2017-06-26 Grammar: phrases and clauses

Greg Malivuk
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http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - notes from all classes
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Write wh- questions to get all of the information from the article on p. 29.
Where did it happen? (Vancouver, BC / Columbia Savings and Loan)
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Exchange papers with your partner and answer their questions.
Do the answers include all of the important information from the article?
What information is missing? What question(s) could you ask to find that information?
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“When” and “Where” questions can have many different kinds of answers. To be more specific:
What time (of day)
What day
What date
What month
What year
What season
What country
What city
What bank
What room
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phrase = a group of related words that function together
clause = a group of words including a subject and verb
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p. 32 exercise 1 - Read one of the phrases or sentences to your partner, and your partner asks a question with that answer.
1 Who is Donald Trump in the US? / Who is the most important person in the US government?
2 What did he do? / Where did he go? / Who went to the movies?
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Is each one a clause or a phrase?
1 P
2 C
3 C
4 P
5 P
6 P
7 P
8 C
9 C
10 P
11 P
12 C
13 P
14 P
15 P
16 C
17 P
18 P
19 P
20 C - How long will your father pay your rent? / Can you get a discount at this museum?
21 C
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The pronunciation of many of these answers would be different for different questions.
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Homework: p. 32 exercise 2 - put brackets [] around the clauses in each sentence, and identify if they are independent or dependent