Grammar Workshop I Flashcards
1
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The rank scale: the building blocks of grammar
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- Text
- Paragraph
- Sentence
- Clause
- Phrase
- Words
- Morphemes
2
Q
Phrase types listed
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Noun Phrases Verb Phrases Adjective Phrases Adverb Phrases Prepositional Phrases
3
Q
Noun phrases
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“The new student in the class”
4
Q
Verb phrases
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The teachers “may have been working”
5
Q
Adjective phrases
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That sandwich was “very tasty”
6
Q
Adverb phrases
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She sings “so beautifully”
7
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Prepositional phrases
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Gives information about time or place, preposition plus noun phrase.
The children were playing “in the yard”
8
Q
Subject
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- The doer of the verb
- usually precedes the verb
- Typically governs agreement with the verb
- Usually realized by nouns/noun phrases
9
Q
Verb
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- Typically denotes an action or a state
- Must be realized by a verb/verb phrase
10
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Direct object
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- Usually the person/thing directly affected by the action in the verb
- Usually follows the verb
- can typically be turned into the subject of a
passive sentence - usually realized by a Noun/Noun Phrase
11
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Indirect object
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- usually the recipient of the action
- Placed between the verb and the direct object
- Usually a noun/noun phrase
- Can be paraphrased by a PP introduced by “to” or “for “
12
Q
Subject compliment
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- Information which usually describes or identifies the subject
- Usually follows a verb
- Occures with a linking word
- Usually realized by AdjP or NP
- Subject =
13
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Object compliment
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- Information which usually describes or identifies the direct object
- Usually follows a direct object
- usually realized by AdjP or NP
14
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Adverbial or Adjunct
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- Gives information about the circumstances, e.g. time place or manner (when, where, how), in which the action is described in)
- Usually grammatically optional
- Usually realized by an AdvP or PP
