PRESENTATION...

Hey ALL,

"ALL the BEST for your presentation....."

Do the best, something unique and not forgetting bringing out everything that has been taught in class :)

Marks Breakdown and NEXT WEEKS task

Hey guys/girls,

Here are the marks breakdown for Morphology and Syntax ( FEB 2012)

Attendance : 5%

Quiz / Blog : 5%

Presentation / Assignment : 15%

Mid-Semester : 15%

Final Exam : 60%

TOTAL : 100%

AS FOR NEXT WEEKS TASK:-

Please complete the exercise and bring it NEXT monday.....

Bring your presentation plan and discuss with Madam Sarada 

Learn up Active and passive, and  Tree Diagrams :)

Today's Lesson (16/4/2012)

Minimal Pairs

(-different words which have almost the same pronunciation)

cab------------cap

 bag-----------back

sit------------seat

bit-----------beat

sip----------seep

pan------------pen

hold-------------old

three------------tree

teen-------------tin

heart-------------art

 sick-------------seek

Examples:-

(Give it a try)

The CAB driver wore a CAP

He took my BAG to the BACK

I took a SEAT to SIT, but BIT my tongue and started to BEAT her before she took a SIP and let the drink SEEP  through..

Pronunciation of Morpheme

Singular/Plural

cab-------------cabS

cap-----------capS

bus-----------busES

bag-------------bagS

back------------backS

can-----------canS

match-----------matchES

Irregular Plural

ox------------oxEN

child----------childREN

mouse----------mICE

sheep-----------sheep

man--------------mEn

woman-------------womEn

criterion-----------criteriA

#( P,T,K,F,TH...will have a plural pronunciation form of "s")

#(B,D,G,N,L,R,A,Y...will have a plural pronunciation form of "z")

#(ES,SH,Z,CH.....will have a plural pronunciation form of "ez")

('s' is normally pronounce as a 'z')*

('es' will carr the sound of 'ez')*

*these are known as variants or better known as ALLORMORPHS 

Past Tense (t,d,ed..etc.)

play---------playED

watch------------watchED

beg---------begGED

Here is the work we did in CLASS :)

QUIZ cum EXERCISE

Next monday's lesson

Guys and Girls,

Next monday's class, ALL should come prepared with the following topics:-

i) Allomorphs

II) Singular / Plural noun

III) phrase structure

IV)Semantics / Pragmatic roles 

Have Fun With Language :)

Mid Sem Test

Guys and girls... !! How was the mid-semester test?? 

Was it easy??

 Was it Hard???

 Let's discuss about it... 

BE honest... Let's see what you guys and Girls have to say :)

Presentation post :)

Hey guys.... the presentation dates are as follow...

Presentations-30/4/12-Groups 1-5

                       7/5/12-Groups 6-9

Any questions regarding the above,please post in the blog in the ‘Presentation Post’.

#Note: Hard copy of essay to be handed in after presentation.Make sure the essay has a reference page.

"All The Best"

Quiz Questions

Hey guys... this is the QUIZ questions we did in class last monday.... :)


LINK :-
QUIZ LINK