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Ellipsis, Ellipsis, Ellipsis

What is Ellipsis?

When to Use an Ellipsis?

Exercises On Ellipsis

Use of Auxiliaries in Ellipsis

Fill in all the gaps. Add the short form construction using the words and so to each of the following affirmative statements. Use the subjects shown in brackets. For example:

He is lucky. (I) He is lucky, and so am I. She likes chocolate. (you) She likes chocolate, and so do you. They can swim well. (we) They can swim well, and so can we.

1. We are thirsty. (they)
We are thirsty, and .

2. You have been helpful. (she)
You have been helpful, and .3. I swam to the island. (he)
I swam to the island, and .

4. He was riding a horse. (you)
He was riding a horse, and .

5. They can understand Dutch. (we)
They can understand Dutch, and .

6. She enjoyed the trip. (I)
She enjoyed the trip, and .

7. You should study hard. (they)
You should study hard, and .

8. He reads a great deal. (she)
He reads a great deal, and .

Add the short form construction using the words and neither to each of the following negative statements. Use the subjects shown in brackets. For example:

He is not angry. (we) He is not angry, and neither are we. They didn’t visit you. (I) They didn’t visit you, and neither did I. I couldn’t understand it. (she) I couldn’t understand it, and neither could she.

 

1. You haven’t finished supper. (she)
You haven’t finished supper, and .2. He couldn’t tell the time. (they)
He couldn’t tell the time, and .3. She is not planning to go. (we)
She is not planning to go, and .

4. We didn’t wait long. (he)
We didn’t wait long, and .

5. He has not been feeling well. (I)
He has not been feeling well, and .

6. She cannot run fast. (they)
She cannot run fast, and .

7. We do not own a canary. (he)
We do not own a canary, and .

8. You won’t be needing an umbrella. (we)
You won’t be needing an umbrella, and .

Ellipsis

Ellipsis

 

An ellipsis [ … ] proves to be a handy device when you’re quoting material and you want to omit some words. The ellipsis consists of three evenly spaced dots (periods) with spaces between the ellipsis and surrounding letters or other marks. Let’s take the sentence,

“The ceremony honored twelve brilliant athletes from the Caribbean who were visiting the U.S.” and leave out “from the Caribbean who were”: The ceremony honored twelve brilliant athletes … visiting the U.S.

If the omission comes after the end of a sentence, the ellipsis will be placed after the period, making a total of four dots. … See how that works? Notice that there is no space between the period and the last character of the sentence.

The ellipsis can also be used to indicate a pause in the flow of a sentence and is especially useful in quoted speech:

Juan thought and thought … and then thought some more. “I’m wondering …” Juan said, bemused.

Ellipsis means leaving words out.

1)      Instead of repeating a noun phrase (the guard), we can use a pronoun or we can leave the pronoun out.

2)      Instead of repeating a verb phrase(take), we can use a substitution form or leave the substitution form out as in 2

1. The guard looked over and he smiled —    The guard looked over and smiled 2.She could take the money, but she won’t do it —  She could take the money, but she won’t.

In compound sentences, we usually leave out a repeated subject, a repeated subject and auxiliary or a repeated subject and verb. Examples:

—  She was shouting and_ _ throwing things—  Should we bring our bags or__ _leave them here? —  We sat and _ talked. —  He came, but _left early.

Fun with Types of Sentence Structure

Basic Sentence Structure !

What is Simple Sentence ?

What is Compound Sentence ?

What is Complex Sentence ?

Simple, Compund and Complex Sentence

Types of Sentence Structure

 

Types of Sentence Structure

Remember that every clause is, in a sense, a miniature sentence. A simple sentences contains only a single clause, while a compound sentence, a complex sentence, or a compound-complex sentence contains at least two clauses.

The Simple Sentence                        

The most basic type of sentence is the simple sentence, which contains only one clause. A simple sentence can be as short as one word:

Examples of simple sentences:

a)      Some students like to study in the mornings.

b)      Juan and Arturo play football every afternoon.

c)       Alicia goes to the library and studies every day.

Simple sentence can contain compound subjects or compound verbs.

a)      Hazmira and Batrisya fight at the shooting venue.

b)      Batrisya goes to TSL library and studies every day.

Compound sentence

A compound sentence contains two independent clauses joined by a coordinator. The independent clauses can be joined in three ways

a)      Coordinating conjunctions. = for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so (FANBOYS)

b)      Conjunctive adverbs = also, besides, furthermore, however, on the other hand, otherwise, for example, accordingly

c)       Semicolon

Examples of Compound Sentences:

a)      America is a rich country, yet it has many poor people.

b)      The student did not come to class regularly; therefore, he is barred from taking the final exam

c)       My older brother studies law; my younger brother studies medicine.

Complex Sentence

A complex sentence has an independent clause joined by one or more dependent clauses. A complex sentence always has a subordinator such as because, since, after, although, or when or a relative pronoun such as that, who, or which.

Examples of Complex Sentences:

In the following complex sentences, subjects are in yellow, verbs are in green, and the subordinators and their commas (when required) are in red.

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Fun with Direct and Indirect Object

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Indirect and Direct Objects

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Fun with Phrases

Noun Phrase

Adjective Phrase

Adverb Phrase

Verb Phrase

Prepositional Phrase

Fun with Finite and Non-finite Verb

Finite and Non-finite Verb

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Exercises on Finite and Non-Finite Clause

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In each of the following sentences, decide whether the bracketed clauses are finite or nonfinite.

 

1. [Everybody left just after the ceremony]	a) Finite b) Nonfinite
2. [Inviting your sister] was not a great decision	a) Finite b) Nonfinite
3. I’ll be home around ten [if my train is on time]	a) Finite b) Nonfinite
4. [They expect Susan to do all the work]	a) Finite b) Nonfinite
5. [Deprived of oxygen], plants will quickly die	a) Finite b) Nonfinite

Check your answers ! a,b,a,a,b

Review

In 1, the bracketed clause is a matrix clause, so it must be finite. The verb left is a past tense form.

In 2, the bracketed clause is non-finite, since the verb inviting is an -ing form.

In 3, the bracketed clause is a finite subordinate clause. The verb is is a present tense form.

In 4, The bracketed clause is a matrix clause, so like 1, it must be finite. It has a finite verb expect (present tense), though it does have a non-finite subordinate clause within it (Susan to do all the work).

Finally, the bracketed clause in 5 is non-finite, since the verb deprived is an -ed form.