Journal Entry I: Contextual grammar in action - the identification of basic grammatical terms in context

Dear FLE 133 participants,
You need to choose a text of 250-500 words from a news broadcast site such as BBC News-Home (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news)or any other official website (e.g., the website of an organization, a university etc) and try to identify the following grammatical terms by underlining them - you need to find 3 examples for each category: a)adjective b)verb i) intransitive verb ii) transitive verb iii) linking verb iv)Action verb v) State verb c)adverb i)Place adverb ii)Time adverb iii)Adverb of manner d)Object i)direct object ii)indirect object e) subject f) phrase g) clause i) dependent clause ii)independent clause h)interjection i) pronoun 1)interrogative pronoun 2)personal pronoun 3)reflexive pronoun 4)indefinite pronoun j)noun i)common noun ii) proper noun iii) singular noun iv) plural noun You can refer to following website (http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/)and the following file uploaded on METUONLINE: Chapter 5 sentence integration (Week 3 course materials-October 11, 2012)