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Chokse
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 Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2010 7:08 pm Post subject: |
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Hey dzeisons.
Try cracking a dictionary open. You might learn something in the process. Home is both a noun and an adverb, and in the sentence the OP posted, it was used as an adverb (meaning "the place where one lives").
Don't believe me? Crack open that dusty old dictionary sitting on your shelf. |
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eb
Joined: 24 Nov 2010
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| Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2010 7:39 pm Post subject: |
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Just think about what makes the most sense when spoken to the average listener.  EB |
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edwardcatflap
Joined: 22 Mar 2009
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| Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2010 7:54 pm Post subject: |
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Time indicators are always needed, but espcially in the present continous tense to state specifics of when ( otherwise it can be used in future or present).
They are going to go today, We are going to go tomorrow |
Firstly your examples are not present continuous they are the 'going to' form of the verb used to talk about future intentions or predictions
Secondly I'm not sure what you mean by'always needed'.
In a dialogue between two native speakers time indicators are not always used to distinguish between present and future function of the present continuous.
E.g. Future
A: Are you going to the party?
B: No Ill be too busy.
e.g. Present
A: What are you doing?
B: I'm picking my nose
If you are writing an exercise or test it's sometimes a good idea to put in time indicators to make it clear what function is required.
e.g. John ________________(go) to the shops at the moment.
This would not be clear
John ________________(go) to the shops
Is that what you mean? |
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b-class rambler
Joined: 25 Mar 2009
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| Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2010 7:59 pm Post subject: |
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Home can also be used as a verb and an adjective.
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| if YOU can't figure it out on your own, then how do you expect the 6th graders to understand it??? This is a rote memory thing, don't waste the time on a specific explanation. |
Best advice by far, IMO. We're talking 6th grade elementary here so even if you were able to give a correct explanation of the reasons why, it would be counterproductive to do so as you'd lose both the comprehension and the interest of nearly all the class.
Just tell them to remember 'go + to' for a place but home is different and there's no 'to'. A useful way to practise might be to have them in teams and have each team make a sentence, one word per student. So team 1 sees a picture of a school and says I - go - school "Sorry, OUT! Let's try team 2" I - go - to -school. "Very good"......
....and then likewise for home and other places. I use this a lot and they make mistakes which is what I want to happen. Because that's how you learn as a kid - by making mistakes and remembering the next time how you should have said it.
Also, don't overcorrect something like this. You shouldn't allow an impression to fester that 'I go to the home' is correct, but at the same time you don't want to stifle any shy kids' willingness to speak. |
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Chokse
Joined: 22 May 2009
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| Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2010 10:34 pm Post subject: |
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I realize that "home" can also be a verb and an adjective, but as I stated in my first post, the word in question is being used as an adverb in the sentence.
Dzeisons claimed it was a noun only, so I was speaking directly to him/her when I said "home" could be a noun (what he/she said) or an adverb (what I said), but in the case of the original post, was an adverb. |
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b-class rambler
Joined: 25 Mar 2009
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| Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2010 11:19 pm Post subject: |
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| Chokse wrote: |
I realize that "home" can also be a verb and an adjective, but as I stated in my first post, the word in question is being used as an adverb in the sentence.
Dzeisons claimed it was a noun only, so I was speaking directly to him/her when I said "home" could be a noun (what he/she said) or an adverb (what I said), but in the case of the original post, was an adverb. |
Wasn't contradicting you at all. It was just an FYI for anyone vaguely interested. |
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