by sheila_admin | Jun 25, 2012 | Lesson Plans & Activities, Parts Of Speech, Sentence Structure
Sentence Completion is a TEFL activity which can be used to practice different forms of sentences. It works well with different verb forms, conditionals and so on. Preparation Write out a series of sentences which are examples of the kind of sentence/verb...
by sheila_admin | Jun 17, 2012 | Linguistics, Sentence Structure
An Utterance is the spoken equivalent to a sentence. As a sentence is bounded by a capital letter and a period or full stop (or other punctuation) so an utterance is often (though not always) bounded by silence or a breath or pause. Having said this, there is no...
by sheila_admin | Jun 17, 2012 | Linguistics, Sentence Structure
Simply put, Syntax is the collection of rules which go together to form sentences and phrases in a language. For example, the rules of syntax say that an English sentence can be formed thus: {subject} + {verb} + {object} Michael + rowed + the boat The rules of syntax...
by sheila_admin | Jun 16, 2012 | Sentence Structure
A sentence is a group of words beginning with a capital letter and ending with a full stop/period, exclamation mark or question mark. It is the written equivalent of an utterance. My name is Conan. We won! Is July going to be hot here? Sentence Types There are a...
by sheila_admin | Jun 16, 2012 | Parts Of Speech, Sentence Structure
Look at these sentences: James Bond drives an Aston Martin. Bond is chasing the killer! 007 kissed the beautiful Russian agent. In each one the subject has been highlighted. The subject is the main theme of the sentence; it is what the sentence is all about. It is,...