Monday, August 10, 2009

A SLIGHT DEPARTURE

This is a tricky area, but I will try to make some sense of it.

COPULA VERBS

What is a copula verb?
What verbs can be considered copula verbs?
Explain the differences between a sentence with a copula verb and a normal sentence.

Analyse, or parse, the following sentences which have copula verbs in them.

"I am the man."

"This room smells bad."


TODAY'S WORD

The word for today is "predilection".
What part of speech is "predilection"?
Define "predilection" and use it in a sentence.

No comments: