Tuesday, 5 February 2013

EF2/3 Grammar Overview


1.     You can have an apple or an orange. (simple sentence)

2.     You can have an apple, or you can have an orange. (compound sentence)

FANBOYS- coordinating conjunctions
for and nor but or yet so
SOBA-so or but and

I like cats, but she likes dogs.


3.     The English teacher began talk right at 10:20.
infinitive- to talk
The English teacher began to talk right at 10:20.
gerund- talking
The English teacher began talking right at 10:20.

4.     The small children is playing in the park.
subject verb agreement
The small child is playing in the park.
The small children are playing in the park.

I is am happy.

5.     They are going of to see a movie.
preposition- heart of English, meaning is not in dictionary, meaning is in the culture

talk to
talk with


6.     Can I have your old phone if you buy that new one?
sentence fragment

7.     My coat is in the park by the tree over there.

8.     He can go to Science World.
modals- modal auxiliaries

9.     He has a coat.  The coat is red.
sentence combining
He has a red coat.

10.                        My aunt was a good student when she was a child.
verb tense

11.                        His daughter is a five years girl.
          His daughter is five years old.
          His daughter is a five-year-old.
a book store
a computer store
a three-hour movie a three hours movie

12.                        She asks him to help her fold the laundry.
          causative verb
13.                        The boxes of photographs are stored in the attic.
          passive voice

14.                        Because it’s supposed to rain today, we can’t go to the         park.
          It’s supposed to rain today.

15.                        She wants to go, but she has to work. Maybe she’ll be           late.
          run-on sentence

16.                        This is the happiest day of my life.
          adjective form- superlative

basic           comparative                   superlative
happy                   happier                          happiest
big                        bigger                             biggest
beautiful               more beautiful                most beautiful
good           better                    best
bad                       worse                             worst

17.                        Shelley, my best friend, has two dogs.
appositive

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