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Element Support for Grammar Games: Constructor
Grammar Games: Constructor helps students learn
to identify both parts of speech and parts of a sentence.
Game Plans define what types of sentences are generated
and what questions are asked. Some pre-defined game
plans come with the application, but an unlimited number
of tailored plans can be created to focus on specific
areas.
The sentence options and question types cover both
parts of speech and parts of a sentence. The complete
list of options available are defined here.
Sentence Options
The following sentence options control the sentences that
are generated by Constructor.
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Possessive Nouns
When the Possessive Nouns sentence option is selected,
Constructor will allow sentences that have possessive
nouns in them. If this option is not selected,
sentences with possessive nouns will not be used.
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Concrete Nouns
When the Concrete Nouns Only sentence option is
selected, Constructor will select sentences that only
have concrete nouns. Concrete nouns are nouns that you
can actually see and touch. This option can make the
nouns easier for younger players to identify.
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Personal Pronouns
When the Personal Pronouns sentence option is
selected, Constructor will allow sentences that have
personal pronouns in them. If this option is not
selected, sentences with personal pronouns will not be
used.
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Subjective Pronouns
When the Subjective Pronouns sentence option is
selected, Constructor will allow sentences that have
subjective pronouns in them. If this option is not
selected, sentences with subjective pronouns will not
be used.
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Objective Pronouns
When the Objective Pronouns sentence option is
selected, Constructor will allow sentences that have
objective pronouns in them. If this option is not
selected, sentences with objective pronouns will not
be used.
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Possessive Pronouns
When the Possessive Pronouns sentence option is
selected, Constructor will allow sentences that have
possessive pronouns in them. If this option is not
selected, sentences with possessive pronouns will not
be used.
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Relative Pronouns
When the Relative Pronouns sentence option is
selected, Constructor will allow sentences that have
relative pronouns in them. If this option is not
selected, sentences with relative pronouns will not be
used.
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Reflexive/Intensive Pronouns
When the Reflexive/Intensive Pronouns sentence option
is selected, Constructor will allow sentences that
have reflexive or intensive pronouns in them. If this
option is not selected, sentences with reflexive or
intensive pronouns will not be used.
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Demonstrative Pronouns
When the Demonstrative Pronouns sentence option is
selected, Constructor will allow sentences that have
demonstrative pronouns in them. If this option is not
selected, sentences with demonstrative pronouns will
not be used.
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Indefinite Pronouns
When the Indefinite Pronouns sentence option is
selected, Constructor will allow sentences that have
indefinite pronouns in them. If this option is not
selected, sentences with indefinite pronouns will not
be used.
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Interrogative Pronouns
When the Interrogative Pronouns sentence option is
selected, Constructor will allow sentences that have
interrogative pronouns in them. If this option is not
selected, sentences with interrogative pronouns will
not be used.
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Helping Verbs
When the Helping Verbs sentence option is selected,
Constructor will allow sentences that have helping
verbs in them. If this option is not selected,
sentences with helping verbs will not be used.
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Phrasal Verbs
When the Phrasal Verbs sentence option is selected,
Constructor will allow sentences that have phrasal
verbs in them. Phrasal verbs are verbs that are made
up of more than one word, such as:
"He looked up the address in the phonebook."
If this option is not selected, sentences with phrasal
verbs will not be used.
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Adverbs
When the Adverbs sentence option is selected,
Constructor will allow sentences that have adverbs in
them. If this option is not selected, sentences with
adverbs will not be used.
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Non-Article Adjectives
When the Non-Article Adjectives sentence option is
selected, Constructor will allow sentences that have
adjectives that are not articles. Articles are also
classified as adjectives, but these are always allowed.
If this option is not selected, sentences with
adjectives that are not articles will not be used.
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Phrasal Prepositions
When the Phrasal Prepositions sentence option is
selected, Constructor will allow sentences that have
phrasal prepositions in them. If this option is not
selected, sentences with phrasal prepositions will not
be used.
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Coordinating Conjunctions
When the Coordinating Conjunctions sentence option is
selected, Constructor will allow sentences that have
coordinating conjunctions in them. If this option is
not selected, sentences with coordinating
conjunctions will not be used.
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Subordinating Conjunctions
When the Subordinating Conjunctions sentence option is
selected, Constructor will allow sentences that have
subordinating conjunctions in them.
If this option is not selected, sentences with
subordinating conjunctions will not be used.
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Correlative Conjunctions
When the Correlative Conjunctions sentence option is
selected, Constructor will allow sentences that have
correlative conjunctions in them.
If this option is not selected, sentences with
correlative conjunctions will not be used.
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Phrasal Conjunctions
When the Phrasal Conjunctions sentence option is
selected, Constructor will allow sentences that have
phrasal conjunctions in them.
If this option is not selected, sentences with phrasal
conjunctions will not be used.
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Interjections
When the Interjections sentence option is selected,
Constructor will allow sentences that have
interjections in them.
If this option is not selected, sentences with
interjections will not be used.
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Compound Subject
When the Compound Subject sentence option is selected,
Constructor will allow sentences that have compound
subjects in them.
If this option is not selected, sentences with compound
subjects will not be used.
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Compound Predicate
When the Compound Predicate sentence option is
selected, Constructor will allow sentences that have
compound predicates in them.
If this option is not selected, sentences with
compound predicates will not be used.
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Direct Object
When the Direct Object sentence option is selected,
Constructor will allow sentences that have direct
objects in them.
If this option is not selected, sentences with direct
objects will not be used. This can be helpful, for
example, if you only want to focus on sentences that
have predicate nominatives or predicate adjectives,
or if you want to focus on intransitive verbs.
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Compound Direct Object
When the Compound Direct Object sentence option is
selected, Constructor will allow sentences that have
compound direct objects in them.
If this option is not selected, sentences with compound
direct objects will not be used.
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Question Types
The following question types control the questions that
will be asked about the sentences that Constructor
generates.
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Nouns
When the Nouns option is selected, Constructor will ask
you to identify any nouns in the sentence, but it will
not ask you to distinguish between the different types
of nouns. If any of the other more specific noun
question types are also selected, Constructor will
sometimes ask you to distinguish between the specific
types of nouns and sometimes not.
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Possessive Nouns
When the Possessive Nouns option is selected,
Constructor will ask you to identify any possessive
nouns in the sentence.
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