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Grammar for SPMTRANSCRIPT
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Grammar
GRAMMAR
1. Verbs and Tenses2. Subject ? verb Agreement3. Gerunds4. Adjective5. Adverbs6. Prepositions7. Modals8. The Infinitive9. Conjunction10. Connectors11. Passive Construction12. Reported Speech13. Punctuation
Know Your Verbs and Terms
- A verb is the life of a sentences.- The describes an action, drink eat play sing crawl dance- Verb have different form. Each verb from indicates when an action expressed by a verb place
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Connectors- Connectors are words and phrases that connect words, phrases or clauses of equivalent grammatical structure.- Connectors have two types. There are logical connectors and sequence connectors- Logical connectors are join words and sentences in a logical manner.
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* Sequence connectors are used to connect words or sentences which follow sequence of action or events.First, Later, Next, Subsequently, Then, After that, Meanwhile, Finally, After, Eventually, Before,
Passive Construction
* There are two voice in the English language:A) the active voiceB) the passive voice
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REPORTED SPEECH- There are two ways to show what somebody has said.- Direct speech is the actual words used while reported speech gives an indirect account of the words
EXAMPLESDirect speech:She said, ?Your exam result would be released tomorrow.Reported speech:
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She said that my exam results would be released the next day
Note This!- There is a set of complex change when we change direct speech into reported speech;1. No quotation marks:- She said, ?I am going home?- She said that she was going home2. Change to pronouns:- Johan said, ?I willdrive home?- Johan said that he would drive home3. Change to terms indicating nearest to remoteness- Johan said, ?I need these boys to help me?- Johan said that he needed those boys to help him.(this-->that/there --> there/now --> then)4. Change to time designations:- Johan said, ?I need to go home tomorrow? - Johan said that he needed to go home the next day
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5. Change to verb tenses:- She said, ?I left my bag at home?- She said that she had left her bag at home.( past ----> past perfect )
Change to verb tenses:- She said, ?I will be leaving for Singapore next month?- She said that she would be leaving for Singapore the following month.( future ---->future in the past time) Other words to replace said:told / asked / inquired / ordered / commanded / requested Change to verb tenses:- He said, ?Did you bake the cake??- He asked whether I baked the cake.( Use of ?whether? or ?if?)Change to verb tenses:- He said, ?Can you help me with my homework?? - He asked me whether I could help him with his homework( can----> could / will ----> would / shall ------> should)
Conjuction
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Punctuation - Punctuation marks are sign that we use to help make our writing clearer
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