The classroom was set up with clear expectations and outlines of each subject that were taught throughout the day. Friday’s are generally their assessment day. Mrs. Finnell was assessing her students on irregular verbs. She first did a review and discussed what makes an irregular verb irregular. She demonstrated by writing sentences on the board that used these different verbs. She then had students complete the first side of the worksheet and come show her before completing the back. The students seemed not to be grasping the concept and struggled through this…
The thing I disliked the most about English was irregular Verb. In Steven Pinker’s essay, Horton Heared a Who! The author presented an interesting idea regarding the linguistic development when one learned a new language. Professor Pinker introduced the idea that English verbs can be divided into two main types: The regular verb that could be conjugated with normal rules and other Verbs that need special conjugations. Those special verbs, Pinker believe, are difficult to pick up and learned and…
conjugation from regular verbs with –ar, -er, and –ir ending. -Practice the use imperfect tense verbs in complete and accurately written sentence. -Learn the preterite tense conjugation of irreregular verbs. -Orally, the students will practice irregular verbs in the preterite tense. -Learn the imperfect tense conjugation from regular and irregular verbs with –ar, -er, and –ir ending. -Students will be able to use imperfect tense verbs in complete and accurately sentences. Warm up: The…
1. What is the central idea of each text? Answer in complete sentences!!! (3 pts each) “Use It or Lose It: Why Language Changes over Time” Words more commonly used in everyday life are far less likely to evolve compared to less frequently used words, seen across multiple Indo-European languages. One of the main examples, in English, is irregular verbs. As language evolved from Old to Middle to current English, fewer and fewer irregular verbs (non “-ed”) existed. Studies found that the verbs…
In many sentences, Arlo used the contractible copula “is” to refer to the train set we were playing with, things in the environment, and answers to my questions. Moreover, Arlo primarily used the two Brown’s prepositions and the articles. Arlo mostly used simple sentences with a copula; however, he did use some regular past tense, irregular past tense, and third-person singular verbs. In the speech sample, Arlo had an MLU of 5.84, which is higher than what is expected at this age. Arlo used…
challenged me: “Ok, you are failing on Latin, I have a condition for you, if you want to go so bad to this concert, you better get an “A” for the summer test, and I don’t want to hear any other word about this.” Latin was a really hard subject for me, in addition of this, it was boring and tedious. Indeed, the teacher had a horrible attitude; and she was not clear explaining the structure of the language. Even though, Spanish is coming from Latin, the form of the verb tense was different, and…
the verb that is conjugated into simple present: Angela ________ carrots for her salad. (cuts) Which sentence is written in the imperative? (Listen to your parents.) Select the verb that is conjugated into present continuous: Rather than shoes, I _________ sandals. (am wearing) Identify the verb tense or mood of the bolded word(s): Don't stop believing! (imperative) To discuss activities that are currently in progress, which verb tense would you use? (present continuous) Identify the…
example: Victor Frankenstein was a very hard-working scientist. He created an angry monster. The monster lived sadly in a castle because he was alone……
Structural Techniques Structure in a novel can improve the story to make it a more important story. The structure in the stories help make them become a form of literary fiction. In the stories The Things They Carried and Love Medicine, the authors use multiple different structure techniques to help improve their stories. These techniques make the story interesting to read and make the characters much more relatable. But, the techniques make the stories more complicated and therefore more…
taken to move animals by humans. However the word Fahrad in German means to drive, as in drive a vehicle. Although there was the concept of driving animals before vehicles, the meaning changed with the change of technology. Now the word driven has change to be used in verbal phrases. What is familiar now was once unfamiliar language in the past, much like the internet is changing our language now. With the internet there have come different forms of communication, mail became snail-mail and the…