Say, Mean, Matter 10

"So don't give me no stress because you fail to impress

If my own people give me nothing, others will give me still less."

Lisa Fredrick

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The Task
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The Resource
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Name Game
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Remember Allerton
Love Brewster
Wrestling Brewster
Humility Cooper
Oceanus Hopkins (born en route to Plymouth)

Old English
http://www.mun.ca/Ansaxdat/vocab/wordlist.html

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Verbal Phrases



*Verbal phrases can be subjects, objects, or verbal modifiers.


*The three main verbal phrases are:

Participles

They can function as adjectives

Verb + “-ed” or “-ing”

Infinitives "to + verb"

They can be nouns, adjectives, and adverbs.

Gerunds

Function as nouns.

Verb + “-ing” can be subject,object, or verbal modifier.



*Examples:

Participles

Participle phrase:

Panting furiously, the dog chased

the rabbit.

Infinitive

(bold= infinitive; italics: infinitive phrase)

He decided to go downtown.

(“to go” is included in the infinitive phrase. The infinitive is always included in the infinitive phrase.)

Gerunds

He gets confidence from knowing so much.

(The gerund is always included in the gerundive phrase.)

Thanks to Ariana Webber

Say, Mean, Matter 9

If they want peace, nations should avoid the pin-pricks that precede cannon shots.
Napoleon Bonaparte

Say Mean Matter 8

Children's talent to endure stems from their ignorance of alternatives. Maya Angelou