PPT-Week 2b. Root infinitives

CAS LX 500A1 Topics in Linguistics Language Acquisition Syntax 101 Initially children start off producing basically oneword utterances Though not impossible comprehension it is difficult to conclude much about syntactic knowledge at this stage . Gerunds. Gerunds . are . verbals. that function as nouns and have an . –. ing. . ending. Since gerunds are . derived from . verbs and have an . –. ing. . ending, they do express action. However, because gerunds . Focus on Academic English. Why study them?. Gerunds and infinitives are common features of both spoken and written English. A person who tries . __________ . English without . __________ . gerund and infinitives will produce very unnatural-sounding sentences. . Infinitives/Infinitive Phrases. What is an infinitive?. An . infinitive. is a verbal , but it is NOT the verb of the sentence.. An . infinitive. is recognized by “to” plus a verb.. Example: . to swim. 8. th. Grade. Commas. Verbs. Tense. Phrases. Writing Process. Steps & what takes place. Parts of an essay & what should be in each. 7. th. Grade. Confusing Words. Pronouns. Writing Process. Ways to make your writing BEEFY .  . When is a verb not a verb?. When it tries to imitate another part of speech!. Sometimes verbs do not act like verbs. Instead they act like nouns, adjectives and adverbs. When they do this we call them verbals. There are three main kinds of verbals: . Present Passive Infinitives. Translation practice. Present Passive Infinitives. You have already learned the present active infinitive. It’s the 2. nd. principal part of the verb:. portare. : to carry. Sunset Elementary. 6. th. Grade. Week 9: Monday. c. lue . - (noun. ) anything . that serves to guide or direct in the solution of a problem, mystery, etc. .. site . - (noun) the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment; the area or exact plot of ground on which anything is, has been, or is to be . 김진아 . & . 유시현 . Approaches to English Grammar . Explanation . 유시현. (. Sihyeon. . Yoo. ). Overview. . 1. Basic Forms . 1) Infinitives. 2) Gerunds. 3). Bare infinitives . He. . Gustar. with Infinitives. Page 86. Punto. # 1. An infinitive . tells the meaning of the verb without naming any subject or tense.. There are 3 kinds of infinitives in Spanish:. -. ar. , -. er. , -. Learning Targets:. LT1: I can identify . gustar. with infinitive.. LT2: I can use . gustar. with infinitives in a sentence.. Gustar. with Infinitives . An . infinitive. tells the meaning of the verb without naming any subject or tense. . To . + bare form of verb. Examples. :. to go to . twerk. to scream to party. to sleep to conjure to defend to bite. What’s an infinitive?. How do we use infinitives?. NOMINALS. ADJECTIVALS. ADVERBIALS. Function as . nouns. . This means gerunds can be replaced by pronouns. For example,. Susan denied . participating. . in the event. .. Susan denied . it. . [it = participating in the event]. Michael remembered . Week-2 Week-3 Root Word Meaning Root Word Meaning Root Word Meaning A/An Without Ase Enzyme Chloro Green Ab Away from Auto Self Chromo Color Ad/af Near, toward Bi Two, twice Chondr Cartil By: Asst.Prof. Muayad R. Habib / Dept. of English / English Grammar for All 3. rd. Year Students/. College of Basic Education / Mar. 2020. ADJECTIVES WITH INFINITIVES & GERUNDS.