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Writing Practice Challenge # 2a has 6 word cards

2009-10-12T08:58:00.005-04:00

This Sentence Master English Writing Practice Challenge # 2a has 6 word cards.

Players can use only one word from each of the 6 cards to total 6 words.

Scoring is one point for each word used in a complete sentence and a penalty of one point for each word not used or used incorrectly.

Players must provide their gender, age, city, nation, region, first language and their status as a student or teacher in their email.

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Sentence Master English Writing Practice Challenges

2009-09-02T16:46:00.005-04:00

Take the Sentence Master Challenge it's FUN, it's EASY, and it's FREE !!!

Sentence Master English Writing Practice Challenges are free to practice specific sentence construction skills for complete English sentences.

You can practice sentence writing with the following six card practice challenges.

This Sentence Master English Writing Practice Challenge # 1a has 6 word cards.

Players can use only one word from each of the 6 cards to total 6 words.

Scoring is one point for each word used in a complete sentence and a penalty of one point for each word not used or used incorrectly.

Players are allowed one entry for each challenge. Players can email their entry to:

Sentence Master English Writing Practice Challenge # 1a

Players must provide their gender, age, city, nation, region, first language and their status as a student or teacher in their email. Your emails and addresses will not be disclosed, sold or given to any third parties. Good luck with your entry!!

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Types of English Nouns

2009-01-21T10:44:00.004-05:00

Types of English Nouns

An English noun is a part of speech used to name a person, animal, place, thing, or abstract concepts.

A noun can function in a sentence as a subject, a direct object, an indirect object, a subject complement, an object complement, an appositive, an adjective or an adverb.

Proper nouns are capitalised and include: name of a specific person, place, or thing, days of the week, months of the year, historical documents, institutions, organisations, religions, holy texts and religious followers.

A common noun refers in general to a person, place, or thing.

A concrete noun names everything that you can perceive through the physical senses of touch, sight, taste, hearing, or smell.

An abstract noun names anything that you can not perceive through your five physical senses. Abstract nouns name or refer to non-concrete entities, ideas or concepts. Abstract nouns: love, optimism, truth, freedom, belief and hope.

A countable noun or count noun names anything or anyone that you can count and is a noun with both a singular and a plural form.

A non-countable noun or mass noun refers to something that you could or would not usually count. A non-count noun refers to an indivisible whole. They only have singular forms.

A collective noun names a group of things, animals or persons. It takes a singular verb when you want to refer to a collective noun as one whole unit and it takes a plural verb when you want to refer to the members which make up the collective.
A possessive noun indicates ownership or possession.

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Take the Sentence Master Challenge

2008-10-21T12:23:00.005-04:00

Sentence Master English Writing Challenges are free to practice specific sentence construction skills, using the parts of speech, phrases, clauses and complete sentences.

Sentence Master English Writing Challenges consist of a specific number of word cards.

Players are allowed to use one word from each of the word cards.

Sentence Master English Writing Challenge Scoring is one point for each word used in a complete sentence and a penalty of one point for each word not used.

Players are allowed one entry for each challenge. If you create a second sentence that is better, you can enter it as a replacement entry. Email and write: this is my replacement entry.

Players can email their entry to: sentencemaster (at) sentencemaster (dot) ca
Please include the Sentence Master English Writing Challenge #___.

Players must provide their gender, age, city, nation, region, first language and their status as a student or teacher in their email.

Example:
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The Sentence Master English Writing Challenges will operate several divisions for students: girls,
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Please send your mailing address to receive your certificate.

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English grammar and improve their English writing.

Become an English writer and join the huge international community of English writers. Many consider English as a foreign or additional or second language however English is becoming more universal used for global communication in addition to being an official national language of several countries.

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Introduction to English Punctuation Part 3

2008-04-29T14:55:00.004-04:00

English Language Grammar Lessons
Introduction to English Punctuation Part 3

QUOTATION MARKS

Use quotation marks [ " " ] to set off material that represents quoted or spoken language; titles of things that do not normally stand by themselves: short stories, poems, and articles. Some writers will set such unspoken language in italics or indent it in order to set it off from other "regular" language. In the United States, writers use single quotation marks [ ' ' ] to enclose quoted material (or the titles of poems, stories, articles) within other quoted material.

PARENTHESES

Use parentheses [ ( ) ] to include material that you want to de-emphasize or does not fit into the flow of your text but you want to include it. Parentheses tend to de-emphasize text whereas dashes tend to make material seem even more important.

SLASHES

Many writers use the slash to indicate "or" and "and" to avoid gender he/she/plurals problems. These formats are not acceptable in formal business or academic writing. Use the forward slash [ / ] for WWW addresses and the backward slash [ \ ] to indicate file locations on computer drives.

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How to Write Active and Passive English Sentences

2008-04-21T14:34:00.001-04:00

The first style decision is writing with a voice. Writers have to choose to write an active or passive English Sentence.

In an active voice, the subject of the sentence performs the action of the verb. The active voice of a verb simply denotes the form of the verb used when the subject is the doer of the action.

Example: The windstorm broke the window.

The passive voice of a verb is the form of the verb is used when the subject is being acted upon rather than performing the action. In a passive voice, the subject of the sentence is affected by the action of the verb. The passive should only be used if the focus or importance is required for the receiver of the action.

Example: The window was broken during the storm.

