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.
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What are Adverb Particles? Words like in, out, up, down etc., are not always prepositions. Read the sentences given below. He was driving down the street. Please sit down. He climbed up the stairs. He is in the room. In the expressions ‘down the street’, ‘up the stairs’ and ‘in the room’, the words down, up and in are prepositions. In the expressions ‘sit down’, ‘she is not up’ and ‘come in’, the words down, up and in have no objects. Small adverbs like these are often called adverb particles or adverbial particles. Note that many words of this kind can be used as both adverb particles and prepositions. Phrasal verbs Adverb particles are sometimes used together with verbs to form two-word verbs. Could you please switch on the lights? Note that the meaning of a phrasal verb is not always guessable from the meanings of the individual words in it.
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!
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.
Word Family Framework Word Family Framework Submitted by admin on 19 July, 2012 - 11:52 The Word Family Framework (WFF) places 22,000 words on the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR). It shows how words within the same family are placed at different levels and is aimed at teachers who can use it to plan courses, syllabi and lessons. What is the Word Family Framework (WFF)? The WFF is a searchable resource for teachers and learners of English that consists of over 22,000 vocabulary items arranged according to six levels aligned to the Common European Framework of Reference. What can the WFF be used for? The WFF can be used by institutions, teachers and learners to construct target vocabularies for individual learning, syllabus and lesson planning, materials design and exam preparation. ‘Vertical searches’ ? ? ‘Horizontal searches’ ? ? ? How can the WFF be searched? The WFF can be searched in three main ways: 1. 2. 3. How does the WFF link to the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR)? ?
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.