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Ngalish
Ngalish
Ngalish
>First Pattern
● S+LV+PA
- S = subject
- LV = Linking Verb
- PA = Predicate Adjective
Ex:
Mariane looks good in a red dress
>Second Pattern
● S+LV+PN
-S = subject
- LV = Linking verb
- PN = Predicate Nominative
Ex:
Angel is her kind daughter
.>Third Pattern
● S+IV
-S = subject
- IV = Interactive verb
Ex:
Grade-9 stannum Learn very well
>Fourth Pattern
● S+tV+DO
-S = subject
- TV = Transitive verb
- DO = Direct Object–answers what and who
Ex:
Lara studies her assignment everyday
>Fifth Pattern
● S+TV+IO+DO
-S = subject
- LV = Transitive Verb
- IO = Indirect object–to whom or to what
- DO = Direct object
Word formation
1) Derivation (Affixation)
- Prefix – beginning(dis[agree], un[clear], in[competent])
- Suffix – end([national)al, [impress]ion, [emotion]al)
● Period (.)
– indicate a full stop to mark the end of declarative sentence
● Coma (,)
– introductory word, phrases, clauses
–2 clauses:dependant{coordinating conjunctions] and independent clauses{stand alone]
the/thee/ the/da/
– vowels next –constant next
● Semi-colon (;)
– signals a phrase, longer or stronger than a comma but shorter and weaker than a
period
– used to separate to independent clauses when not using coordinating conjunctions
Ex:
She used her strategy; it worked
– Oxford coma (oks/ford)
Ex: i have a pen, papers, scissors and a bag
● Colons (:)
– used to separate parts or to signal some related words explanation and examples
Ex:
That man is known as a notorious gangster: the way he talks, the way he
walks, and bosses around his group gives people that notion
● Apostrophe (‘)
–show possession, contractors, pluralize
Ex:
-There are three MP3’s
-Jona’s Yard is big ey that Andrei’s
-‘Its mine
-How many i’s in the word mississippi
● Ellipsis (...)
–replace words that have been left out
Ex: you mean its…
– trailing of silence or to add more
● Hyphen (-)
– used to join words
● Dash (–)
– longer than a hyphen (range or pause)
–en dash - super hyphen meant to give you extra glue when you have a
compound modifier that includes a multi-word
Ex: 10:00am – 11:00am
–interrupt or stop
Ex:’’ wait! — iforgot to tell you — ‘’
● Brackets ([ ])
– explain further, corrector comment with a direct quotation
– alter a part of word
– replace parenthesis
● Parenthesis (( ))
– indicate supplemental information with a sentence
– enclose letters or numbers when listing
Ex: the grade-9 subjects(math, robotics, science)are dificult