ENG 201-Communication Skills Exercise 3 Prep by Mr.

Muhammed Thalhath M

Your Answers

Words

Def. No.

Definitions

clause Verb adjective Conjunction Adverb Phrase Pronoun preposition Noun interjection

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a word that modifies a verb, adjective, or adverb locates something in time or place command, protest, or exclamation A conjunction is a word that joins words or groups of words. group of related words containing a subject and a verb Word that use for place, name, things or an idea A word that expresses action or otherwise helps to make a statement group of related words not containing a subject and a verb modifies a noun a word used in place of one or more nouns.

Answer Key Ex 3

Words
clause gerund adjective participle adverb phrase infinitive preposition predicate interjection Ex 3.1

Definitions
group of related words containing a subject and verb a verb form acting as a noun word that modifies a noun verb form acting as an adjective word that modifies a verb, adjective or adverb group of related words not containing a subject and verb to plus the root of the verb locates something in time or place completer of a sentence command, protest, or exclamation

The nouns of this paragraph are underlined and written in fuchsia.

Francis Macomber had, half an hour before, been carried to his tent from the edge of the campin triumph on the arms and shoulders of thecook, the personal boys, the skinner and theporters. The gun-bearers had taken no part in thedemonstration. When the native boys put him down at the door of his tent, he had shaken all theirhands, received their congratulations, and then gone into the tent and sat on the bed until his wifecame in. She did not speak to him when she came in and he left the tent at once to wash his face andhands in the portable wash basin outside and go over to the dining tent to sit in a comfortable canvaschair in the breeze and the shade.

Exercise 3.1

RECOGNIZING NOUNS
The following paragraph is taken from Ernest Hemingway's short story "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber." Click on the nouns (including all forms of nouns) in the order in which they appear and they will appear in the text-area below the paragraph. You don't have to type anything, but you can click in the text-area to delete any mistakes. When you are finished, compare the list you have prepared to the nouns in "Grammar's List."

Francis Macomber had, half an hour before, been carried to his tent from the edge of the camp in triumph on thearms and shoulders of the cook, the personal boys, the skinner and the porters. The gunbearers had taken no part inthe demonstration. When the native boys put him down at the door of his tent, he had shaken all their hands, receivedtheir congratulations, and then gone into the tent and sat on the bed until his wife came in. She did not speak to himwhen she came in and he left the te nt at once to wash his face and hands in the portable wash basin outside and go ove r to the diningtent to sit in a comfortable canvas chair in the breeze and the shade.

1. The FIRST sentence CONTAINS only a few basic parts.

2. Many sentences contain only one independent clause, BUT compound sentences contain at least two independent clauses.

3. This INDEPENDENT clause CAN STAND by itself; HOWEVER, it IS nicely CONNECTED to another one just LIKE IT. 4. Although this clause contains a subject and verb, it cannot stand by itself BECAUSE it IS INTRODUCED by a subordinating word. 5. Trying to break that world record IS BECOMING an exhausting experience for the entire crew. 6. Intense and rumpled, her brow furrowed with anxiety, Josefina arrived at her first job interview. 7. Perplexed by a string of last-second losses, Coach Calhoun GAVE his assistants THE TASK of turning the team around. 8. After years OF FEELING ABUSED by his misuse OF POWER, the voters of this city HAVE CHOSEN to remove the mayor FROM OFFICE.