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English STRUCTURE1
English STRUCTURE1
English STRUCTURE1
• Article: refer to a specific noun or a noun in the general sense. There are only three of
them: “a,” “an,” and “the.”
GRAMMAR REVIEW : PARTS OF SPEECH
Complement(s)
a word or words that are needed to complete the meaning of an expression. A
complement is any word or phrase that completes the sense of a subject, an
object, or a verb
A subject complement follows a linking verb; it is normally an adjective or a
noun that renames or defines in some way the subject.
A glacier is a huge body of ice.
Glaciers are beautiful and potentially dangerous at the same time.
This glacier is not yet fully formed. (verb form acting as an adjective, a
participle)
GRAMMAR REVIEW : PARTS OF SPEECH
Complement(s)
An object complement follows and modifies or refers to a direct object. It
can be a noun or adjective or any word acting as a noun or adjective.
The convention named Dogbreath Vice President to keep him happy.
(The noun "Vice President" complements the direct object "Dogbreath"; the
adjective "happy" complements the object "him.")
Complement(s)
A verb complement is a direct or indirect object of a verb.
Granny left Raoul all her money.
(Both "money" [the direct object] and "Raoul" [the indirect object] are
said to be the verb complements of this sentence.)
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Modifier
is a word, phrase, or clause that modifies—that is, gives information about—
another word in the same sentence.
Example:
I'm going to the Saturn Café for a vegetarian burger
The modifier "vegetarian" gives extra information about what kind of burger it is.
The word "burger" is modified by the word "vegetarian"
GRAMMAR REVIEW : PARTS OF SPEECH
Modifier
can be an adjective (a word that modifies a noun, like "burger"), but it can also
be an adverb (a word that modifies a verb)
Example:
The student carefully proofread her draft.
The adverb "carefully" is the modifier — it modifies the verb "proofread," giving
important details about how the proofreading was conducted
GRAMMAR REVIEW : SENTENCE
SENTENCE:
SUBJECT – VERB – (OBJECT)
CLAUSE
GRAMMAR REVIEW : SENTENCE
The Object
A person, animal, place, thing, or concept that receives the action. Determine the object in a sentence by
asking the question “The subject did what?” or “To whom?/For whom?”
GRAMMAR REVIEW : SENTENCE
Mr. Potato Head said that he would share the secret recipe; however, if he does, Mrs.
Potato Head will feed him to the piranhas, so we are both safer and happier if I don’t eat
monkeys or steal recipes.
GRAMMAR REVIEW : SENTENCE