Using the appropriate tense of the verb "to be" and adding the past participle usually forms a passive voice sentence. In the following examples note that the tense of the verb to be in the passive voice is the same as the tense of the main verb in the active voice.

Example verb: to keep

Verb tense or form --- active voice --- passive voice

Simple present --- keeps --- is kept

Present continuous --- is keeping --- is being kept

Simple past --- kept --- was kept

Past continuous --- was keeping --- was being kept

Present perfect --- have kept --- have been kept

Past perfect --- had kept --- had been kept

future --- will keep --- will be kept

Conditional present --- would keep --- would be kept

Conditional past --- would have kept --- would have been kept

present infinitive --- to keep --- to be kept

perfect infinitive --- to have kept --- to have been kept

present participle --- keeping --- being kept

perfect participle --- having kept --- having been kept

Example active and passive voice English sentences:

Active: I keep the milk in the fridge.
Passive: The milk is kept in the fridge.

Active: They stole the car.
Passive: The car was stolen.

Active: They are repairing the roof.
Passive: The roof is being repaired.

Active: A dog bit him.
Passive: He was bitten by a dog.

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How to Write English Sentences - Introduction

2008-04-04T17:29:00.002-04:00

Before you write an English sentence you have to get organized.

The first stage of organization is choosing the single or complete thought that you are stating, describing, explaining or asking. The thought should include 1. a subject, and 2. an action or state of being.

Lets describe the different available subjects to be used in our example sentence.

You can use yourself as the subject of your sentence. You can use your brothers or sisters or any or all of your family members as the subject of your sentence. You can use neighbors, friends, people you know, even people you do not know as the subject of your sentence. In fact you can use anybody (living or dead) as the subject of your sentence.

Maybe you want to use your pet dog or goldfish as the subject of your sentence. You can use any (living or dead) insect, bird, mammal, reptile, fish, bacteria or any creature as the subject of your sentence.

Maybe you want to use your new toy, Sentence Master Game, computer software, hybrid car, house, office or space pen as the subject of your sentence. You can use any naturally constructed or man made items or objects as the subject of your sentence.

Maybe you want to use another person's new car, laptop computer, motorcycle or funny tie as the subject of your sentence. You can use any other person's naturally constructed or man made items or objects as the subject of your sentence.

Maybe you want to use your pet dog's possessions as the subject of your sentence. You can use any (living or dead) insect, bird, mammal, reptile, fish, bacteria or any creature's possessions or objects as the subject of your sentence.

You may want to use your actions as your subject of your sentence. You can use swimming or running as subjects for your sentence. Almost all visible actions can be sentence subjects.

You may want to use another person's actions as the subject of your sentence. You can use their swimming or running as subjects for your sentence. Almost all visible actions performed by another can be sentence subjects.

You may want to use a natural process or an animal's or machines' actions as the subject of your sentence. Almost all visible actions performed by mother nature, all creatures and machines can be used as sentence subjects.

You may want to use invisible actions as your subject of your sentence. These invisible actions are also described as intangible actions. You can use your thinking or dreaming or wondering as intangible actions as subject of your sentence.

You may want to use another person's invisible or intangible actions as the subject of your sentence. You can use another person's daydreaming or fantasizing as intangible actions as subject of your sentence.

You may use your state of being as the subject of your sentence. The state of being is also considered an intangible item. You can use your feeling happy or sad as the intangible subject of your sentence.

You may also use another person's state of being as the subject of your sentence. You can use their feeling happy or sad as the intangible subject of your sentence.

You may want to use an un-real item or action or state of being as the subject or your sentence. You can use imaginary people, animals, objects, planets, actions, thoughts, and other intangibles as the subject of your sentence. In fact you can use imaginary characteristics of your imaginary friend's pet "axelyrty" as the subject of your sentence.

You may only want to use a small amount of imagination and use imaginary thoughts or feelings or actions to a real person, animal, object or machine.

As a writer of English sentences you have an extremely wide choice of available subjects. you can use English sentences to write about anything both real and unreal.

The second stage of organization is choosing 2. an action or state of being.
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Human arcuate fasiculus differs from Monkeys

2008-03-28T14:29:00.005-04:00

"Until DTI was developed, scientists lacked non-invasive methods to study brain connectivity directly. We couldn't study the connections of the human brain, nor determine how humans resemble or differ from other animals. DTI now makes it possible to understand how evolution changed the wiring of the human brain to enable us to think, act and speak like humans."

Using DTI, researchers compared the size and trajectory of the arcuate fasciculus in humans, rhesus macaques and chimpanzees.

According to Yerkes researcher James Rilling, PhD, and his colleagues "The human arcuate fasiculus differed from that of the rhesus macaques and chimpanzees in having a much larger and more widespread projection to areas in the middle temporal lobe, outside of the classical Wernicke's area.

We know from previous functional imaging studies that the middle temporal lobe is involved with analyzing the meanings of words. In humans, it seems the brain not only evolved larger language regions but also a network of fibers to connect those regions, which supports humans' superior language capabilities."

To read the full news article: ScienceDaily. Retrieved March 28, 2008, from http://www.sciencedaily.com /releases/2008/03/080323210220.htm

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Sentence Master English Writing Challenge 2

2008-02-23T15:15:00.007-05:00

Take the Sentence Master Challenge it's FUN, it's EASY, and it's FREE !!!

Players can use one word from each of the 9 cards to total 9 words.

