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Word Order / Sentence Structure - English Grammar Lesson (Part 1)

Word Order / Sentence Structure - English Grammar Lesson (Part 1)
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SVOMPT - Word Order in English The SVOMPT rule is the most important rule in English. As there are very few declinations in English, the word order rule is the one that keeps the sentences understandable. If you do not apply this rule, your sentences will make no sense. Unfortunately, there are very few textbook that teach this grammar explicitly. To make your work easier, you will find an infographic and a worksheet which you can use in your lessons here. To explain the basic rule you can use the following infographic which I published several years ago. This time I try to make things a bit easier and I created the following infographic. When explaining the rule, emphasize that you cannot leave out the subject. Students have to remember that each sentence has to contain the SUBJECT and VERB. To practise the grammar, here is a worksheet with three exercises. In the first exercise, students circle the sentences that are correct. In the second exercise, students place the word in brackets into the correct position.

Past habits – 'used to', 'would' and the past simple Look at these examples to see how used to, would and the past simple are used. They used to live in London.I didn't use to like olives.We would always go to the seaside for our holidays.But one holiday we went to the mountains instead. Try this exercise to test your grammar. When we talk about things in the past that are not true any more, we can do it in different ways. Used to + infinitive We can use used to to talk about past states that are not true any more. We used to live in New York when I was a kid.There didn't use to be a supermarket there. We can also use used to to talk about past habits (repeated past actions) that don't happen any more. I used to go swimming every Thursday when I was at school.She used to smoke but she gave up a few years ago. used to + infinitive should not be confused with be/get used to + -ing, which has a different meaning. Would We can use would to talk about repeated past actions that don't happen any more. Past simple We went to the same beach every summer.

Learn to use the conjunctions DESPITE, IN SPITE OF and ALTHOUGH In this post I would like to teach you how to use the words DESPITE, IN SPITE OF, ALTHOUGH, EVEN THOUGH, BECAUSE OF and BECAUSE correctly. I will explain the meaning of the words and the grammar. To help you with this there are two games, a mind map, a video explanation and a graphical explanation. I hope you will learn to use these conjunctions. The meaning of the conjunctions DESPITE and IN SPITE OF is the same. If you want to print out the graphic, you can download the pdf file below: The meaning As I write above, the main difference between the phrases is their usage. To make it absolutely clear, here is an interactive video explaining the usage of the words BECAUSE and BECAUSE OF. Conjunctions – quizzes and games The first game is slightly easier but it can be played only on your desktop. The second quiz is fully in HTML5 so it will play on any mobile device you own. Conjunctions – quiz and Math pop game

Sentence Structure: Learn about the four types of sentences! Are You Ready To Learn About Sentence Structure? Thank goodness for sentences and sentence structure. Sentences are nice little packages of words that come together to express complete thoughts. Without sentences, we'd probably all be walking around like a bunch of babbling idiots. :) On this page, you're going to learn about simple sentences, compound sentences, complex sentences, and compound-complex sentences. I'm also going to show you how to diagram those things because sentence diagramming is super-duper helpful when it comes to SEEING a sentence's structure. Quick Refresher In order to be a complete sentence, a group of words needs to contain a subject and a verb, and it needs to express a complete thought. If a group of words is missing any of that information, it's probably a sentence fragment. If you have a group of words containing two or more independent clauses that are not properly punctuated, it's probably a run-on sentence. The Four Sentence Structures I kicked the ball. Psst!

Comparative and Superlative Look at these examples to see how comparisons can be modified. He's much shorter than his brother.Good-quality socks are almost as important as your running shoes.Our hotel room was exactly the same as the photos showed. Try this exercise to test your grammar. Read the explanation to learn more. There are several different ways to compare things in English. We can also modify comparisons to show big or small differences. Comparing We can use comparative adjectives to compare different things. Max is taller than Judy. We can use as … as with an adjective to say that two things are the same, or not as … as to say that one thing is less than another. Her hair is as long as mine. We can also use expressions like different from, similar to and the same as. England is different from the United Kingdom. Showing big differences We can use much, so much, a lot, even or far with comparative adjectives. Sales in July were a lot higher than sales in June. We can use nowhere near with as … as.

Flashcards about Irregular Eng Verbs incorrect cards (0) correct cards (0) remaining cards (156) Save retry fix restart shuffle help To flip the current card, click it or press the Spacebar key. retry the cards in the incorrect box restart all cards Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page. English Sentence Structure: Simple, Compound, Complex, and Compound-Complex Sentences | Linguistics Girl Sentence structure refers to the structure of sentences in a language. Four types of sentence structures exist in the English language: simple sentences, compound sentences, complex sentences, and compound-complex sentences. Simple Sentences The first type of sentence in the English language is the simple sentence. Subject | PredicateShe | laughed.The fire alarm | sounded loudly.A strange girl | visits the library with her father.Forty-two thousand muskrats and one lone ox | have plotted to destroy the city. Compound Sentences The second type of sentence in the English language is the compound sentence. Complex Sentences The third type of sentence in the English language is the complex sentence. Compound-Complex Sentences The fourth type of sentence in the English language is the compound-complex sentence. Noun Clauses and Adjective Clauses Different grammars analyze sentences containing noun clauses and adjective, or relative, clauses differently. References Brinton, Laurel J. & Donna M.

Past perfect | Grammar - Intermediate to upper intermediate Look at these examples to see how the past perfect is used. He couldn't make a sandwich because he'd forgotten to buy bread. The hotel was full, so I was glad that we'd booked in advance. My new job wasn't exactly what I’d expected. Try this exercise to test your grammar. Read the explanation to learn more. Time up to a point in the past We use the past perfect simple (had + past participle) to talk about time up to a certain point in the past. She'd published her first poem by the time she was eight. Past perfect for the earlier of two past actions We can use the past perfect to show the order of two past events. When the police arrived, the thief had escaped. It doesn't matter in which order we say the two events. The thief had escaped when the police arrived. Note that if there's only a single event, we don't use the past perfect, even if it happened a long time ago. The Romans spoke Latin. Past perfect with before They left before I'd spoken to them. Adverbs

10 Fun ESL Activities to Practice Modal Auxiliary Verbs Modal: Can/To Be Able To Giraffes can’t dance. Usage: Ability 1. 2. Modal: Might/May/Could Jamie might come to the party. Usage: Possibility 3. 4.

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