All english work so far, part 2.

The weary painter took off his blue, green and white overalls and had a day old Chinese meal because he felt ravenous.

Adjectives( in pink)= words of phrases that modify or describe nouns or phrases.

Function= evaluate, emotive and descriptive.

Comparative= compare

Superlative= exaggerate

Clauses

In the same way that words form phrases, phrases form larger structure called clauses. These are groups of words centred around a verb phrase.

It will include:

• The subject (acts as the key focus-generally the actor/agency)
• The verb (this includes adverbs and auxiliaries
• The object
  S             V                 O

Co ordinate clauses

This is when two clauses are joined together by using a conjunction(and, furthermore, etc)

However, coordinated, clause must make sense on their own if you remove the conjunction.

Such as: I went ice-skating but I didn’t like it.

I really want to buy a puppy and call him Rufus.

Subordinate clauses

A subordinate clause means there will be a main clause(a unit that can stand on its own and make complete sense) and by phrases that only make sense when linked to the main clause.

Such as: although I was hungry, I couldn’t be bothered to make myself food.

Even though I love football, I decided not to play next week because I’m injured.

Active voice: the actor/agency is responsible for carrying out the verb is placed in the subject position(usually at the start)

Passive voice: accentuates the negative most of the time, what is the point?

We don’t know the subject, we don’t want to talk about the subject and the subject is not the focus of the story.

Examples:  John Lennon shot dead(passive), john Lennon shot dead by twisted fan(passive) , twisted fan shot john Lennon dead(active)