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Syntax: More sentences to analyse

1. The man rose suddenly and entered the house. 2. The old man could hear voices in the house. 3. I would have asked him many questions at that moment. 4. He is dead now. 5. Is this situation possible? 6. The room with the balcony was his bedroom. 7- He heard the clatter of dishes in the kitchen. 8. Thuis exercise is very difficult. 9. The teacher had considered every possible method. 10. They were in bed by that time. 11. These children eat too much food. 12. This has become their obsession. 13. Their self-esteem is low. 14. I gave the beggar a coin.

Syntax!!

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Analyze one of the following sentences in the Comment Section below. 1.                   He saw the rope under the boxes. 2.                   Careful owners wash their car 3.                   Emma wore a mini-skirt. 4.                   His younger brother broke the vase on purpose. 5.                   Usain Bolt broke the 100m record. 6.                   The little bear saw the fine fat trout in the brook. 7.                   Nothing caught my interest. 8.                   He crawled out of the gorse-bush. 9.                   He took Masako to the school by the park. 10.                The student enjoyed his English syntax class last semester. 11.                Winnie-the-Pooh sat at the foot of a tree. 12.                The dog saw a man in the park. 13.                I was reading the newspaper. 14.                The policeman met several young students in the park last night. 15.                Peter has left the building. 16.                A heavy snowfall has blocke

Syntax: Direct and Indirect Objects

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We told the judges a very important secret last Monday. We can state that "WE" is the Subject and the rest is the Predicate. WE is a personal pronoun, Then we look at the Predicate to find the verb (TOLD). Once we have found the verb, we can try looking for a D.O.  In this case, there seem to be two objects; THE JUDGES  and A VERY IMPORTAT SECRET. How do we know whether there is a D.O.? By turning it into the Passive Voice. A very important secret was told. But, We also have THE JUDGES. The judges were told a very important secret, Both may be turned into the passive. How can we know which the D.O. is? If we remember the rules or characteristics of the I.O., we know we can place the personal object (THE JUDGES), following the D.O. with the addition of TO. That is to say: We told a very important secret to the judges. If the change is possible, then the objects are I.O. (THE JUDGES) D.O. (A VERY IMPORTANT SECRET). As the verb has two objects, it is a Bi-transitive verb of comp

Biographies

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3. Choose an important person from your community/town and write his/her biography. Upload your doc file to the following shared folder:  https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Tiyqw1950To4aAtuAUQHx7nn-g5kKAdW?usp=sharing 4. Write your autobiography and paste it on the following Paddlet  https://padlet.com/sms2002ar/nt4ejhpzcfl8olbw  (Include your photography😉)