People who live in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones
Find these words in the proverb:
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modal verbs | |
negative marker | |
nouns | |
pronouns | |
prepositions | |
verbs |
1. Although this proverb is quite complex, it still follows the basic SVO structure. Identify the 3 different phrases, and the main parts of each.
Subject phrase | verb phrase | object phrase |
2. Can you identify the relative clause in this proverb? What is the relative pronoun? What does the relative pronoun refer to? Can you re-write the relative clause as a separate sentence?
3. All of the nouns in this proverb are in the plural form. (People, houses, stones). Why is this?
4. When talking about buildings, what preposition do we use with “live” ? (e.g. “I live ___ a house.” “I live ___ an apartment building.” et cetera)
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