Sunday, 2 June 2013

EAP 140 AM - WANG, Lingshan - Week 3 1/4

Today I reviewed something about sentence structure.  The English sentences general follow the structure which is from subject to verb to object or complement.  

e.g. 
1) I want to go.  (subject - verb - verb complement)
2) I eat ice cream.  (subject - verb - object)

We should use a linking verb between a subject and its complement. The linking verbs such as is, are, was, and were, should be used in between subjects and complements.  The complements are nous or adjectives that give the words another definition or describe the subject.

e.g.   
1) She is a single lady. ("is" here is a linking verb)
2) A lot of poverty in the west of China are minority. ("are" here is a linking verb)


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