February 10. Class 3.

February 10. Class 3. A teacher calls on a student: Conjugate the verb "to walk" in simple present. The student answers: I walk. You walk .... Teacher interrupts: Quicker please. The student: I run. You run ...

7 Coordinating Conjunctions For And Nor But Or Yet So FANBOYS

An independent clause is a group of words that contains a subject and a verb and expresses a complete thought. Ex: Margaret and Jim arrived at the lab. A dependent clause is a group of words that contains a subject and a verb but does not express a complete thought. Ex: When Margaret and Jim arrived at the lab,

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Exercise 20-3 (1) Some parents and educators argue that requiring uniforms in public schools would improve student behavior and performance. They think that uniforms give students a more professional attitude toward school. Moreover, they believe that uniforms help create a sense of community among students from diverse backgrounds. However/That said, parents and educators should consider the drawbacks to requiring uniforms in public schools.

Exercise 20-3 (2) Uniforms do create a sense of community. They do this, however, by stamping out individuality. Youth is a time to express originality. It is a time to develop a sense of self. One important way young people express their identities is through the clothes they wear. The self-patrolled dress code of high school students may be stricter than any school-imposed code; nevertheless, trying to control dress habits from above will only lead to resentment or to mindless conformity.

Exercise 20-3 (3) If children are going to act like adults, they need to be treated like adults: they need to be allowed to make their own choices. Telling young people what to wear to school merely prolongs their childhood. Requiring uniforms undermines the educational purpose of public schools, which is not just to teach facts and figures but to help young people grow into adults who are responsible for making their own choices.

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Review: Subordinate Word Groups Prepositional Phrases: function as adjective, adverbs Verbal Phrases: verb forms that do not function as verbs but as adjectives, adverbs, nouns. *participial - adjectives *gerund - nouns *infinitive - nouns, adj, or adv

Let’s Get Clarity: Adjectives You can identify an adjective or an adjective clause because it gives more information about a noun. A book that goes unread is useless. Monsters under the bed inspire nightmares. (adverbial prep phr) Vigilant, she huddled under the bed eating cookies through the night.

Identifying Adverbs and Adv Clauses Remember: Adverbs answer a specific set of questions. When? Where? Why? How? Under what conditions? To what degree? Shortly, we will decide their fate. Sometime after the sun dips low behind the mountains that stretch toward the sky, we will decide their fate.

Let’s Get Clarity: Linking Verbs Linking Verbs *do not express action *express a state of being *connect the subject of a verb to additional information about that subject *that information is called the subject complement (predicate nominative)

LINKING VERBS feel remain is stay become was turn appear were seem look are sound taste being prove grow been smell am be ***But NOT always Linking****

Linking Versus Action She is happy. She is driving. She is the mother of twins. To be crowned champion is the ultimate objective. She is arguing for the title. They were devastated by the outcome.

Linking Versus Action You will notice that linking verbs either rename (noun) or describe (adj) the subject and function almost as an equal sign. He is obstinate. He=obstinate That is the goal. That= the goal It appears off-center. It=off-center

Examples Is the verb used as linking or action? • The monkey looked hungry. • The monkey looked for food. • The soup tasted good. • I tasted the soup. • Mother appeared happy at her party. • Mother appeared quietly in the doorway. • The bugle sounds loud. • The bugle sounded loudly. **Omit prepositional phrases before checking***

What is the subject of the sentence? What Is the main/predicate verb? What is the subordinate clause, and how is it functioning? What her internship taught her was that she worked well with children with special needs.

What her internship taught her Was/= that she works well with children with special needs

Only action verbs can have a direct object. If the verb is linking, then the word or phrase that answers Who? or What? is a subject complement.

While linking verbs are followed by subject complements, action verbs, when transitive, are followed by direct objects.

The concept of peak oil implies.

The evidence suggests.

There will always be aspects of the argument that reveal she wants.

Transitive Verbs Transitive verbs are action verbs that require a direct object. The evidence implies a motive. (d.o.) The concept of peak oil implies that at a certain point there will be no more oil to extract from the earth. (d.o. sub clause functioning as noun, see p 396)

Intransitive Verbs When no direct object follows an action verb, the verb is intransitive. The child kicked and screamed all the way home. He sighed, sneezed, and then hiccupped.

Some verbs can function as both Intransitive and transitive. She knelt and prayed. He prayed (that) she would see his sincerity. (This answers ‘what,’ not when, where, why, how, under what conditions, or to what degree.)

Object Complements She found the guard in a drunken stupor. She found the guard sleeping. We all consider her unworthy of the prestige that follows her name. My children named the stray dog King Pupperson III.

Object Complements Just as a subject complement renames or describes a subject, an object complement is a noun, pronoun, or adjective that follows a direct object to rename it or state what it has become. D.O=underlined O.C=italicized Painting the red door versus painting the doorred I called Mayor Jenkins versus I called Jenkins mayor. 3

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February 10. Class 3.