This Sentence Master English Writing Challenge # 2 has 9 word cards.

Players can use one word only from each of the 9 cards to total 9 words.

Scoring is one point for each word used in a complete sentence and a penalty of one point for each word not used.

Players are allowed one entry for each challenge. If you create a second sentence that is better, you can enter it as a replacement entry. Email and write: this is my replacement entry.

The winner will be determined by the number of points earned by the completed sentence.

Players can email their entry to: Sentence Master English Writing Challenge # 2

Players must provide their gender, age, city, nation, region, first language and their status as a student or teacher in their email.

Example:
Alessandro Scapol Garcia, male 25+, Sao Paolo, Brazil, S America, Portuguese, student

The Sentence Master English Writing Challenges will operate several divisions for students: girls, boys, by age (0 to 10, 11 to 15, 16 to 25, 25+), by city, by region, by nation by first language.

The Sentence Master English Writing Challenge will operate one division for teachers.

Winners will get a free Sentence Master Certificate of Merit.
(please provide mailing address)

Your emails and addresses will not be disclosed, sold or given to any third parties.

Good luck with your entry!!

Sentence Master English Writing Challenges are free to practice specific sentence construction skills, using the parts of speech, phrases and clauses.

For additional English writing tips and examples go to the following links

How to write English Sentences - start with a basic thought

How to write English Sentences - choose one of the six basic sentence constructions

How to write English Sentences - choose one of the four sentence types

How to write English Sentences - choose the correct English verb tenses

How to write English Sentences using Nouns

How to write English Sentences using Noun Phrases

Regular Sentence Master game playing will help you choose the correct English words and how to use them accurately when constructing English sentences.

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Review English Sentence Structure Vocabulary

2008-02-05T20:34:00.004-05:00

The English sentence consists of a subject and a predicate. The subject names the topic and the predicate tells about the subject. An English sentence with one subject and one predicate is called a simple sentence. The receiver of actions is called the object.

A group of English words which are used as a single value without subject or predicate are called phrases. A clause is a group of words with a subject and predicate.

Principal or independent clauses can form sentences. A compound sentence contains two or more principal clauses. A clause which cannot form a sentence is called a subordinate clause.

A complex sentence contains a principal clause and one or more subordinate clauses.

A compound-complex sentence contains two principal clauses and one or more subordinate clauses.

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Take the Sentence Master Challenge 1

2007-11-12T15:01:00.004-05:00

Take the Sentence Master Challenge it's FUN, it's EASY, and it's FREE !!!

Players can use one word from each of the 13 cards to total 13 words.

The Sentence Master English Writing Challenge will operate several divisions for students: girls, boys, by age (0 to 10, 11 to 15, 16 to 25, 25+), by city, by nation, region and by first language.

Example:
Alessandro Scapol Garcia, male 25+, Soa Paolo, Brazil, S America, Portuguese, student

The Sentence Master English Writing Challenge will operate one division for teachers.

This Sentence Master English Writing Challenge 1 has 13 word cards.

Players can use one word only from each of the 13 cards to total 13 words.

Scoring is one point for each word used in a complete sentence and a penalty of one point for each word not used.

Players are allowed one entry for each challenge. If you create a second sentence that is better, you can enter it as a replacement entry. Email and write: this is my replacement entry.

The winner will be determined by the number of points earned by the completed sentence.

Players must provide their gender, age, city, nation, region, first language and their status as a student or teacher in their email.

Winners will get a free Sentence Master Game and Sentence Master Certificate of Merit.

Players can email their entry. Your emails will not be disclosed, sold or given to any third parties.

Good luck with your entry!!

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Sentence Master English Writing Challenges to practice specific English sentence construction skills, the parts of speech, phrases, clauses and complete sentences.

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How to Write English Sentences using Nouns, Part 1

2007-11-10T22:43:00.002-05:00

How to Write English Sentences using Nouns

A noun is a part of speech used to name a person, animal, place, thing, or abstract concept.

A noun is a member of a syntactic class that includes words which refer to people, places, things, ideas, or concepts. Nouns may act as any of the following: subjects of the verb, direct or indirect objects of the verb.

In general the following are the types of nouns.

Proper nouns are capitalised and include: name of a specific person, place, or thing, days of the week, months of the year, historical documents, institutions, organisations, religions, holy texts and religious followers.

A common noun refers in general to a person, place, or thing.

A concrete noun names everything that you can perceive through the physical senses of touch, sight, taste, hearing, or smell.

An abstract noun names anything that you can not perceive through your five physical senses. Abstract nouns name or refer to non-concrete entities, ideas or concepts. Abstract nouns: love, optimism, truth, freedom, belief and hope.

A countable noun or count noun names anything or anyone that you can count and is a noun with both a singular and a plural form.

A non-countable noun or mass noun refers to something that you could or would not usually count. A non-count noun refers to an indivisible whole. They only have singular forms.

A collective noun names a group of things, animals or persons. It takes a singular verb when you want to refer to a collective noun as one whole unit and it takes a plural verb when you want to refer to the members which make up the collective.

A possessive noun indicates ownership or possession.

How to Write an English Sentence with Nouns Examples

A noun can function in a sentence as a subject, a direct object, an indirect object, a subject complement, an object complement, an appositive, an adjective or an adverb.

Example
The teacher gave the man a present.
(noun is subject, direct object, and indirect object)

A subject complement is a complement that is used to complete a description of the subject or subject of a clause. A subject complement follows a linking verb; it is normally an adjective or a noun that renames or defines the subject in some way.

