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Complete Thought

Complete Thought: including a topic and controlling idea

• Complete thought
• Stream of consciousness
• Topic–controlling idea
• Written vs. Spoken
• Practice 1 – identify
• Practice 2– complete

Why are 20% of Americans unable to find the U.S. on a map?

"I personally believe that U.S. Americans are unable to do so (find the U.S. on a map) because, uh, some people out there in our nation don't have maps and, uh, I believe that our, uh, education like such as in, uh, South Africa and, uh, the Iraq and everywhere like such as, and I believe that they should, uh, our education over here in the U.S. should help the U.S., uh, should help South Africa and should help Iraq and the Asian countries, so we will be able to build up our future for our children."

Subject / Predicate

Subject—Predicate: identifying basic elements in a sentence (Int. – Adv. ESL, Native Speaker)

• Subject / predicate
• Subject and modifiers
• Predicate and modifiers
• Practice 1 – identify subject
• Practice 2 – identify predicate
• Practice 3 – identify sentence parts

Charlie raised his hand.
Feeling confident, Charlie raised his hand.
Clever Charlie, my good friend, raised his hand.

Charlie raised his hand in the air.
Charlie enthusiastically raised his hand.
Charlie raised his hand hoping to answer.

Finite / Nonfinite

Finite / Nonfinite: verbs and clauses  (Advanced) 

• Primary v. Secondary Verbs
• Primary v. Secondary Verb Forms
• Auxiliary Forms
• Nonfinite Clause links
• Grammar Notes
• Practice 1- identify verb category
• Practice 2- identify nonfinite clauses
• Practice 3- identify verb form type

Charlie raised his hand.  (tensed verb)
Raise your hand.  (imperative)
I suggest you raise your hand before speaking. (subjunctive)

Charlie wants to raise his hand.
Charlie likes raising his hand.
Charlie, annoyed, raised his hand.

Auxiliary Verbs

Auxiliary Verbs: distinct properties (Advanced) 

• Primary v. Aux Verb Properties  NICE
• Dual Category Verbs  need, dare, have, do
• Auxiliary Verb Types
• Aux Verb Diagrams
• Aux "Be"
• Modal Properties modals as main verbs
• Modal Diagrams
• Practice 1- identify lexical v. aux.
• Practice 2- identify auxiliaries
• Practice 3- identify verb form type

Charlie hasn't raised his hand. (negation)
Has Charlie raised his hand. (inversion)
Charlie has raised his hand and I have too. (code)
They don't think he raised his hand, but he has. (emphasis)

Charlie was raising his hand.
The question has been raised.

Clause/ Fragment

Clauses: identifying larger parts of a sentence (Int. – Adv. ESL, Native Speaker)

• Sentence Parts
• Phrase
• Clause – independent/ dependent
• Sentence– spoken/ written
• Common Mistakes
• Practice 1 – identify
• Practice 2 – edit

Each year, millions of people travel to the U.S. In fact, eighty-six million.   (fragment)

Put your suitcase down.  Over there. (fragment)
How about a visa? (fragment)

Run-on Sentences

Run-on Sentences: identifying simple and compound sentences (Int. – Adv. ESL, Native Speaker)

• Simple Sentence
• Compound Sentence with conjunctions or semicolons 
• Exceptions
• Practice 1 – identify
• Practice 2 – edit

My friend and I blogged and read over his shoulder.
My friend blogged, and I read over his shoulder.

Cleft Sentences

Cleft Sentences:  spliting sentences to allow a shift in focus (Int–Adv. ESL. Native Speaker)

• Cleft Sentences
• What Clefts
• It Clefts
• Who/ Where/ What/ Why Clefts
• Grammar Notes
• Practice 1 – identify
• Practice 2– complete
• Practice 3– edit

His energy amazed me. 
What amazed me was his energy.
His energy was what amazed me.
It amazed me that he had so much energy.

because

present

pres. progressive

gerund-participle

gerund-participle

infinitive clause

verb + infinitive

verb + object + infinitive

auxiliary verbs

modals

subject

predicate

rather than

so that / such that

because

dative verbs (ind. obj.)

participle clause / adjunct modifierclause)

participle clause (nonfinite clause)

participle clause (nonfinite clauses as modifiers)

participle clause (nonfinite clauses as modifiers)

It – extraposed subject