HOW TO SEE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SENTENCE ELEMENTS AND PARTS OF SPEECH HOW TO SEE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SENTENCE ELEMENTS AND PARTS OF SPEECH Trương Văn Ánh Trường Đại học Sài Gòn SENTENCE ELEMENTS[.]
HOW TO SEE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SENTENCE ELEMENTS AND PARTS OF SPEECH Trương Văn Ánh Trường Đại học Sài Gòn SENTENCE ELEMENTS Subject (S); Verb (V); Object (O); Complement (C); Attribute (Attr) and Adverb (Adv) PARTS OF SPEECH + Changeable: N, V, Adj and Adv + Unchangeable: Pronoun, Preposition and Interjection Conjunction, VERBS In the dictionary, V symbolizes verb to show actions or states Look (v) see with eyes seem (appearance), etc In a sentence a verb may play the role of the main verb (conjugated/finite verb): Ex: He looks ill today A verb may play the role of a subject: Ex: Look is a verb A verb may play the role of complement: Ex: He goal is look forward to seeing her A verb may play the role of an attribute: Ex: His goal- looking forward to seeing her seems impossible A verb may play the role of an adverb: Ex: He comes here to look forward to seeing her A noun, in a dictionary, indicates things, people, conceptions, ideas, etc Book (n) In the sentence a noun may play the role of a subject: Ex: Books contains knowledge and experience A noun may play the role of an object: Ex: He wants a book A noun may play the role of an attribute: Ex: He wants his friend, a book A noun may play the role of an adverb Ex: The money is kept in a book In a dictionary an adjective indicates characters, quality, etc Adj symbolizes an adjective Beautiful (adj) In a sentence an adjective may play the role of a subject: Ex: The beautiful come to Da Nang today An adjective may play the role of an object Ex: We need the good An adjective may play the role of an attribute Ex: His friends, the beautiful, will attend the beauty contest An adjective may play the role of an adverb Ex: He looks for the best quality in the beautiful In a dictionary, an adverb indicate the way, the manner, etc of verbs, adjectives, etc Adv symbolizes an adverb Well (adv) In a sentence an adverb may play the role of a subject Ex: Well is the way we are in need of An adverb may play the role of an object Ex: We need well, the way we An adverb may play the role of an attribute Ex: We need the way we do, well An adverb may play the role of an adverb Ex: The task is done well Good luck! ... adjective may play the role of a subject: Ex: The beautiful come to Da Nang today An adjective may play the role of an object Ex: We need the good An adjective may play the role of an attribute... looks ill today A verb may play the role of a subject: Ex: Look is a verb A verb may play the role of complement: Ex: He goal is look forward to seeing her A verb may play the role of an attribute:... (n) In the sentence a noun may play the role of a subject: Ex: Books contains knowledge and experience A noun may play the role of an object: Ex: He wants a book A noun may play the role of an