Example
The teacher is pleased.

An appositive is a noun or pronoun usually with modifiers that is set beside another noun or pronoun to explain or identify it.

Example:
My son, the teacher, will be visiting us.

(noun is subject, appositive)

An object complement is an noun, pronoun, or adjective which follows a direct object and renames it or tells what the direct object has become. It is most often used with verbs of creating or nominating such as make, name, elect, paint or call.

Example:
We started to call our teacher, coach.
(pronoun is subject, noun is object and object complement)

The process of writing an English sentence is much easier when the writer starts with a basic thought and systematically experiments with all of the sentence types and English parts of speech, phrases, clauses and verb tenses to see how to accurately express the complete thought.

For additional English writing tips and examples go to the following links

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The Sentence Master English Writing Challenge will operate several divisions for students: girls, boys, by age (0 to 10, 11 to 15, 16 to 25, 25+), by city, by region, by nation by first language. The Sentence Master English Writing Challenge will operate one division for Teachers.

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How to Write English Sentences using Noun Phrases

2007-11-03T20:00:00.001-04:00

Introduction to Phrases

Phrases tend to be larger than individual words and are usually considered as expansions of an individual word. Phrases are smaller than clauses or sentences as they do not have subjects and predicates or subjects and verbs.

Phrase classifications are generally based on the headword, phrase function or construction of the phrase. We refer to the central element in a phrase as the head of the phrase. If the head is a noun then the phrase is usually called a noun phrase.

There is some overlap when describing phrases based on the either headword or function. The headword can usually stand alone as a one-word phrase. The headword is the only part that cannot be omitted from a phrase.

Phrases can modify or be incorporated into other phrases or a string of phrases. Phrases can be effectively used to show complex relationships between objects or abstracts.

NOUN PHRASES

For most writing purposes noun phrases can be treated as single grammatical units performing the work of a noun in the sentence. Noun phrases may serve as subjects, direct objects, indirect objects, complements or objects of prepositions.

A noun phrase is a phrase whose head is a noun or a pronoun accompanied by modifiers. Noun headword pre-modifiers include determiners, articles, demonstratives, numerals, possessives and quantifiers. The noun headword post-modifiers can be complements, other phrases or relative clauses.

Noun Phrases Examples:

The hockey coach is happy. (Noun phrase as subject.)

My best friend's father drove us to the game. (Noun phrase as possessive.)

We saw a very small dog. (Noun phrase as a direct object)

Shirley gave the tall girl the file. (Noun phrase as an indirect object)

He wants to become a goalie. (Noun phrase as a complement)

"in the moon" (noun phrase as object of the preposition in)

For additional English lessons see:

How to write English Sentences

How to write English Sentences 2

How to write English Sentences 3

How to write English Sentences using Verb Tenses

How to write English Sentences using Noun Phrases

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Study English Links to English Education Grammar Websites, Resources and Articles

2007-10-20T16:11:00.002-04:00

Study English Links to English Education Grammar Websites, Resources and Articles

Sentence Master Study English Links for ESL English students. The education articles are written to assist international language students with their English language studies.

The English language skills to be studied include: grammar, vocabulary, conversation, listening, speaking, pronunciation, accent reduction, writing and reading skills. Instructional formats for ESL English language learning include: instruction, instructions, lesson, lessons, training sessions, training internships, working internships, apprenticeships, student jobs, test preparation, lectures, workshops, seminars, free classes, standard class, language classes, academic preparation, coaching sessions, mentoring sessions and tutoring classes.

The tests that students are preparing for include: toefl, toeic, ielts, cambridge, gmat, gre, sat, lsat, dsat, cael, college board, IH, CFA, CPC, AP, TSE, and Michigan exams.

How to Study English Plan will help students organize their studies. The plan will help students organize the formats and factors that will influence their studies.

How to Pass English Tests. This education article explains some of the common mistakes and easy to correct study habits that English test taking students can use.

University Admission Standards for English Skills. This article provides details and explanations for students to understand the depth of required English language skills.

Introduction to English Parts of Speech - Nouns, Verbs, Pronouns, adverbs, adjectives, prepositions, conjunctions and interjections.

Introduction to English Language Sentence Structures includes subject and predicate, the four kinds of sentences: declarative, imperative, interrogative, and exclamatory; Sentence Structure Vocabulary includes: compound, complex and compound-complex sentences.

Introduction to English Language Writing Punctuation includes apostrophe, hyphen, commas, periods, colons, semicolons, question marks, exclamation marks, dashes, quotation marks, parentheses and slashes.

Introduction to ESL English Language Verb Tenses includes: simple present, past and future; continuous present, past and future; perfect present, past and future; and the perfect continuous tenses

Introduction to ESL English Intermediate Sentence Structures includes noun phrases, verb phrases, adjectival phrases, adverbial phrases, prepositional phrases, gerundive phrases, participial phrases, absolute phrases, infinitive phrases, subordinate clauses, adverbial clauses, relative clauses, nominal clauses and independent clauses.

Rational for Advanced English Vocabulary Study - The mathematicians that study language and have lots of computing power are forming English language databases. These databases can be used for machine language translation, formulas to rank collocation, most used priority word lists, word grouping tendencies and other linguistics research.

