WORD ORDER IN ENGLISH

Orden de las palabras en inglés

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Word order refers to the
way words are arranged in
a sentence.

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 The way in which linguistic
elements (such as words) are
put together to form
constituents (such as phrases

Syntax or clauses).

The set of rules, principles, and

processes that govern the
structure of sentences in a
given language, usually
including word order.

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 PARTS OF SPEECH OR
WORD CLASSES

• The main word classes in english are:

VERB NOUN ADJECTIVE ADVERB

PREPOSITION DETERMINER PRONOUN CONJUNCTION

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 PARTS OF SPEECH OR
WORD CLASSES

• The main word classes in english are:

A word or phrase which expresses the action or state

VERB
of being in a sentence.

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 PRINCIPAL PARTS OF SOME ENGLISH VERBS
BASE FORM PRESENT PRESENT PAST PAST
SIMPLE PARTICIPLE
Start Start – s Starting Started Started

Hope Hope – s Hoping Hoped Hoped

Study Study – ies Studying Studied Studied

Eat Eat – s Eating Ate Eaten

Give Give-s Giving Gave Given

Have Have / has Having Had Had

Be Am / is / are Being Was / were Been

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 PARTS OF SPEECH OR
WORD CLASSES

• The main word classes in english are:

NOUN A word which names a person, place,thing, or idea

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 PARTS OF SPEECH OR
WORD CLASSES

• The main word classes in english are:

ADJECTIVE A word,phrase, or clause that modifies a noun or

noun structure.

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 PARTS OF SPEECH OR
WORD CLASSES

• The main word classes in english are:

ADVERB A word,phrase, or clause that modifies a noun or

noun structure.

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 PARTS OF SPEECH OR
WORD CLASSES

• The main word classes in english are:

PREPOSITION A word that joins with a noun structure object to form

a prepositional phrase.

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 PARTS OF SPEECH OR
WORD CLASSES

• The main word classes in english are:

Determiners are words placed in front of a noun to

DETERMINER make it clear what the noun refers to.

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 PARTS OF SPEECH OR
WORD CLASSES

• The main word classes in english are:

A word which replaces or refers to a noun or

PRONOUN noun phrase.

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 PARTS OF SPEECH OR
WORD CLASSES

• The main word classes in english are:

CONJUCTION Conjunctions are words that link other words,

phrases, or clauses together.

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 THE CAT SAT ON THE MAT
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 DET N V PREP ART N
THE CAT SAT ON THE MAT
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 Grammatical units of english

◆ Word
◆ Phrase
◆ Clause
◆ Sentence

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 Grammatical units of english

◆ Phrase
A small group of words standing together as a
conceptual unit, typically forming a component of
a clause.

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 There are 5 kinds of phrases

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◆ We use phrases to build a clause.

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 Clause

◆ A group of related words Clause

containing a subject and
a verb.

Main clause Subordinate clause

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 After I finished my homework, I watched television.

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 After I finished my homework, I watched television.

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 It can not stand alone… It can stand alone
as a sentence

After I finished my homework, I watched television.

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 Main clauses can be joined together by the conjunctions and , but, or,for so etc,

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 A set of words that is complete in itself,
typically containing a subject and
predicate, conveying a statement,
question, exclamation, or command, and
consisting of a main clause and sometimes
one or more subordinate clauses.

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 Subject Predicate

Carol will arrive tomorrow

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 •subject = noun or pronoun

subject + verb The person, place, or thing that the sentence is

about.

Or •verb = action or state of being.

one verb or a verb phrase

subject + verb + object

•object = the noun or nouns that receives the
action of the verb or is affected by the action of
the verb.

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