Meghan & Harry interview (language analysis)

The whole family is saddened to learn the full extent of how challenging the last few years have been for Harry and Meghan.

• subordinating conjunction

• proper noun

• Future Simple tense with a time adverbial

• to-infinitive used as part of the verb pattern be + emotion adjective + to-infinitive

• preposition

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

The whole family is saddened to learn the full extent of how challenging the last few years have been for Harry and Meghan.

• adjective

• coordinating conjunction

• modal auxiliary verb expressing possibility

• Present Perfect, 3rd person plural, active

• agent

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

The whole family is saddened to learn the full extent of how challenging the last few years have been for Harry and Meghan.

• adjective

• preposition

• noun

• conjunction

• adverb

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

The whole family is saddened to learn the full extent of how challenging the last few years have been for Harry and Meghan.

• adjective resembling a regular past participle

• Present Continuous tense

• noun

• adverb

• adjective which ends in -ing

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

The whole family is saddened to learn the full extent of how challenging the last few years have been for Harry and Meghan.

• to-infinitive used as part of the verb pattern be + emotion adjective + to-infinitive

• Present Simple tense, 3rd person plural, passive

• verb (Present Simple, 3rd person plural of be)

• Future Simple tense, passive voice

• Present Perfect tense, 3rd person plural, active voice

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

The whole family is saddened to learn the full extent of how challenging the last few years have been for Harry and Meghan.

• adverb

• adjective

• intensifier

• preposition

• conjunction

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

The whole family is saddened to learn the full extent of how challenging the last few years have been for Harry and Meghan.

• modal auxiliary verb expressing possibility

• This three-word phrase could be expanded. If you were to insert that have been, you would produce a Present Perfect, 3rd person plural, passive clause.

• This is a multiple sentence containing two clauses. The clauses are linked by a word beginning with h.

• agent (The agent is the doer of an action in a passive sentence. Including the agent is optional – you can leave it out if you prefer.)

• Future Simple tense, passive voice

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

The issues raised, particularly that of race, are concerning.

• Past Simple tense

• Future Simple tense, passive voice

• This three-word phrase could be expanded. If you inserted that have been, you would produce a Present Perfect, 3rd person plural, passive clause.

• to-infinitive used as part of the verb pattern be + emotion adjective + to-infinitive

• Present Perfect tense, 3rd person plural, active voice

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

The issues raised, particularly that of race, are concerning.

• proper noun

• common noun

• modal auxiliary verb expressing possibility

• adverb

• verb (Present Simple, 3rd person plural of be)

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

The issues raised, particularly that of race, are concerning.

• adverb

• verb (Present Simple, 3rd person plural of be)

• modal auxiliary verb expressing possibility

• conjunction

• auxiliary verb forming part of a Present Continuous clause

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10