Instructions: using the internet, make notes on the following words in bold.
“MY NOTES” REVIEW:
PARTS OF SENTENCE:
SUBJECT:
The grammatical constituent about which something is predicated
PARTS OF SPEECH
VERB:
A word that shows an action or movement
NOUN:
A word can be used to refer to a person or a place or thing
ADVERB:
A word that modifies something other than a noun
ADJECTIVE:
A word that expresses an attribute of something
CONJUNCTION:
A word that connecting two different words
PREPOSITION:
A word that combines a noun or pronoun or noun phrase
ARTICLE:
A word that combines with a noun to signify the type of reference being made by the noun.
Understanding Subjects and Verbs
Instructions: For each sentence in the article “Racism in Australia”, highlight the verb(s). Then, ask “who is doing the verb?” which tells you the subject.
Racism in Australia
In Australia, racism is inextricably linked to the history of colonisation and migration.
The original inhabitants, Aboriginal people and Torres Strait Islander people, were dispossessed of their land and were discriminated against by the first British and European settlers. For some Aboriginal people and Torres Strait Islanders, the process of colonisation has been perceived as invasion. Racial discrimination has continued to influence the lives of Indigenous Australians in the two centuries following white settlement.
The migration of peoples from all parts of the world led to the increased cultural and linguistic diversity of the Australian population. Prejudice and discrimination have been directed towards many groups who arrived in Australia, in particular towards groups from language backgrounds other than English, despite the fact that many government migration schemes invited people to settle in Australia.
Until recent years, racist policies and practices were also embedded within Australian laws and institutions. The most telling examples of these were the removal of Aboriginal children from their families and the denial of full citizenship rights to Aboriginal people and Torres Strait Islander people. Similarly, the White Australia policy aimed to restrict immigration by people from non-European backgrounds. Historically, rises in unemployment have often led to calls for immigration restrictions and in some cases led to the scapegoating of people who were seen to be different to members of the dominant culture. While legislation now exists to protect the rights of all citizens, there is a continuing legacy today from the effects of these racist practices.