UC-31 Phrase A phrase is a group of words acting as a single part of speech and not containing both a subject and a verb. It is a part of a sentence‚ and does not express a complete thought. The phrases in the first two sentences of this page are italicized. The first sentence contains five phrases: "of words‚" "acting as a single part of speech‚" "as a single part‚" "of speech‚" and "not containing both a subject and a verb." Except for the phrase beginning with as‚ all the phrases are
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passive structures 5. the more words of Latin origin it will use 6. the more words of Germanic origin it will use (phrasal verbs) 7. the more it will use humans as subjects of sentences. 8. the more verbal nouns it will use 9. the more it will use contracted verb forms 10. the more noun compounds (noun phrases) it will use 11. the more complex sentences it will use 12. the larger number of participial and infinitive constructions it will use Here are some examples; in each case‚ the same idea is expressed
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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 two clauses or sentences
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Despite the animated‚ child-friendly fairytales‚ Disney has a reputation for making films based on dark stories (Concession). For example‚ Disney’s 1950’s fairytale‚ Cinderella‚ is based off of the Brothers Grimm tale‚ Aschenputtel (Appositive). Instead of vigorously trying to fit their feet in Cinderella’s glass slipper‚ one of the evil stepsisters cuts off her toes‚ and the other her heel in attempt to fit the slipper. In hope to gain Cinderella’s good fortune as queen‚ the evil stepsisters are
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possessive pronoun i.e His running is amazing. His: possessive pronoun running: gerund Note: all months are capitalized all languages are capitalized Note: all months are capitalized all languages are capitalized Verbals: When a verb functions as another part of speech Participle: Starts out as a verb --- adjective (with ‘ing) Gerund: Starts out as a verb --- noun (with ‘ing’) Infinitive: to + verb (verbs that have not been conjugated) EXAMPLE SENTENCES
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игл*. Г 763 ГРАММАТИКА АНГЛИЙСКОГО ЯЗЫКА (на английском языке) ‚ Допущено Министерством просвещения СССР в качестве учебника для студентов педагогических институтов Б1бл1ятэка МДЛУ ЛЕНИНГРАД Издательстве «Проовэщенне» Ленинградское отделение 1(73 4И (Англ) К 30 В. Л. КАУШАНСКАЯ‚ Р. Л. КОВНЕР‚ О. Н. КОЖЕВНИКОВА‚ Е. В. ПРОКОФЬЕВА‚ 3. М. РАЙНЕС‚ С. Е. СКВИРСКАЯ. Ф. Я. ЦЫРЛИНА FOREWORD
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Frankenstein Mary Shelly 1818 Part I. Summary of the Plot In a series of letters‚ Robert Walton‚ the captain of a ship bound for the North Pole‚ tells his sister who is in England about his mission. Victor Frankenstein who was traveling by dog-drawn sledge across ice was very weak. Walton takes him in and nurses him. Frankenstein then tells him his story of how he created a monster. Victor had a great childhood with his parents and his cousin‚ Elizabeth‚ and friend Henry Clerval. Later‚ Victor
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direct object‚ an indirect object‚ an object of a preposition‚ a subject complement‚ an object complement or an appositive. Examples: Whatever you decide is fine with me. (subject of the verb is) I could see by your bouncy personality that you’d enjoy bungee jumping. (direct object of the verb see) We will give whoever drops by a free Yogalates lesson. (indirect object of the verb phrase will give) Lacey talked at length about how she had won the perogy-eating contest. (object of the preposition about)
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their functions in sentences: Nouns -The part of speech (or word class) that is used to name or identify a person‚ place‚ thing‚ quality‚ or action. Pronouns - A word (one of the traditional parts of speech) that takes the place of a noun‚ noun phrase‚ or noun clause Verbs - The part of speech (or word class) that describes an action or occurrence or indicates a state of being. There are two main classes of verbs: (1) the large open class of lexical verbs (also known as main verbs or full verbs--that
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ADVERB An adverb is a modifying part of speech. It describes verbs‚ other adverbs‚ adjectives‚ and phrases. They are used to describe how‚ where‚ when‚ how often and why something happens. CATEGORIES OF ADVERB 1. GENITIVE: In Old and Middle English‚ the genitive case was productive‚ and adverbial genitives were commonplace. While Modern English does not fully retain the genitive case‚ it has left various relics‚ including a number of adverbial genitives. Some of these are now analyzed
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