore speaking is the term used for a non-formally prepared speech. Explaining to your parents why you arrived home later than your curfew is a form of extempore speaking. When you watch a beauty pageant on television and the contestants have to draw a question and answer it for the judges‚ they are extempore speaking. Every time you speak you are preparing for extempore speaking. You probably prepare without even knowing it. You have to read to learn new things for this type of speaking. When
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Unit 1. Be 동사의 쓰임과 형태 변화 Be 동사의 쓰임 1. My brother is a basketball player. 2. His name is Max. 3. The book is interesting. 4. She is honest. 5. He is at the library. 6. The keys are on the table. 인칭의 개념 1. I’m fourteen years old. 2. You’re a middle school student. 3. Ronaldo is a soccer star. 4. My dog is very small. 5. Basketball players are big. 6. These boots are ugly‚ but they’re comfortable. Be 동사 축약 1. She’s a lawyer.
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The story titled The Lottery written by Shirley Jackson is an interesting story with an unpredictable ending. The story tells us about a tradition in a small town which is held every year. The tradition is called ‘the lottery’ where the ‘winner’ will be stoned to death. Actually it is a horrible tradition‚ but in the story it is considered usual‚ and even acceptable in the society. There are several irony that we can see in the story according to that ‘scapegoat’ tradition. One of the irony is
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The lottery 1. Where do you think "The Lottery" takes place? What purpose do you suppose the writer has in making this setting appear so familiar and ordinary? In Jackson’s "The Lottery‚" the structure leading to the surprise ending is dependent on the detached(adj.分離的)‚ matter-of-fact point of view‚ together with the familiar and ordinary setting. The point is that the setting is ordinary. These are normal people. The story is a scapegoat story. And all societies scapegoat(n.代罪羔羊). The point
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