Minggu, 17 Maret 2013

Phrase, Clause, and Sentence


Phrase, Clause, and Sentence

A phrase : Two or more words that do not contain the subject – verb pair necessary to from a clause .
Example : With her love of shakespeare and knowledge of grammar, jasmine will someday be a great english teacher . (A great English teacher)
A clause : The smallest grammatical unit that can express a complete proposition .
Example : Cola spilled over the glass and splashed onto the counter . (cola spilled and splashed)
A sentence : A grammatical unit that is syntactically independent and has a subject that is expressed or, as in imprative sentence, understood and a predicate that contains at least one finite verb .
Example : My family and i have a vocation in bogor every Sunday .

Minggu, 10 Maret 2013

part of speech


Part of speech

Noun : A noun is a word used to name person, animal, place, thing, and abstract idea.
Example : Some public order officers often raid those croupiers in their den. (public order officers, croupiers)

Adjective : Adjective is the words that describe about the feeling.
Example : We have to enforce the law for the rampant forgery of document in Indonesia. (rampant)

Adverb : The words that describe the time and place.
Example : Me have to overtake the problem of rubbish in the upper side of the river. (in the upper side of the river)

Verb : the verb is perhaps the most important part of the sentence. A verb or compound verb asserts something about the subject of the sentence and express actions, events, or states of being.
Example : My father bears many problems from his office everyday. (bears)

Pronouns :  Pronouns have traditionally been regarded as one of the parts of speech, although many modern theorists would not regard them as a single distinct word class, because of the variety of functions performed by words which are classed as pronouns
Example : Yesterday i meet desy. Just now i met her again. (her)
Preposition : Preposition may be defined as connecting word shregard the showing un or a noun substitute to some other word.
Example : I used to live in hot climate. (in)

Conjunction : A conjunction is the part of speech that serves to connect words, phrases, clauses, or sentences.
Example : She put off her jacket because the weather was so hot. (because)

Interjections : An interjection or exclamation is a word used to express an emotion or sentiment on the part of the speaker (although most interjections have clear definitions).
Example : Oh no, i forgot that the exam was today. (oh no)