PPT-Verbs and Complements

pp 6164 and pp 9799 in Elements of Language 4 th Course Main Verbs and Helping Verbs A verb phrase consists of one main verb and possibly one or more helping verbs Helping Verbs Sing to the tune of London Bridges Falling Down. Complements-. The word complement comes from the Latin word . complere. which means “to fill up or complete”. . Complements . COMPLETE the meaning of a verb.. What words are complements?. A complement can be a . S. Colley - OMMS. Complements. In grammar, complements enhance various sentence parts.. Subjects. Verbs. Objects of the sentence.. Linking to a subject complement. Subject complements give you more information about the subject or puts the subject in different words.. Acquisition of Language. Lecture 16. Language & Cognition. Announcements. Review questions available for language and cognition. Be working on HW3 [due 3. /. 12. /. 13]. Remember to do . the extra . . Pattern. . Exercises. Use. . slashes. . to. . separate. . the. . units. of . the. . following. . sentences. . and. . then. . identify. . the. . sentence. . patterns. :. 1- be/. adverbial. DIRECT OBJECTS. DIRECT OBJECTS. A noun or pronoun. Follows the action verb. Receives the action of the action verb. Ask whom? or what? . a. fter the verb. Never part of a prepositional phrase. The hailstorm bombarded the picnickers.. CSCI-GA.2590 – Lecture 2B. Ralph . Grishman. NYU. Goal of syntactic analysis:. figure out who did what to whom. Goal of this lecture:. introduce terminology for discussing different syntactic structures. Assoc. . Prof. Dr. Şehnaz . Şahinkarakaş. There. . are. . seven . basic sentence patterns. . Being . able . to. . recognize . a variety of sentence patterns . enhances . your ability . to . use . DIRECT OBJECTS. A noun or pronoun. Follows the action verb. Receives the action of the action verb. Ask whom? or what? . a. fter the verb. Never part of a prepositional phrase. The hailstorm bombarded the picnickers.. Review: What are each of the following?. Subject. Verb. Direct Object. Indirect Object. Prepositional Phrases. Start with a preposition. Ends with an object. An object will be a noun or a pronoun. Example: Towards the east.. Linking Verbs. Transitive/Intransitive Verbs. . Verbs. ‘I Cans’ and Essential Questions. ‘I Cans’. Use verbs (perfect tenses, transitive and intransitive, and linking verbs) in my writing.. Explain why a writer chooses a particular verb(s) in their writing.. By: Lexie Elliott and Jonathan Bogac. Conjugating. Conjugation of verbs are straightforward. However there are a handful of verbs that are irregular. Some are defined patterns, while others are simply unique irregulars.. 说话. —. s. huōhuà. 昨天晚上我跟我妈妈说话了。. . 复习. —. f. ùxí. . 我今天晚上要复习中文语法。. 预习. —. y. ùxí. . 我昨天晚上预习了第七课。. 2 Between the time when you wake up in the morning and fall asleep in the evening you might feel down if you are under a lot of pressure or be high in spirits if you feel on top of a situation Such sp The word complement comes from the Latin word . complere. which means “to fill up or complete”. . Complements . COMPLETE the meaning of a verb.. What words are complements?. A complement can be a .