For additional English language vocabulary lists see:

Mathematics Vocabulary for English Language Students

Science Vocabulary for English Language Students

Liberal Arts Vocabulary for English Language Students

Arts Vocabulary for English Language Students

Music Vocabulary for English Language Students

Drama and Dance Vocabulary for English Language Students

E business Vocabulary for English Language Students

English Vocabulary for Computer Protection

For additional English writing lessons see:

How to write English Sentences

How to write English Sentences 2

How to write English Sentences 3

How to write English Sentences using Verb Tenses

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How to Write English Sentences using Verb Tenses

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When writing English sentences the writer may have a simple subject or a combination of subject and an object. To describe any actions or states of being the writer must use a verb or verbs to show who or what initiated, experienced or received the action or state of being.

The selection of verb and verb tense provides the writer with a wide variety of choices when expressing the relationships between the subjects, objects and external factors such as time.

The following is a simple set of examples of verb tenses and sentences.

SIMPLE PRESENT

1. [verb]

I study English everyday.

SIMPLE PAST

1. [verb + ed]

Two years ago, I studied English in Canada.

SIMPLE FUTURE

1. [am/is/are] + [going to] + [verb]

I am going to study English next year in Canada.

2. [will] + [verb]

I will study English tomorrow.

PRESENT CONTINUOUS

1. [am / is / are] + [verb + ing]

I am studying English now.

PAST CONTINUOUS

1. [was /were] + [verb + ing]

I was studying English when you called this morning.

FUTURE CONTINUOUS

1. [will be] + [verb + ing] 2. [am /is /are] + [going to be] + [verb + ing]

I will be studying English when you arrive today.

We are going to be studying English next year in Canada.

PRESENT PERFECT

1. [has /have] + [past participle]

I have studied English in several Canadian cities.

PAST PERFECT

1. [had] + [past participle]

I had studied English before I moved to Canada.

FUTURE PERFECT

1. [will have] + [past participle]

I will have studied all the verb tenses by the end of today.

2. [am/is/are] + [going to have] + [past participle]

We are going to have studied all the chapters by five o'clock.

PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS

1. [has/have] + [been] + [verb + ing]

I have been studying English for two years.

PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS

1. [had been] + [verb + ing]

I had been studying English for two years before I moved to Canada.

FUTURE PERFECT CONTINUOUS

1. [will have been] + [verb + ing]

I will have been studying English for one hour by the time you arrive.

2. [am/is/are] + [going to have been] + [verb + ing]

We are going to have been studying for three hours.

For additional English lessons see:

How to write English Sentences

How to write English Sentences 2

How to write English Sentences 3

How to write English Sentences using Verb Tenses

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Sentence processing in the cerebral cortex

2007-09-01T21:06:00.002-04:00

The exact correlation between cortical language areas and subcomponents of the
linguistic system has not been established. One notable drawback is that most functional imaging studies have tested language tasks at the word level, such as lexical decision and word generation tasks, thereby neglecting the syntactic aspects of the language faculty.

The current direction of research in neuroscience is beginning to establish the existence of distinct modules responsible for our knowledge of language.

In the paper Sentence processing in the cerebral cortex, Dr. Sakai and colleagues propose a model of reciprocal interactions between cognitive components of mind and language. This models contains perception, memory, language, and consciousness, which are all interconnected.

The modules in the language component are Broca's area (syntax), Wernicke's area (phonology), and angular gyrus/supramarginal gyrus (semantics).

One of the experiments that they did used sentences with either spelling errors or a grammar errors:

Spelling errors:
Bill wrote a papger about the discussion of the treaty.
The editor read the article with Anne's rezvisions after lunch.

Grammar errors:
Bill wrote paper a about the discussion of the treaty.
The editor read article the with revisions Anne's after lunch.

Some of the sentences contained one error, some two. The subjects read groups of sentences one at a time from a computer screen. In each trial the sentences contained only grammar errors or only spelling errors. The subjects were asked to determine how many errors there were. With a sufficient number of trials, this protocol allows all effects except grammar and spelling to be controlled. The results were that the grammar caused additional activity only in Broca's area but the spelling condition did not.

This is only one of a long series of experiments that have been done in English and Japanese. Many of the reports are online and can be found at:
http://mind.c.u-tokyo.ac.jp:80/

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1000 Most used English Words

2007-08-12T10:04:00.003-04:00

Understanding the Rational for Vocabulary Learning Strategies

The mathematicians that study language and have lots of computing power are forming English language databases. These databases can be used for machine language translation, formulas to rank collocation, most used priority word lists, word grouping tendencies and other linguistics research.

These frequency-based wordlists contain the words that are most used in English. Frequency-based wordlists can help you target specific English vocabulary by indicating which words you should try to learn first.

Vocabulary analysis and summaries from the "Brown Corpus 1990".

Table 1

Words - Percent of words in average text
86,741 - 99.99%
43,831 - 99.0%
15,851 - 97.8%
6,000 - 89.9%
5,000 - 88.6%
4,000 - 86.7%
3,000 - 84.0%
2,000 - 79.7%
1,000 - 72.0%
10 - 23.7%

Table 1 shows us that in most written English just a few word types account for most of the English words in any text. Ten words account for 23.7 % of the words on any page and just 1000 words account for more than 70% of the words used.

The ESL in Canada English Immersion camps experimented with the 1000 word lists and used them for the core vocabulary for spelling, poetry writing and public speaking contests. The constant reinforcement and repetition with variable context was quickly absorbed by the beginner students and greatly increased their confidence when speaking or writing.

