EN 1205: Language Structure,
Usage and Linguistics II
Verbs
· Types of verbs:
lexical, auxiliary-primary and modal, regular, irregular, transitive,
intransitive, stative, dynamic, finite, non-finite,
· Verb forms: base,
-s form, past, -ing form, -ed participle
· Activities to be
familiar with verb forms
Active and passive voice
· Construction-be+
past participle
· Negative and
question forms
· Passive sentences
with and without ‘by’ – when we want to say who or what was responsible for the
action we use ‘by’.
We were stopped by
the police.
The visitors were
driven to the airport.
The verb phrase
· The structure of
the verb phrase
· Tense, aspect,
voice, modality
· Label the tense,
aspect and voice of the verb phrases.
e.g. was
teaching-past tense, progressive aspect, active voice
Adjectives
· Characteristics of
adjectives
· Functions of
adjectives:-
- Attributive, predicative functions
- As the head of the noun phrase
· Position of
adjectives
· Adjective phrases
Adverbs and adverbials
· Difference between
adverbs and adverbials: adverb-word class, adverbial- a clause element
· Functions of
adverbs
· Adverbials:
adverbs (quickly), prepositional phrases (with a pencil), noun phrases (this
morning)
· Semantic classes
of adverbials: adverbials of manner / time / place.
· Syntactic classes
of adverbials: adjuncts, disjuncts, conjuncts
Social influence on language use
· Language and
accent
· Registers:
linguistic varieties that are linked to occupations, professions or topics
e.g. the register of law, the register of medicine
· Dialects: regional
variations of language
· Idiolect: the
speech of one person at one time in one style
The good language learner
· The qualities /
learning strategies of a good language learner
· Implications of
good language learner studies for language learning.
