College Prep course- 1pm Room 303 today
Today’s Agenda
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Attendance
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Continue “Complex Sentences”
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Continue “I Confess”
Finish “Thought Questions”
Prepare for Test 3 on “I Confess” Wednesday,
with quotations
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HW Read
“Dead Man’s Path”. Make notes on “Thought
Questions”. We
will start this on Thursday.
Wednesday
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Test 3- “I Confess”
paragraph
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Begin “Parallelism”
Thursday
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Begin “Dead Man’s Path”
Friday
Complex Sentences
REVIEW of sentence types in English:
*SIMPLE S+V SSV
SVV Imperative Interrogative
SV The little kid
goes to school every day.
SSV The phone and
the laptop are updating.
SVV Mei was driving and
singing along to the radio.
Imperative- command (You)
Come in. Sit down. -implied subject
Have
a seat, please.
Please open the window.
SV You can come
in.
Interrogative- question What
time is it? How old are you? Is that your dog?
*COMPOUND 2 simples put together , SOBA/FANBOYS ; ;
TRANS.
It is sunny. It is cold.
It is sunny, but it is cold.
It is sunny; it is cold.
It is sunny; however, it is cold.
semicolon ; makes a
compound sentence
colon : gives additional
information
He has three kids: two girls and a boy.
Jun has lived in four countries: China, Japan, Canada, and Iran.
Jun has lived in many countries: China, Japan, Canada, Iran,
etc.
I am taking two courses this quarter: Comm11 and Math10.
Jun has lived in many countries; for example, he has lived in
China, Japan, Canada, Iran. COMPOUND
COMPLEX
Complex
sentences are made of an independent clause (same as a simple sentence) and one
or two dependent clauses.
Dependent
clauses can be adverb clauses, adjective clauses, or noun clauses. You probably
have studied these in earlier courses.
Examples of complex sentences with adverb clauses:
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I will call you when I arrive home.
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When I arrive home, I will call you.
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She smiled because she was proud of her work.
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Although it was raining, they continued
playing soccer.
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We can go outside if the weather improves.
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He studied very hard so that he could pass
the exam.
,so so that NOT THE SAME
COMPOUND SENT
He studies very hard, so he passed the exam. , so – result
COMPLEX SENT-ADV CL
He studies very hard so that he could pass the exam. so that
-reason
He studies so hard that he passed the test.
so that so … that NOT THE SAME
AREA TO EXPLORE
, so so that so…that
, so She cleaned the
floor very well, so it is shining. COMPOUND
so that She works
very hard so that she can earn money. COMPLEX
so that She works
very hard so that she will get a promotion. COMPLEX
so that She worked very
hard so that she could support her family. COMPLEX
so…that so ADJ that
so cute tnat
The dogs were so cute that everyone wanted to hold them. ADV CL
Houses in Vancouver are so expensive that I can’t afford
to buy one.
SAME MEANING
such NOUN that
It is such a beautiful day that I want to take the kids to
the park.
so ADJ that
It is so beautiful today that I want to take the kids to the
park.
Your daughter is so tall that it is hard to buy clothes for
her.
Your daughter is such a tall kid that it is hard to buy clothes
for her.
CASUAL TALKING
It is so nice today.
The dog is so cute.
Houses are so expensive.
SCHOOL WRITING/BUSINESS WRITING
It is so nice today that…SV.
The dog is so cute that…SV.
Houses are so expensive that…SV.
IDIOM It is better to give than to receive.
Examples of complex sentences with adjective clauses:
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The book that I borrowed from the library is
very interesting.
·
She has a friend who lives in Toronto.
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The car which was parked outside belongs
to my neighbor.
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I met a teacher who inspired me to work
harder.
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The movie that we watched last night was
exciting.
who -people
that- animals, things
which- special things, unique things
Beijing, which is the capital of China, is a
huge metropolis.
She was born in Seoul, which is a beautiful city in Korea.
*commas around adjective clauses
Talk about that another day.
Seoul, which is the city where she was born,
is beautiful. 2 adj cl
where SV-action
She takes the Skytrain to the office building where she
works.
She takes the Skytrain to the office building that she
works in.
SHEC is the school where I do my English.
SHEC- South Hill Education Centre
Examples of complex sentences with noun clauses:
thinking and talking
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What she said surprised everyone. SV- complex sentence, noun clause
She surprised everyone. SV simple sentence
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I don’t know where he went.
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That she won the prize made her family
proud.
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Can you tell me why the meeting was canceled?
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Whoever finishes first will receive a
reward.
SIMPLE SENTENCE
COMPOUND SENTENCE
COMPLEX SENTENCE- adv cl, adj cl, n cl
Exercise 1- Easier sentences.
Each sentence is missing a word in an dependent clause.
Rewrite each sentence by adding an appropriate word. Write the corrected
sentences on your own paper.
1. I
know that/why she is tired. COMPLEX- n cl (noun clause)
2. The
boy who is playing outside is my brother. COMPLEX – adj cl
3. We
stayed home while/when/because/since it was raining. COMPLEX- adv cl
4. She
said that she would help me. COMPLEX – noun cl
5. The
dog that barked loudly ran away. COMPLEX- adj cl
6. I
will call you when/after/once I arrive. once=when
7. He
doesn’t understand why she is upset. n cl
8. The
cool car that/which he bought is very fast. adj cl
9. She
cried because/since/when she was sad. adv cl
while – two actions are happening at the
same time
She cried while she was watching the
romantic movie.
Jun is watching TV while her sister is
cooking.
10.
What he said was surprising. n cl
When he said that, it was surprising. adv cl
Why he said that was surprising. n cl
Why did he say that? SIMPLE- interrogative
Exercise B- More challenging.
Each sentence is missing a word in an dependent clause.
Rewrite each sentence by adding an appropriate word. Write the corrected
sentences on your own paper.
1. I
don’t know why she left the party early because she seemed happy.
I don’t know why she left the party early,
but she seemed happy.
2. The
book that/which you gave me is the one that I was looking for.
3. She
will call you when she arrives if she has enough time.
4. I
believe that hard work always pays off in the end. (noun clause)
5. The
student who won the scholarship studied harder than anyone else in the class.
harder than taller
than smaller than more expensive than
more beautiful than
cheaper than darker
than
She is very good at talking extemporaneously.
She is very good at talking off the top of her head.
IDIOM off the top of my head- without planning
Off the top of my head, I would guess there are 50 provinces
in the Philippines.
PROVERB- usually ancient wise saying
6. We
stayed inside because/while/when/as/since it was raining heavily.
7. I
am not sure if/that/whether or not he will join us for dinner tonight.
8. The
house where I grew up has been sold to a family that/who moved here
from Mexico.
9. She
smiled because she knew the secret, but/yet nobody had told her anything.
10.
What he said yesterday made everyone in
the room
uncomfortable.
When he said that yesterday, it
made everyone in the room
uncomfortable.
adv cl
We don’t know why he said that yesterday. n cl
There is work to do on sentence writing.
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Test 3
Paragraph on “I Confess”
-paragraph form
-paragraph structure
-use some quotations
You can have your story out for the test. You will need it
to do some quotations.