Altavista's Babelfish or Google by Systran machine translation performs with an error rate of 20 to 30 percent. The large error rate is due to how a word's meaning varies with context. One example: "The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak" translated from English to Russian and back again only to yield "The vodka is good but the meat is rotten." So far Babelfish has 19 language pairs available and it has taken decades to develop language-pair rules for each of the 9,900 language word pairs.

Some observations for language students and language teachers is the translation pool for just average translations is 9900 words. The big variable is context, which means that a word can be used in various formats: "formal, industry specific jargon, slang, idioms, act a different part of speech performing a different function within that particular meaning. If every word has an average of five context variables then the student really has to learn 50,000 items.

As final conclusions: second language learning takes time and effort and there should be plenty of translation jobs for the next 20 years if you are willing to invest the seven to nine years to be proficient.

In the following example the word "weather" can be used in about eight different contexts and be used to mean, define or explain about thirty different situations or conditions. To properly study vocabulary students require background information and context.

"Weather"
As a Noun

Definition 1. the state of the atmosphere at a particular place and time as characterized by sunshine, moisture, temperature, precipitation, and other variables.
Similar Words: elements, climate

Definition 2. unpleasant, turbulent, or violent atmospheric conditions.
Example: We needed shelter from the weather.
Similar Words: gale, blow, windstorm , storm

As a Transitive Verb
Inflected Forms: weathered, weathering, weathers

Definition 1. to modify by exposing to weather.
Similar Words: season , dry, wear

Definition 2. to discolor, deteriorate, or harm by exposing to weather.
Similar Words: fade, bleach, wash , rot, erode, deteriorate

Definition 3. to endure past the end of an event or conditions ie. survive.
Example: Their marriage weathered the hard times.
Synonyms: withstand , survive, stand, outlast, ride out
Similar Words: overcome, surmount, outlive, sustain, brave

As an Intransitive Verb
Definition 1. to resist deterioration when exposed to weather.
Example: The colour has been able to weather the intense sun shine.

Definition 2. to display the effects of exposure (deterioration or change in color)
Similar Words: rot, corrode, fade, deteriorate

As part of Idiomatic Expressions

Phrase used as an idiom: "under the weather" = sick or not well

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Sentence Master TV Game Show Contests

2007-07-28T13:21:00.003-04:00

Sentence Master English Writing Games are in the development process for a TV Game Show.

The Sentence Master TV Game Show is being initially tested and designed for three categories in the City of Toronto Elementary, High School and LINC schools.

The Sentence Master TV Game Show will be scheduled as a 30 minute elimination match.

The Sentence Master TV Game Show contestants will be introduced as representatives of their school and play 5 sessions during the 30 minute match.

The Sentence Master TV Game Show match winner will move onto the next championship round and the loser will proceed to the consolation rounds.

The projected start dates are October and depending on the number of participating schools in each of the three categories finish dates will be sometime May-June.

Sentence Master Games are designing special 2500 word TV Game versions for the elementary and LINK players to practice at home along with a 4000 word TV Game version for the High School students.

Sometime in the near future Sentence Master Games will complete their design for a 8000 word TOEFL, TOEIC, IELTS and College Board AP TV Game Show version for students applying for university admission or immigration candidates studying for English skill tests.

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Links to Grammar Glossary

2007-07-01T19:04:00.003-04:00

Sentence Master Games Grammar Glossary

Glossary is an English term.

A glossary is a list of words or phrases used in a particular field with their definitions. Glossaries are often found in texts, journals and academic books as an appendix to the text.

An English grammar glossary is a list of English linguistic and grammatical terms, grammar definitions, explanations, context examples and cross-references to other relevant English grammar terms.

An English dictionary is an alphabetical list of English words giving their definitions, examples and grammatical classification and usually includes phonetic symbols indicating the pronunciation. An English dictionary can also be an alphabetical list with definitions of the key words from a profession or industry like a dictionary of medicine or computing.

An English thesaurus is an English book that organizes English words by categories and concepts, so synonyms, near-synonyms and the opposites antonyms will be grouped together.

The following link is to the English grammar glossary.

Grammar Glossary

You can purchase the entire Sentence Master Grammar Summary CD which contains English Grammar reference information, examples and English vocabulary lists.

How to write English Sentences is a series of English writing procedures and examples.

How to write English Sentences 1

How to write English Sentences 2

How to write English Sentences 3

Regular Sentence Master game playing will help you choose the correct English words and how to use them accurately when constructing English sentences. Sentence Master game playing helps English language students practice using the English language. Sentence Master game playing helps English Language flexibility, innovation and creativity.

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How to Write English Sentences 3

2007-06-22T14:45:00.002-04:00

How to Write English Sentences 3

We know from "How to Write English Sentences 1 and 2" that before you write an English sentence some decisions have to be made.

1. What is the single or complete thought that you are stating, describing, explaining or asking.

2. Which of six basic English sentence construction formats best suits your sentence.

3. What type of sentence best matches your thought: declarative, imperative, interrogative or exclamatory.

Lets review the four English sentence types in greater detail.

The four kinds of sentences declarative, imperative, interrogative, and exclamatory.

1. A declarative sentence makes a statement. A declarative sentence states an idea. A declarative sentence usually ends in a period.

Example: The hockey finals will be broadcast tomorrow.

