I can still remember my teacher in high school. Her name is Miss Jose. She had further studies in the US until she taught English in the Philippines. I remember her dark glasses, and how very smart she looked. What my classmates and I am now is because she was once part of our happy education. Let me share basic grammar to everyone for review:
1. phonology Phonology is the sounds or the system of sounds into a language.
2. morphology is the shape of words and affixes. It is the branch of grammar that deals with forms of words and/or patterns or words.
3. syntax The syntax are ways words are combined into larger structures including sentences.
4. semantics Semantic means the development of meaning of words.
5.pragmatics Pragmatics is language in a social context. It is a division of semiotics which studies signs, symbols and their uses.
6. discourse A discourse are chunks of language larger than a sentence; It can be a long written or spoken discussion or conversation.
7. pattern A pattern is a model, a speech pattern, a sample design pattern, or an ideal example.
The Basic Sentence Patterns
Pattern 1. Noun - Verb
People pray.
People is the subject. It is a noun.
Pray is the predicate. It is a verb.
Pattern 2.Noun or Pronoun – Verb – Noun
Joseph repaired the roof.
Repaired is a (transitive) verb.
Roof is a noun. It is direct object. The direct object is the receiver of the action.
Pattern 3. Noun – Verb – Noun (Indirect Object) – Noun (Direct Object)
My teacher assigned me poetry.
The same meaning can usually be expressed by a phrase that begins with to or for positioned after the direct object.
My teacher assigned poetry to me.
Pattern 4. Noun – Linking Verb – Noun
4.1 Jenny is a teacher.
Jenny is a noun.
Is the linking verb.
A teacher is a noun. A predicate noun (subjective complement).
Pattern 5. Noun – Linking Verb – Adjective
5.1 She looks beautiful.
She is the pronoun or noun.
Looks is the linking verb. It pertains to the senses.
Beautiful is the predicate adjective.
Pattern 6. Noun – Verb – Noun – Noun
6.1 Yuma named her cat Mimi.
Yuma is the noun
Named is the predicate
His cat is the direct object
Mimi is an objective complement
Pattern 7. Noun – Verb – Noun – Adjective
7.1 The students thought their task difficult.
Students is a noun.
Thought is the verb
Task is the noun
The objective complement is difficult. It is an adjective.
Remember the noun phrase is the subject in the sentence. The subject can be a noun or pronoun.
The verb phrase is usually the predicate. It tells something about the subject.
8. sentence A sentence is a group of words expressing a complete thought. It contains a subject and a predicate; in Mathematics it is a group of symbols that completes a requirement/equation.
9. semiotics Semiotics is the study or science of signs and symbols; refer to Scholes.
10. words are texts, spoken or written, communication, put into an explicit expression. Moreover it is a dictionary, thesaurus, encyclopedia, reference, vocabulary, lexicon, wordweb and/or Word of God, among others.
Rose Flores Martinez
2.18.2010
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1. phonology Phonology is the sounds or the system of sounds into a language.
2. morphology is the shape of words and affixes. It is the branch of grammar that deals with forms of words and/or patterns or words.
3. syntax The syntax are ways words are combined into larger structures including sentences.
4. semantics Semantic means the development of meaning of words.
5.pragmatics Pragmatics is language in a social context. It is a division of semiotics which studies signs, symbols and their uses.
6. discourse A discourse are chunks of language larger than a sentence; It can be a long written or spoken discussion or conversation.
7. pattern A pattern is a model, a speech pattern, a sample design pattern, or an ideal example.
The Basic Sentence Patterns
Pattern 1. Noun - Verb
People pray.
People is the subject. It is a noun.
Pray is the predicate. It is a verb.
Pattern 2.Noun or Pronoun – Verb – Noun
Joseph repaired the roof.
Repaired is a (transitive) verb.
Roof is a noun. It is direct object. The direct object is the receiver of the action.
Pattern 3. Noun – Verb – Noun (Indirect Object) – Noun (Direct Object)
My teacher assigned me poetry.
The same meaning can usually be expressed by a phrase that begins with to or for positioned after the direct object.
My teacher assigned poetry to me.
Pattern 4. Noun – Linking Verb – Noun
4.1 Jenny is a teacher.
Jenny is a noun.
Is the linking verb.
A teacher is a noun. A predicate noun (subjective complement).
Pattern 5. Noun – Linking Verb – Adjective
5.1 She looks beautiful.
She is the pronoun or noun.
Looks is the linking verb. It pertains to the senses.
Beautiful is the predicate adjective.
Pattern 6. Noun – Verb – Noun – Noun
6.1 Yuma named her cat Mimi.
Yuma is the noun
Named is the predicate
His cat is the direct object
Mimi is an objective complement
Pattern 7. Noun – Verb – Noun – Adjective
7.1 The students thought their task difficult.
Students is a noun.
Thought is the verb
Task is the noun
The objective complement is difficult. It is an adjective.
Remember the noun phrase is the subject in the sentence. The subject can be a noun or pronoun.
The verb phrase is usually the predicate. It tells something about the subject.
8. sentence A sentence is a group of words expressing a complete thought. It contains a subject and a predicate; in Mathematics it is a group of symbols that completes a requirement/equation.
9. semiotics Semiotics is the study or science of signs and symbols; refer to Scholes.
10. words are texts, spoken or written, communication, put into an explicit expression. Moreover it is a dictionary, thesaurus, encyclopedia, reference, vocabulary, lexicon, wordweb and/or Word of God, among others.
Rose Flores Martinez
2.18.2010
ishallwrite blogs
rosevoc2 blogs
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