Everyday Grammar - VOA Learning English Grammar for a Gift-giving Season - December 13, 2023
Dec 13, 2023
Short lessons on sentence building during the gift-giving season. Clear definitions of subject and predicate with lively examples. Focus on transitive verbs like get, buy and give and how direct and indirect objects work. Listeners practice crafting gift-related sentences.
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Subject And Predicate Clarify Gift Statements
- Sentences split into subject and predicate clarify gift statements by showing who acts and what happens.
- John Russell explains predicate contains verb, objects, and indirect objects, making gift sentences analyzable.
Common Pattern For Gift Sentences
- Gift-giving statements often follow transitive verb + noun phrase one + noun phrase two, where noun one is the gift and noun two is the recipient.
- John Russell labels the second noun phrase the indirect object and shows direct objects can be separated from the verb.
Example Sentences With Get Buy And Give
- John Russell gives concrete examples using get, buy, and give: Mary got her son a book; Jonathan bought his mother a sweater; Felicia gave her friend a painting.
- Each sentence maps subject + transitive verb + indirect object + direct object in past tense.