2. An imperative sentence asks, requests, orders or commands someone to do something.

Example: Pass the puck to the open man.

3. An interrogative sentence usually asks a question. There are four types, yes or no interrogatives, wh-interrogatives, alternative interrogatives and tag questions.

How', 'when', 'where' and 'why' are interrogative adverbs used to inquire about manner, time, place and purpose. 'Who', 'whose', 'whom', 'what' and 'which' are interrogative pronouns used to inquire about the subject or object of a verb.

English writers use a question mark [ ? ] at the end of a direct question. When brief questions are more or less follow-up questions to the main question, each of the little questions can begin with a lowercase letter and end with a question mark. The question mark may be inserted into parentheses, to show that something is uncertain.

Simple Interrogative Sentence Examples:
How often do you study English?
When do you study English?
Where do you study English?
Why do you study English with a tutor?
Who is the best Business English teacher?
What is the best English grammar book?
Which English school has the best teachers?

4. An exclamatory sentence shows strong feeling. An exclamation is an emotional utterance that is spoken. An exclamation can be a word, phrase, or complete English sentence spoken with great emotion or intensity. An exclamation is usually written as an interjection.

Exclamation points are usually out of place in formal writing. Use an exclamation point [ ! ] at the end of an emphatic declaration, interjection, or command. Declarative, imperative, or interrogative sentences can be made into exclamatory sentences by punctuating them with an exclamation point.

Simple Exclamatory Sentence Examples:
Stop that man!
Go to the end!
Do it now!

The process of writing an English sentence is much easier when the writer starts with a basic thought and systematically uses all the English writing tools and the correct English sentence construction format to accurately express the complete thought.

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How to write English Sentences - Example 2

2007-06-05T12:03:00.002-04:00

How to write English Sentences - Example 2

We know from Example 1 that before you write an English sentence some decisions have to be made.

1. What is the single or complete thought that you are stating, describing, explaining or asking.

2. What type of sentence best matches your thought: declarative, imperative, interrogative or exclamatory.

3. Which of six basic English sentence construction formats best suits your sentence.

Lets review the six basic English sentence construction formats in greater detail.

Writers can construct every type of English sentence using these six patterns.
1. No Verb Complement
The simplest structure is one without a verb complement. In traditional grammar, all verb complements are either nouns or adjectives.
Example: Ross teaches.

2. Direct Object Verb Complement
The defining characteristic is the presence of a direct object.
Examples: Ross teaches students.

3. Indirect and Direct Object Verb Complements
Both indirect and direct objects are present. Indirect objects are placed immediately after the verb. Direct objects that are noun phrases follow the indirect object.
Example: Ross taught [(me) (a lesson)].

4. Predicate Nominative Verb Complement
The predicate nominative verb complement is a noun or a pronoun that redefines, renames, or classifies the subject of the sentence. The verb in a predicate nominative sentence pattern is always a linking verb, such as be, seem or become.
Examples: Ross became a teacher.

5. Predicate Adjective Verb Complement
The predicate adjective is an adjective that modifies the subject of the sentence. The verb is always a linking verb, such as be, seem, smell, look, taste or become.
Examples: Ross became famous.

6. Direct Object and Objective Complement
The verb complements are a direct object and an objective complement. An objective complement is a noun or an adjective that occurs after the direct object and describes the direct object.
Examples: The class made [(me) (bilingual)].

Additional Example Sentences with Simple Configurations

Simple subject and predicate
Example: Ross taught.

Understood subject (for commands, directives)
Example: Study!

Questions
Examples: What are you reading?

Interjection
Examples: Ouch that hurt!

Compound predicate
The student listened and wrote.

Compound subject and predicate
Ross and Shirley worked hard and then rested.

Three subjects
Koreans, Japanese and Canadians studied in the school.

Direct object
Shirley sent the letter.

Compound direct objects
Ross sent cards and letters.

Three direct objects
Ross sent posters, cards, and letters.

Compound predicate with direct objects
Ross wrote a poem and read it.

Compound predicate with one direct object
Shirley proofreads and edits her letters.

Indirect object
Ross gave the students homework.

Compound indirect objects
The teacher gave Jessica and Mathew quizzes.

Predicate noun
Ross is a teacher.

Objective Complement
Ross dyed his jeans white.

Direct address
Harold, tell the class now.

Adjective
Athletic moves excite the crowd.

Compound adjectives
The young and playful puppy played with the boys.

Predicate adjective
The lesson was accurate.

Compound predicate adjectives
The lesson was accurate and detailed.

Comparative Adjective
Ross is considerably older than his brother.

Adverb
Shirley works quickly.

Adverbs modifying other adverbs
My dog wags its tail quite often.

Compound adverbs
The teacher waited patiently and quietly for the answer.

Passive Voice
The ball was kicked.

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How to Write English Sentences

2007-05-26T16:21:00.002-04:00

How to Write English Sentences - Example 1

Before you write an English sentence some decisions have to be made.

1. What is the single or complete thought that you are stating, describing, explaining or asking.

2. What type of sentence best matches your thought: declarative, imperative, interrogative or exclamatory.

3. Which of six basic English sentence construction formats best suits your sentence.

1. No Verb Complement

2. Direct Object Verb Complement

3. Indirect and Direct Object Verb Complements

4. Predicate Nominative Verb Complement

5. Predicate Adjective Verb Complement

6. Direct Object and Objective Complement

For our example of English sentence writing we will start with a basic thought.

Ross teaches.

This is a simple subject and verb sentence and states the core of my thought.

This core sentence subject and verb can be added to, modified, or enhanced.

We can change the subject by exchanging the noun Ross for a pronoun He.

He teaches.

We can modify the sentence to provide a more accurate expression of my thought by adding an article, adjective, demonstrative, possessive or a combination to the subject.

The blonde Ross teaches.

We can modify the sentence to provide a more accurate expression of my thought by changing the verb tense.

- Ross will teach. - add a modal to create a future tense

We can modify the sentence to provide a more accurate expression of my thought by adding an adverb.

He teaches well.
He teaches thoroughly.

We can modify the sentence to provide a more accurate expression of my thought by adding a phrase.

Ross teaches in the college.
Ross teaches in Canada and the USA.

We can modify the sentence to provide a more accurate expression of my thought by adding a clause.

Ross was teaching when the rainstorm began.
Ross was teaching when the hockey playoff's started.

We can modify the sentence to provide a more accurate expression of my thought by adding an object.

Ross teaches students.
Ross teaches adults.

We can modify the sentence to provide a more accurate expression of my thought by adding adjectives to describe the object.

Ross teaches international students.
Ross teaches international business professionals.

We can modify the sentence to provide a more accurate expression of my thought by adding phrases to describe the object.

Ross teaches international students from Asia and Europe.
Ross teaches international business professionals from large multi-national corporations.

We can modify the sentence to provide a more accurate expression of my thought by adding clauses to enhance the object.

Ross teaches international students from Asia and Europe who booked classes directly from his website.

The process of writing an English sentence is much easier when the writer starts with a basic thought and systematically uses all the English writing tools to accurately express the complete thought.

Additional Sentence Master English language education articles are available in the links pages.

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English Abbreviations

2007-05-24T22:12:00.002-04:00

English Abbreviations

An abbreviation is a shortened form of an English word or expression. Abbreviation is a word created from the Latin word brevis for "short". Usually an abbreviation consists of a letter or group of letters taken from the full English word or phrase.

As an example, the word "abbreviation" can itself be represented by the abbreviation "abbr."

For the sake of convenience, many British publications have completely done away with the use of periods in all abbreviations. Publications based in the U.S. tend to follow three different style guides. Some two-word abbreviations, like "United Nations", U.N. are abbreviated with uppercase letters and periods, and others, like "personal computer" (PC) and "compact disc" (CD), are not.

If the original word was capitalized, then the first letter of its abbreviation should retain the capital, for example Ont. for Ontario. When abbreviating words spelled with lower case letters, there is no need for capitalization.

Example abbreviations of grammatical terms:
a. = adjective
adv. = adverb
imp. = imperfect
n. = noun
pass. = passive
p.p. = past participle
p.pr. = present participle
pref. = prefix
prep. = preposition
pres. = present
subj. = subjunctive
vb.n. = verbal noun
v.i. = intransitive verb
v.t. = transitive verb

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Sentence Master Games Grammar Glossary

2007-04-20T10:42:00.002-04:00

Glossary is an English term.

A glossary is a list of words or phrases used in a particular field with their definitions. Glossaries are often found in texts, journals and academic books as an appendix to the text.

An English grammar glossary is a list of English linguistic and grammatical terms, grammar definitions, explanations, context examples and cross-references to other relevant English grammar terms.

An English dictionary is an alphabetical list of English words giving their definitions, examples and grammatical classification and usually includes phonetic symbols indicating the pronunciation. An English dictionary can also be an alphabetical list with definitions of the key words from a profession or industry like a dictionary of medicine or computing.

An English thesaurus is an English book that organizes English words by categories and concepts, so synonyms, near-synonyms and the opposites antonyms will be grouped together.

The following link is to the English Grammar Glossary.

English Grammar Glossary

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Introduction to English Punctuation Part 2

2007-04-02T09:43:00.003-04:00

English Language Grammar Lessons

Introduction to English Punctuation Part 2

QUESTION MARKS

Use a question mark [ ? ] at the end of a direct question. When a question constitutes a polite request, it is usually not followed by a question mark. When brief questions are more or less follow-up questions to the main question, each of the little questions can begin with a lowercase letter and end with a question mark.

EXCLAMATION POINTS

Use an exclamation point [ ! ] at the end of an emphatic declaration, interjection, or command.

HYPHEN

Hyphens are used to create compound words; modifiers before nouns (the well-known actor, my six-year-old daughter, the out-of-date curriculum, writing numbers twenty-one to ninety-nine and fractions, five-eighths, one-fourth), creating compounds; on-the-fly for fly-by-night organizations. Hyphens are used to add some prefixes to words such as when a prefix comes before a capitalized word or the prefix is capitalized, use a hyphen (non-English, A-frame, I-formation). The prefixes self-, all-, and ex- nearly always require a hyphen (ex-husband, all-inclusive, self-control), and when the prefix ends with the same letter that begins the word, you will often use a hyphen (anti-intellectual, de-emphasize).

DASHES

Use a dash [ — ] as a super-comma or set of super-commas to set off parenthetical elements. The dash is used to show breaks in thought and shifts in tone when writing dialogue. A dash is sometimes used to set off concluding lists and explanations in a more informal and abrupt manner than the colon. Do not use dashes to set apart material when commas would do the work for you.

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