Syntactic Analisis
Name 5 elements of the syntactic analysis.
Subject, helping verb, verb, complement.
Noun, pronoun, preposition, prepositional phrase.
Adjectives, adverbs.
What is the reported speech and in which tense it should always be?
It is to say what another person has said before, so it should always be in the past.
In which tense is this sentence?
Did you sing at the festival last week?
Past simple.
What is the subject in this sentence?
Your little sister Susy is in the same class as my little sister.
Your little sister Susy
What is the prepositional phrase in this sentence?
The boys go to school every day at 7:30am.
at 7:30am.
Change the sentence to reported speech.
"Finish your homework on time," the teacher told you.
The farmer is cleaning the barn this morning.
Present continuous.
Present progressive.
What is the complement of this sentence?
Our pets are running and having a lot of fun!
a lot of fun!
What are the nouns and pronouns in this sentence?
My mom was telling me an important message when he arrived.
Nouns: mom, message.
Pronouns: me, he
"Are they going to Paris?" my mom asked.
My mom asked if they were going to Paris.
Peter dances very well to disco music.
Present simple.
Which are the helping verb and the verb in this sentence?
My friends are always talking in the class.
Helping verb: are
Verb: talking
Which are the adjectives and adverbs in this sentence?
The beautiful singer is giving the perfect show, she sings wonderfully.
Adjectives: beautiful, perfect.
Adverb: wonderfully.
"Matt waited two hours for Lucy," said Betty.
Betty said that Matt had waited two hours for Lucy.
In which tense is this sentence?
My friends have won the match!
Present perfect.
Which are the nouns and pronouns in this sentence?
Lucy is telling her what was the assignment that she didn't do
Nouns: Lucy, assignment.
Pronouns: her, she.
Say a sentence with at least five elements of the syntactic analysis and identify each one.
Individual answer.
My mom told me to clean my room that day.
My mom and her friends had participated in that contest before.
Past Perfect.
Say a sentence with at least 5 elements of the syntactic analysis, and identify them.
Individual answer.